Great mountain (Lausitzer Bergland)
| Big Mountain | ||
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 The Great Mountain from Schanzberg seen from |
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| height | 438.1 m above sea level NN | |
| location | near Großhennersdorf , Görlitz district , Saxony , Germany |
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| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 '33 " N , 14 ° 47' 58" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| particularities | Steinernes Meer, transmission tower | |
The big mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland is 438.1 m above sea level. NN high elevation near Großhennersdorf in the district of Görlitz in Saxony .
Geographical location
The Große Berg is located in the eastern part of the Lusatian mountains in Upper Lusatia . Its summit rises about 1.6 km southeast of the village church of Großhennersdorf . The federal road 178 (Großhennersdorf- Oberseifersdorf ) runs past to the west in a north-south direction, while the district road 8631 (Großhennersdorf- Dittelsdorf ) runs north in a north-west-south-east direction . Its north-northeast spur is the top of the mountain ( 393.3 m ). To the east- southeast lies the Schönbrunner Berg ( 428.1 m ), to the northwest the Kälberberg ( 360.9 m ) and a little south-southeast the Schanzberg (approx. 409 m ).
geology
The Großer Berg and the Spitzen Berg form a continuous basalt ceiling. On the southern slope there is an approximately 400 square meter dump made of basalt blocks, which is called the Steinernes Meer . It is assumed that these are weathering remnants of the Vistula Glaciation in the Pleistocene . Furthermore, the back and southern slope of the mountain are covered by a thick layer of loess .
flora
The top of the Great Mountain is forested, the predominant species are mainly mountain elms , beeches , ash trees , norway maples , pedunculate oaks and winter linden trees . The east and south slopes were also afforested with spruce .
The soil flora and shrub layer are mainly characterized by grove bluegrass , blackthorn , single hawthorn , lily of the valley and grove quail wheat . In addition to lichens , finger herbs and the spicy stonecrop can be found on the rocks of the mountain .
Transmission tower
A little south of the summit of the Great Mountain there is a transmission tower with a remote cable measuring point (FkM).
Individual evidence
literature
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 2nd Edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1971, p. 47f.