Great Harth
| Great Harth | ||
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| Highest peak | Nameless summit ( 367.3 m above sea level ) | |
| location | near Bad Langensalza ; Districts district Gotha , Unstrut-Hainich and Wartburg ; Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| part of | Thuringian Basin | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 4 ′ N , 10 ° 35 ′ E | |
| rock | Shell limestone | |
The Great Harth is one to 367.3 m above sea level. NHN high ridge and a forest area in western Thuringia in the border area of the districts of Gotha , Unstrut-Hainich and Wartburg ( Germany ).
geography
location
The Große Harth , which runs in a northwest-southeast direction, is a southeastern branch of the Hainich . Its ridge begins southeast of the Thiemsburg in the border area of the Hainich National Park and ends in the southeast between the villages of Aschara and Hochheim ; it is about 8 km long and an average of 2 km wide. The Große Hardt is crossed by the federal road 84 , which connects the town of Bad Langensalza , located about 7 km northeast of its ridge, with the Reichenbach , located south on the ridge .
Natural allocation
In terms of nature, the Große Harth still belongs to the Thuringian Basin , to the southwest the Eichenberg – Gotha – Saalfelder fault zone runs at the transition to the West Thuringian mountain and hill country .
mountains
The elevations and altitudes of the Große Harth are arranged from northwest to southeast - sorted by height in meters (m) above mean sea level:
- nameless (367.3 m; ⊙ ), border area UH and Wartburgkreis (WAK), north of Reichenbach
- nameless (362.1 m; ⊙ ), border area UH and WAK, highest point of the B 84 (Bad Langensalza – Reichenbach), near the Harth-Haus restaurant
- Steinberg (362.1 m), border area between UH and WAK, south of Grumbach
- Teufelsberg (358.1 m; ⊙ ), border area UH and district Gotha (GTH), north of Wangenheim
- Steinberg (343.8 m), Unstrut-Hainich district (UH), at the transition to Hainich, southwest of Zimmer
nature
The Große Harth forms the watershed between the Unstrut in the northeast and the Nesse in the south. Southeast of the national park border is the forest area of the same name, Große Harth, with its mixed beech forests. The majority of the ridge is used for agriculture.
particularities
Especially in the forest area of the Große Harth there are numerous hiking opportunities starting from the Harth-Haus restaurant , a former customs house and today's destination. Nearby there is a fallow deer enclosure and the Gutbier monument . From the height there are numerous possibilities for views, including from the view of the salt . There is a large wind farm in the Teufelsberg area .