Great Nallenberg

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Great Nallenberg
(Great Nalle)
View from the Simmelsberg to the west northwest to the Großer Nallenberg (right) and the Kleine Nallenberg (left);  on the horizon the low mountain range Vogelsberg

View from the Simmelsberg to the west-northwest to the
Großer Nallenberg (right) and the Kleine Nallenberg (left);
on the horizon the low mountain range Vogelsberg

height 768.3  m above sea level NHN
location near Gersfeld ; District of Fulda , Hessen ( Germany )
Mountains Rhön
( Milseburger Kuppenrhön )
Dominance 3.7 km →  Bremerkopf
Notch height 620 m ↓  Rommerser Ziegelhütte
Coordinates 50 ° 26 '38 "  N , 9 ° 52' 43"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '38 "  N , 9 ° 52' 43"  E
Great Nallenberg (Hesse)
Great Nallenberg
rock basalt
particularities former basalt quarry
Great Nallenberg

The Große Nallenberg , also called Große Nalle , near Gersfeld in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda is 768.3  m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Milseburger Kuppenrhön , part of the low mountain range Rhön . The southern neighbor is the Kleine Nallenberg ( 704.1  m ).

geography

location

The Große Nallenberg is located in the Hessian Rhön Nature Park and the Rhön Biosphere Reserve . Its summit rises - viewed clockwise - 3 kilometers west-south-west of the core town of Gersfeld , 2.6 km west-north-west of Sparbrod , 2.9 km north-west of Rengersfeld , 2.2 km north-north-west of Rommers , 3 km east-north-east of Gichenbach and 2.4 km km (as the crow flies ) west-northwest of Altenfeld . To the north, its landscape drops into the valley of the Fulda , and to the south it leads over the Kleiner Nallenberg, 1 km away, to that of the Fulda tributary Rommerser Wasser . In the transition area of ​​the two Nallenberge rises the north-north-east facing Fulda tributary Scheibelbach and the Römergraben south-west to the Rommerser Wasser .

Natural allocation

The Große Nallenberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Osthessisches Bergland (No. 35), in the main unit Vorder- und Kuppenrhön (with land ridge) (353) and in the subunit Kuppenrhön (353.2) to the natural area Milseburger Kuppenrhön (353.21).

Protected areas

On the Great Nallenberg are parts of the protected landscape Rhön ( CDDA -No 378,477;. 1967 expelled; 410.31  square kilometers in size) and those of the bird reserve Rhön (VSG No. 5425-401;. 360.8 square kilometers). Parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Hochrhön extend to the south and south-west flanks (FFH no. 5525-351; 48.09 km²).

Basalt quarry

In the eastern flank of the Großer Nallenberg there is an abandoned basalt quarry, which gives it a striking appearance. In one of the basins there is a lake.

Viewing opportunities

On the wooded Großer Nallenberg, in the upper area of ​​the former quarry, there are views of Gersfeld and surrounding mountains such as Ebersberg (Rhön) , Wachtküppel , Milseburg , Wasserkuppe , Heidelstein , Hohe Hölle , Simmelsberg , Reesberg and Mittelberg .

Traffic and walking

North past the Great Nallenberg extends Fuldatal between old field and Gersfeld approximately in west-east direction federal highway 279 , in Gersfeld the east of the small Nallenbergs in direction south-southwest to Rommers leading circuit road  66 branches off. The latter runs from there in the valley of the Rommerser Water towards west-north-west to Gichenbach and on to Schmalnau to the B 279. For example, starting at these roads, the mountain can be hiked on mostly forest trails and paths. The Heidelsteinweg ( HWO  5) of the Rhön Club crosses the saddle between the two Nallen Mountains . The mountain top can only be reached on steep, unmarked paths and paths, some of which are secured with steel cables.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

Web links

  • View on the Große Nalle (labeling of visual targets can be activated), on panorama-photo.net