Great Steinberg (Solling)

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Great Steinberg
height 492.5  m above sea level NHN
location near Eschershausen , Northeim district , Lower Saxony ( Germany )
Mountains Solling in the Weser Uplands
Coordinates 51 ° 42 '21 "  N , 9 ° 39' 46"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '21 "  N , 9 ° 39' 46"  E
Großer Steinberg (Solling) (Lower Saxony)
Great Steinberg (Solling)
particularities Harzblick observation tower

The Great Steinberg is at least 492.5  m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the south of the Solling . It is located near Eschershausen in the Northeim district in southern Lower Saxony ( Germany ). The Harzblick observation tower is on the southern slope .

geography

location

The Große Steinberg rises in the southeast of the Solling and the Solling-Vogler Nature Park . Its summit is 5.5 km north-northeast of the core city of Uslar and 3.5 km northeast of Eschershausen and 3.5 km north of Vahle , two parts of Uslar.

Natural allocation

The Große Steinberg belongs in the Lower Saxon Bergland in the natural spatial main unit group Weser-Leine-Bergland (No. 37) and in the main unit Solling, Bramwald and Reinhardswald (370) to the subunit Northern Solling (370.0). To the south the landscape falls into the subunit Kuppiger Solling (370.1).

Steinberg and side knolls

Steinberg and side knolls are - with heights in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN):

Steinbergkuppen:
The Große Steinberg has two peaks, the peaks of which are almost 570 m apart in a north-west-south-east direction:

  • Northwest summit : approx. 492.5  m ( ), with an altitude indication near the summit of 491.7  m on the forest path crossing
  • South-east summit (also called Kleiner Steinberg ): approx. 491  m ( ), with an altitude of 490.5  m on a forest path

Minor peaks ( clockwise ) :

  • Wolfstrang (467.5 m), in the east-northeast
  • Hohe Warte (310 m), in the south-southeast
  • Henneckenberg (305 m), in the south
  • Glaseberg (380 m), in the southwest
  • Hay rock hill (440 m), in the west
  • Italskopf (432.5 m), in the west-north-west
  • Wolfskopf (425.4 m), in the northwest

Flowing waters

The Wolfsbach rises on the north-western slope of the mountain at Wolfskopf, the Lummerke on the northern slope and the Riepenbach on the transition area to the east-northeastern Wolfstrang; all three feed the Ilme . Southeast below the mountain at the Hohe Warte is the source of a small tributary of the Malliehagenbach tributary coming from Wolfstrang, which flows into the Rehbach . The Martinsbach rises on the southern slope between Hoher Warte and Henneckenberg and a small tributary of the Italbach rises on the southwest slope at Jägeranger, both of which flow into the Ahle .

Protected areas

Parts of the protected landscape area Solling ( CDDA -Nr. 324596; 1999; 330.149  km² ), the fauna-flora-habitat- area forests in eastern Solling (FFH-Nr. 4223-301; 14.58 km²) and the Solling bird sanctuary (VSG no. 4223-401; 40.6 km²).

Harzblick observation tower

On the southern slope of the south-east summit (Kleiner Steinberg) , immediately above the Sollstraße forest path, at a height of about 447  m, there is the estimated 8 m high Harzblick observation tower  ( ), which was erected from wood. Originally the Sollingturm was supposed to be built on this mountain, but after it was built on the 4.3 km west-southwest lying Strutberg , the Harzblick was set up on the Großer Steinberg.

From its observation deck is often a good distance vision: As you look to the east to the resin in which the chunks ( 1141.2  m ) can be seen to the south-southeast to Gauss Tower on the Hohenhagen ( 492.5  m ) in Dransfelder city forest , according South to the Kaufunger Wald (max.  643.4  m ) and in the south-west you can see the Reinhardswald (max.  472.2  m ).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Topographical map : mountain peaks and observation tower of the Großer Steinberg ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de; Height of the Großer Steinberg (approx.  492.5  m ) and other mentioned heights according to the uppermost contour line ; see strong map enlargement @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de
  2. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. Harzblick Vahle ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on weserbergland-foto.de  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weserbergland-foto.de