Hemsberg

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Hemsberg
The Hemsberg seen from the south

The Hemsberg seen from the south

height 262.2  m above sea level NHN
location near Bensheim , Bergstrasse district , Hesse ( Germany )
Mountains Odenwald
Coordinates 49 ° 40 '7 "  N , 8 ° 38' 22"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 '7 "  N , 8 ° 38' 22"  E
Hemsberg (Hesse)
Hemsberg
particularities Bismarck Tower ( AT )

The Hemsberg is a 262.2  m above sea level. NHN high elevation on the Hessische Bergstrasse in the Odenwald southeast of Bensheim . The area around Hemsberg has a very diverse flora and fauna . On the summit there is a Bismarck tower built in 1902 , which can be used as a lookout tower .

Bismarck Tower

Main article: Bismarck Tower (Bensheim)

On May 17, 1897, the post director a. D. Ernst Hallwachs and the entrepreneur from Bensheim, Kommerzienrat Wilhelm Euler (1847–1934), started building a Bismarck tower on the summit of the Hemsberg . The tower was built according to plans by Heinrich Metzendorf and completed on July 6, 1902. The tower has a height of 19 m and is owned by the Odenwald Club . The construction costs for its construction amounted to 10,000 marks. From 2008 the listed tower will be renovated.

When the weather is nice, the tower is open on Sundays and public holidays. The local population usually refers to the Bismarck Tower as the Hemsberg Tower .

Flora and fauna

The loess and limestone soils of the Hemsberg also ensure that one of the largest vineyards on the Hessian Bergstrasse, the "Hemsberg" site, is located below the summit on the south and west slopes. A large part of the forest and meadow area around the Hemsberg, on the other hand, was placed under nature protection because of its diverse fauna. One of the largest occurrences of the orchid orchid in Germany is on the meadows . 430 of the around 2,500 flowering plants found in Europe have been mapped in the Hemsberg area. The lime-loving blood-red cranesbill , the Rapunzel bellflower , the Jacob's ragwort , the Carthusian carnation , the real bedstraw and the very rare mountain fennel grow on the Hemsberg. Orchids and columbines grow northeast of the summit . The forested upper part of the Hemsberg is covered to a large extent with cherries and ash trees, which bloom in white one after the other from May to June.

  • The blood-red cranesbill

  • The Karthauser carnation

gallery

  • The Bismarck Tower on the Hemsberg

  • The location of the Hemsberg south-east of Bensheim

  • The location of the Hemsberg on the Hessian Bergstrasse

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View from the Bergstrasse between Bensheim and Heppenheim. Bensheim can be seen on the left in the Rhine plain . At the front in the center of the picture is the Hemsberg . To the right of this you can see the Melibokus and the Felsberg .

Remarks

A Bensheim primary school bears the name of the mountain as the Hemsberg school .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ The work of Wilhelm Euler  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bergsträßer Anzeiger edition of April 14, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.morgenweb.de  
  3. ↑ The Odenwald Club and the Towers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bergsträßer Anzeiger from March 17, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.morgenweb.de  
  4. ↑ Height information based on your own measurement
  5. ↑ Tower needs to be refurbished  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bergsträßer Anzeiger from December 31, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.morgenweb.de  
  6. ↑ After the BA excursion, the Hemsberg host is waiting  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bergsträßer Anzeiger from July 11, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.morgenweb.de  
  7. ↑ The mountain fennel presented as a botanical rarity  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bergsträßer Anzeiger from July 16, 2007@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.morgenweb.de  
  8. ↑ Now a thousand orchids are in bloom , Bergsträßer Anzeiger of May 12, 2010

Web links

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