Höhn (Rhön)
| Höhn (Rhön) | ||
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 The quarry on the Höhn near Klings |
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| height | 510.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Wartburgkreis , Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Rhön | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 39 '21 " N , 10 ° 7' 7" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| particularities | Castle complex, geological outcrops at the quarry | |
The Hoehn is a 510.6 u m. NHN high mountain in the Thuringian Rhön in the area of the districts Klings and Fischbach / Rhön , both of which belong to the city of Kaltennordheim .
history
In the Middle Ages, the Fischberg castle ruins were located on the mountain as the administrative center of the Upper Feldatal . In the late 19th century, the mining of basalt began, which is extracted on the west and north flanks by quarries.
See also
Web links
Commons : Höhn - collection of images
literature
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2001, ISBN 3-910141-43-9 , p. 101 .
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 323 .
- Michael Weih: What a ground monument tells: Fischberg Castle in the Rhön . In: Prehistory and local research . Issue 22. Weimar 1985, p. 59-61 .
- Geyer, Jahne, Storch: Geological sights of the Wartburg district and the independent city of Eisenach . In: District Office Wartburgkreis, Lower Nature Conservation Authority (Hrsg.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . Issue 8. Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, ISBN 3-9806811-1-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.