Hessian skittles

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Hessian skittles (from the east) u. a. with the Gehilfersberg (middle)
Logo of the region

The Hessischer Kegelspiel is an arrangement of conical volcanic mountains in the northwestern, flattest part of the Rhön in East Hesse , Germany . The impressive collection of volcanic cones is located in the districts of Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Fulda in the north-western part of the Kuppenrhön, east of Eiterfeld and south of Schenklengsfeld .

Geology and history

The core of these peaks, which are called Hessian skittles because of their uniformity and the number of mountains, consists of mostly hexagonal basalt columns (see also under Stoppelsberg ), which were created when the lava cooled .

The forecast powered by this giant , a bowling alley , the Stoppelberg presented the ball.

mountains

View from the north over Wippershain to some of the peaks of the Hessian skittles

Almost a dozen mountains belong to the Hessian bowling game . The northernmost and at the same time the highest is the Soisberg (629.9 m) with an observation tower . From the Soisbergturm you can look south to south-west of nine conical mountain peaks lying close together, which differ little in height. These are sorted according to height in meters (m) above mean sea ​​level:

View from the Stoppelsberg to the east to some of the peaks of the Hessian skittles

Further away to the west is the Stoppelsberg ( 523.9  m ), which also belongs to the Kuppenrhön and is occasionally included in the Hessian skittles. Its hilltop bears the ruins of the Hauneck Castle and also offers an impressive view from the west of the above-mentioned peaks of the Kegelspiel, with the Soisberg as the farthest in the northeast.

Various mnemonics about bowling are known in the region - but they do not always refer to the same series of mountains - and refer to parts of the names of the named peaks, for example:

"A weasel carries an apple on its back through a stubble field into a small, rotten stable in a clearing, that's it."

Reference is hereby made to Wissels-, Rückers-, Appels-, Stoppels-, Klein-, Mors-, Stall-, Licht- and Soisberg; two of the above are missing. The German game of bowling usually includes nine pins, a ball and a player.

Circular ramparts

On the Kleinberg belonging to the Rasdorf district about 1000 southeast of Großentaft are the remains of the probably Celtic, small, one-piece and Iron Age ring wall system Kleinberg . A similar facility is located a few kilometers to the west on the Stallberg belonging to the Kirchhasel district .

literature

  • Jessica Schäckermann, Martin Krämer: Stallberg - striking basalt knoll in the bowling game (PDF; 473 kB) District Fulda, Hessian administration office Biosphere Reserve Rhön (ed.), 2006
  • Pralle, Ludwig: The pilgrimage church on the Gehilfersberg , in: Parish council of the community Rasdorf (ed.): Rasdorf, contributions to the history of a 1200 year old community , Rasdorf, 1980, p. 73 ff
  • Sturm, Erwin: Rasdorf, History and Art, page 72 ff., Fulda. 1971

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List and corresponding heights created with DVD Hessen3D ( ISBN 978-3-935603-73-7 )
  2. ↑ Hessisches Kegelspiel , on eiterfeld.de, accessed on March 25, 2009
  3. ^ Rolf Gensen: The Iron Age ring walls on the Stallberg and the Kleinberg. Leaflet on the fortifications at Hünfeld-Kirchhasel and at Rasdorf in the Fulda district (1985) , Archäologische Denkmäler in Hessen (issue 49), Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-89822-049-4 . 8 pages

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 30 ″  E