Gleiberg (mountain)
| Gleiberg | ||
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 View from Landesstraße 3047 south-southeast to the Gleiberg |
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| height | 308 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | District of Giessen , Hessen , Germany | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '54 " N , 8 ° 38' 5" E | |
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| Type | Chimney filling | |
| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | approx. 60 million years | |
| particularities | Gleiberg Castle | |
The Gleiberg is the chimney filling of an extinct volcano (in the Tertiary ) in the Gleiberger Land in central Hesse, which is named after it . The mountain is located on the southern edge of Krofdorf-Gleiberg , a district of the municipality of Wettenberg in the district of Gießen . Gleiberg Castle is on its top .
Geology and geography
The Gleiberg is a basalt existing 308 m above sea level. NHN high cone mountain typical of volcanoes . It belongs to the geomorphological landscape of Central Hesse, which was shaped by former volcanism. It is located about 5 km north of Giessen , in the middle of the municipality of Wettenberg. Neighboring known extinct or only partially active volcanoes are the Vogelsberg , Amöneburg , the Stoppelberg , and in the immediate vicinity the Vetzberg . Bounding low mountain ranges are the Taunus , the Westerwald , the Rothaargebirge and the Burgwald .
See also
literature
- Walter König, Albert Brockmeier: The Gleiberg in Nature and History . Gleibergverein (Ed.), Brühl Verlag, Gießen, 1929.