Backmost bare mountain

Backmost bare mountain
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height	197.9  m above sea level NHN
location	Hessen , Germany
Mountains	Forecrops of the Odenwald
Coordinates	49 ° 52 '44 "  N , 8 ° 42' 53"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '44 "  N , 8 ° 42' 53"  E
rock	Crystalline Odenwald - Frankenstein Complex
Age of the rock	about 360 million years

The Hinterste Kahle Berg is a mountain in the northwestern Odenwald , approx. 3.0 km east of Darmstadt . The 197.9 m high mountain in the Darmstadt forest area is heavily forested.

To the north and east of the mountain is the Scheftheimer Wiesen nature reserve with the Ruthsenbach . To the south of the mountain is the Sulmenseekopf , to the west is the Vorderste Kahle Berg .

Toponyms

1. 1664: in the Kohlberge
2. 1722: the two coal mountains
3. undated: Vorderster, Hinterster Kahleberg
4. today: backmost bald mountain

etymology

To Old High German calo and Middle High German kal with the meaning "bald". Bare, ungrown or cleared areas gave the name. Situation in Darmstadt: The documents with the stem vowel / o / probably show a dialectrically dulled stem vowel. They are therefore too bare and not part of coal .

See also

• Frankenstein complex

Web links

• http://www.geo-naturpark.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadtatlas Darmstadt and environs, Official City Map Darmstadt, Surveying Office of the City of Science Darmstadt, Cartography Department, 2016, p. 27
2. ↑ Hans Ramge et al .: Südhessisches Flurnamenbuch , Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, 2002, ISBN 3-88443-045-9 , p. 543.