Heinberg (Steigerplatte)
| Heinberg | ||
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 View from the north-northwest to the Heinberg with the Heinturm |
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| height | 258.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Warburg , Höxter district , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Upper Weser Uplands | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '56 " N , 9 ° 5' 31" E | |
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| particularities | Heinturm (watch tower) | |
The Heinberg is a 258.6 m above sea level. NHN , high elevation of the Upper Weserbergland . It is located between Warburg and its district Ossendorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Höxter .
The Heinturm (watch tower) stands on the elevation . A major part of the Battle of Warburg took place on the mountain in 1760 . The Warburg / Am Heinberg glider airfield is located near the elevation .
geography
location
The Heinberg rises in the south of the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge nature park . Its summit is about 4.1 km west-north-west of the Warburg city center and 1.5 km south-south-east of the Warburg district of Ossendorf. Other nearby localities are in the south-southeast of the Warburg district of Germete and in the south-west of the Diemelstadt district of Wethen in the Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg ; both localities lie on the other side of the Diemel flowing along the southwest foot of the elevation . The national border is off the Heinberg - a few meters across the river. To the northwest of the elongated elevation stands the Warburger Kliftmühle on Mühlengraben (Mühlenbach) . The Mühlengraben flows into the Diemel shortly after the mill. Further downstream, the Warburg settlement Am Heinberg is located southeast of the elevation .
Natural allocation
The Heinberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Upper Weserbergland (No. 36) and in the main unit Warburger Börde (360) to the sub-unit Steigerplatte (360.2).
Protected areas
On the southwest flank of the Heinberg and on the summit region there are parts of the western area of the three-part nature reserve (NSG) lime lean grasslands near Ossendorf ( CDDA no. 329473; designated 1987; 1.0521 km² in size); Parts of this are designated as the Fauna-Flora-Habitat- Area Kalkmagerrasen near Ossendorf (FFH No. 4420-303; 50 ha ). Outside the NSG area, the landscape protection area Südlicher Kreis Höxter (CDDA no. 555561177; 1984; 225.0967 km²) extends to the elevation .
Warburg / Am Heinberg glider airfield
To the southwest of the Heinberg, across the Diemel, is the Warburg / Am Heinberg glider airfield ( ⊙ ). It has a runway made of grass on both sides of the national border, which is about 1000 m long. Gliders, powered gliders, microlights and powered aircraft are allowed to take off and land.
In addition, the Menne model airfield is located 2.3 km northeast of the elevation near the Warburg district of Menne ( ⊙ ).
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Others
About 30 m north-west of the summit of the Heinberg stands the Heinturm , a largely preserved watch tower of the Warburg city defense. It was built from 1430 and is 12 m high. On July 31, 1760, a major part of the Battle of Warburg took place on the northern slope of the Heinberg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ^ Sofie Meisel: Geographical Land Survey: The natural space units on sheet 98 Detmold. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1959. → Online map (PDF; 5.4 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Warburg glider airfield "Am Heinberg" (Luftsportverein-Warburg eV), on lsv-warburg.de