Hahnenkamm (Altmuehltal)

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Franconian Alb with the Hahnenkamm in the southwest

Franconian Alb with the Hahnenkamm in the southwest

Highest peak Dürrenberg ( 656.4  m above sea  level )
location Rural districts Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Ansbach ; Bavaria ( Germany )
part of Franconian Alb
Coordinates 49 ° 1 ′  N , 10 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′  N , 10 ° 46 ′  E
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Hahnenkamm (Altmühltal) (Bavaria)
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Location of the Hahnenkamm in Bavaria

The Hahnenkamm is a Jurassic limestone - mountain range one to 656.4  m above sea level. NHN high and around 20 km long northwest foothills of the Franconian Alb in the districts of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Ansbach in Bavaria , Germany .

geography

location

The Hahnenkamm is located in the quadrangle of Gunzenhausen in the north, Weißenburg in the east, Treuchtlingen in the southeast and Wassertrüdingen in the west. It is bounded to the northeast by the Altmühl , a little to the southwest lies the Nördlinger Ries through which the Wörnitz flows ; The latter separates the Swabian Alb and the Franconian Alb. From the Altmühl, the Hahnenkamm rises about 200 m above the valley floor. The ridge, which is partly overgrown by deciduous forest, is part of the Altmühltal Nature Park .

The highest inhabited place on the Hahnenkamm is Auernheim , which is 634  m above sea level and, together with Hohenstein, shares the rank of being the highest village in Middle Franconia .

Natural allocation

The Hahnenkamm belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Franconian Alb (No. 08), in the main unit Southern Franconian Alb ( 082) and in the subunit Altmühlalb (082.2) to the natural area Hahnenkammalb (082.20). Its landscape falls from west to north to east in the main unit group Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land (No. 11), in the main unit foreland of the Southern Franconian Jura (110) and in the subunit Hahnenkamm-Vorland (110.2) in the natural area of Hahnenkamm-Vorberge (110.21).

mountains

The mountains or elevations of the Hahnenkamm and its foothills include - sorted according to height in meters (m) above mean sea level (NHN):

In the western neighborhood is the Hesselberg ( 689  m ), the highest mountain in the Franconian Alb.

Localities

The villages in and on the Hahnenkamm include - viewed roughly clockwise (starting in the north):

Protected areas

The nature reserves Steinerne Rinne near Wolfsbronn ( CDDA no. 82630; designated 1984; 6  hectares in size) and Buchleite near Markt Berolzheim (CDDA no. 162621; 1986; 31 hectares) are on or on the Hahnenkamm . On the ridge there are also parts of the conservation zone in the Altmühltal Nature Park ( CDDA no. 396115; 1995; 1,632.96  km² ) and the fauna-flora-habitat area Trauf of the southern Franconian Jura (FFH no. 6833-371; 43 , 24 km²).

View from a distance of 15 km from a hill near Oettingen to the Hahnenkamm wind farm near Degersheim

economy

The Hahnenkamm is mainly used for agriculture, tourism and the energy sector. The Hahnenkamm barracks of the Bundeswehr, built in the 1970s on the north eaves near Heidenheim to strengthen the local economy , was closed as part of the Bundeswehr reform in 2003. The Hahnenkammsee near Hechlingen was also created during this period to promote tourism . The Hahnenkamm wind farm near Heidenheim- Degersheim , established in 1996, has consisted of twelve wind turbines since 2011.

Attractions

Käsrinne near Heidenheim
Stone channel, Wolfsbronn

Among the attractions on the Hahnenkamm include:

Hiking trails

Hiking trails of the Hahnenkamm are:

Individual evidence

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

literature

  • Hermann Schmidt-Kaler: From the new Franconian Lake District to the Hahnenkamm and Hesselberg , series walks in the history of the earth , Volume 3 1991, 80 pages, 2 colored geol. Maps, 66 ills., 8 color plates, pbk. Treated are the Weißjura foothills of the Hahnenkamm and the Weißjura-Zeugenberg of the Hesselberg.

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