Hirschberg (Kaufunger Forest)
| Hirschberg | ||
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.JPG) View from the east from the Heiligenberg |
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| height | 643.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Großalmerode ; mainly Werra-Meißner-Kreis , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Kaufunger Wald , Fulda-Werra-Bergland | |
| Dominance | 6.4 km → Hoher Meissner | |
| Notch height | 260 m ↓ north of Velmeden | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 14 '44 " N , 9 ° 45' 19" E | |
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| particularities | highest mountain in the Kaufungen forest | |
The Hirschberg is 643.4 m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Kaufungen Forest . It is located near Großalmerode, especially in the Werra-Meißner district and with parts of the slope in the Kassel district - both in Hesse ( Germany ). In the Fulda-Werra-Bergland it belongs to the east of the Söhre which adjoins the actual plateau of the Kaufunger Forest to the south .
geography
location
The Hirschberg rises in the northeast of northern Hesse in the Werra-Meißner district; below about 560 m , its north and north-west slopes belong to the district of Kassel. It is located in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) , just under 2.5 km southwest of the core city of Großalmerode , just under 2 km northwest of Rommerode (southern district of Großalmerode) and about 2 km (distances Beeline ) southeast of Wickenrode (eastern part of Helsa municipality ). The next big city is Kassel, about 20 km northwest .
The neighboring mountains of the Hirschberg include the Giesenberg ( 526.8 m ) in the north-northwest, the Steinberg ( 588.75 m ) in the north-northeast with the Steinberg lakes and the Bilstein ( 641.2 m ) on the other side , the Exberg ( 505.5 m) ) in the southeast with the two Exberg lakes and the Rohrberg ( 535.6 m ) in the southwest.
The Wedemann , which flows into the Losse , rises on the northwest slope of the Hirschberg , the weirs not far southeast of the mountain, and the Gelster on the Pfaffenberg - the northern foothills of the mountain - the tributaries of the Werra .
geomorphology
The basalt summit of the Hirschberg is an almost circular plateau that is about 1 km in diameter above the 600 m height line . On it there are two gently rising peaks about 450 m apart - with heights in meters (m) above mean sea level:
Natural allocation
The Hirschberg (No. 357.700) belongs to the main natural unit group Osthessisches Bergland (35), in the main unit Fulda-Werra-Bergland (357) and in the subunit Kaufunger Wald und Söhre (357.7) predominantly to the natural area Söhre (357.70). Its east and south-east slopes fall into the Rommeroder Hügelland (357.53) natural area, which is part of the Witzenhausen-Altmorschener Talung sub-unit (357.5) .
Landscape image
The high elevations of the Hirschberg are heavily forested. Apart from the open-cast mines created by lignite mining on its slopes, there is a clearing about 140 to 165 m in diameter in the southwestern plateau area and a few smaller ones in other places. On the eastern slope there is a clearing about 550 by 250 m.
history
Since (? At least) in 1690 was an intensive am Hirschberg lignite - opencast mine operated, as can be seen in the mining areas on its northern slopes. On October 3, 2003, the Hirschberg colliery was closed; this was the end of coal mining in North Hesse .
Transport links and hiking
North past the Hirschberg between Wickenrode and Großalmerode the federal road 451 ( Wickenrode - Großalmerode ), east and south the state road 3225 (Großalmerode - Rommerode - Friedrichsbrück ) and southwest the L 3400 (Friedrichsbrück - Helsa ). The mountain plateau can be reached, to which no roads lead, for example coming from the aforementioned villages on hiking trails that run through mostly forested landscapes .
Web links
literature
Günter Hinze: 400 years of lignite mining at Hirschberg, 328 pages, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3000262258 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ dominance and prominence according to TK 25; Scharte is between 380 and 390 m above sea level
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)