Höheberg (Krombach)

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Höheberg
The Höheberg (seen from the west) with the Dieteröder cliffs and the former Dieterode train station

The Höheberg (seen from the west) with the Dieteröder cliffs and the former Dieterode train station

height 520.8  m above sea level NHN
location at Dieterode ; Eichsfeld district , Thuringia ( Germany )
Mountains Upper Eichsfeld , Thuringian Basin (with edge plates)
Coordinates 51 ° 17 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 1 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 1 ″  E
Höheberg (Krombach) (Thuringia)
Höheberg (Krombach)
rock Shell limestone
180 ° view from the Dieteröder cliffs to the south

The Höheberg , also called Hünenberg , is 520.8  m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Upper Field near Dieterode in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld .

Geographical location

The Höheberg is located in the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park on the edge of the Obereichsfelder Muschelkalkplatte in the district of the municipalities of Krombach , Dieterode and Armaments . Its summit is 1.1 km east of Dieterode and 9 km south of Heilbad Heiligenstadt . The mountain can be reached directly via the state road  2023 Kalteneber -Dieterode. The former Heiligenstadt – Schwebda railway line was led from the Dieterode train station below the Höheberg over a steep climb to Fürstenhagen .

nature

The mountain is accessible from all surrounding places via hiking trails. On the southwestern edge of the hilltop there is a several hundred meter long edge made of shell limestone, the so-called Dieteröder cliffs . To the east and north is the predominantly agricultural plateau of the Obereichsfelder Höhe.

A nature trail leads from the visitor center "Alter Wasserturm" of the nature park administration Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal in Fürstenhagen to the Dieteröder cliffs. On the south-sloping mountain slopes one can find rare plant species such as the silver thistle, the gentian and various orchids.

view

From the edge of the Dieteröder cliffs you have a good view over the Südeichsfeld with the Hülfensberg and the Gobert and the north-east Hessian mountains with the Ringgau , the Hohen Meißner and the Kaufunger Wald . On a clear day you can see the western Thuringian Forest with the Inselsberg and individual peaks of the Rhön in the south . From the plateau on the east side of the mountain you have a view over the heights of the Upper Eichsfeld to the Upper Harz with the Brocken .

Individual evidence

  1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. TLVermGEO TK 50: Southern Eichsfeld Hainich Werratal , map sheet 54, 2001
  3. Dieteröder Klippen ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2013 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. , Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.naturpark-ehw.de

Web links

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