Heuberg (Enzkreis)
| Heuberg | ||
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 Stone sculpture on the Heuberg |
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| height | 709.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Enzkreis , Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Black Forest | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 '25 " N , 8 ° 32' 40" E | |
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| particularities | Highest point in the Enzkreis | |
The Heuberg ( 709.1 m above sea level ) is a mountain in the northern Black Forest . It is located in the municipality of Neuenbürg, almost two kilometers south-southeast of the Neuenbürg district of Dennach and is the highest point in the Enzkreis .
Location and surroundings
The Heuberg rises northwest above the Eyach valley . The point where the Eyach meets the Enz at the Eyachbrücke is just under three kilometers northeast of the mountain. To the southwest and west, to the Eyach and Enz valleys, the mountain drops steeply, in all other directions the gradient is significantly less steep. In the north there is no elevation of comparable height up to the Taunus, which is 150 kilometers away . The summit area is completely wooded.
Development
The summit area is accessed through various forest paths. The L340 runs south of the mountain from the Eyach Bridge in the Enz Valley to Dobel . To the northwest of the mountain, the L339 leads from Dobel to Dennach , about 500 meters northwest past the highest point. A small forest path leads around the summit, the highest point itself is not accessible by any path.
About 1.2 km northeast of the highest point, about 500 meters south of Dennach, at the edge of the forest at an altitude of 655 meters is the viewing pavilion "Enzkreisspitze", from which the Vosges, Palatinate and Odenwald as well as the Taunus can be seen.
The subregional wind energy plan for the Northern Black Forest region from 2017 identifies the Heuberg as a priority area suitable for the construction and operation of regionally important wind energy plants for the use of wind energy. In May 2018, the Neuenbürger municipal council decided to seek protection against overload, because the Heuberg borders the existing Straubenhardt wind farm, and there are other planned wind turbines nearby with the Eiberg near Bad Wildbad and the Hengstberg near Schömberg .
History and legends
There are rumors that there were prehistoric settlements both on the Heuberg and on the Horntann Plain to the south-west. It is also known in popular belief that the witches gather at Heuberg on the first May night.
Since the Arthurian legend goes back in part to Celtic fairy tales, fables and legends, Roland Kroell asks whether the Heuberg could be associated with these origins of the legend. He describes a stone sculpture near the summit as the "Arthurian stone". He also wonders whether one of the cuboid stones in the summit area could be the sword stone in which the Excalibur sword was stuck.
To the northeast of the mountain, on both sides of a forest path, there are pillar-like stone monuments facing each other, which are considered the remains of the so-called "Schwabentor". This name comes from the time when Dennach, Feldrennach and Schwann were still in Baden. At that time, the so-called Schwabenstich entered the Württemberg or Swabian region from the margravial and Palatinate area. The medieval gate was restored in the 1930s. In the meantime, the monument has evidently been rearranged and relocated to a location about 100 meters below.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ neuebuerg.de: data and facts. Retrieved February 25, 2019
- ↑ a b udeuschle.de: Panorama Heuberg (Enzkreis). Looking north, 180 ° . Retrieved February 25, 2019
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Regional Association of the Northern Black Forest: Subregional plan for wind energy. May 2015 ( online ).
- ↑ Pforzheimer Zeitung: Neuenbuerg resists built-up development opportunities. 20th May 2018
- ^ Karl Eduard Paulus: Description of the Oberamt Neuenbürg. Karl Aue Verlag, Stuttgart 1862, p. 136 ( Wikisource )
- ^ Ludwig Hanisch (Working Group RP Karlsruhe): Legends and fairy tales from Baden-Württemberg. Regional historical classification. In: State Institute for School Development (LS), Stuttgart: Teaching modules: Baden-Württemberg in class. Retrieved February 25, 2019
- ↑ Roland Kroell: Mythologically Travel Central and Northern Black Forest. Publishing house Moritz Schauenburg, Lahr 1999, ISBN 3-7946-0523-3 , pp. 104-107
- ↑ schwabentor.com: The Schwabentor. Retrieved February 26, 2019