Hochsauerland

The Hochsauerland is traditionally referred to as "the 700–843 m high area around Hunau , Kahler Asten - Ziegenhelle , Winterberg and then to the north up to and including the Waldecker Upland " , which represents the north-eastern part of the main Rothaargebirge unit . In today's parlance, the term is used in particular for the area in the southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis around Winterberg and in the west of the Hessian district Waldeck-Frankenberg around Willingen , which is heavily developed for tourism, especially winter sports , without defining fixed borders.

The term Hochsauerland is derived from the name Sauerland ; However, the Hessian Upland is not historically part of the Sauerland in the narrower sense.

As the focal point of the Bergisch-Sauerland Mountains, the Hochsauerland exposes the harsh climate of the large landscape and in particular - like few regions in Germany - has on average more rainfall in winter than in summer, which, in addition to the altitude, favors winter sports.

Other common definitions

In addition to the definition given above, the term Hochsauerland is used in other meanings for areas around the center of gravity of the Bergisch-Sauerland mountains .

• In the 1950s and 1960s the Federal Institute for Regional Studies developed a natural spatial structure for the federal territory. Within this, the previous partial mountains Hochsauerland (in the sense described above) and Rothaargebirge (which until then had referred to the main ridge on the Rhine-Weser watershed south-west of the Kahler Asten ) were combined into a single main unit, initially with Hochsauerland , later with Hochsauerland (with Rothaargebirge) and finally with Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland) was titled.
  Since around 1970 the unit has been referred to exclusively as the Rothaargebirge, also on maps, and the Hochsauerland is viewed as its northeastern part of the landscape, but the old name Hochsauerland is still used today as a name for the entire landscape .
  Combining the two mountain ranges would make sense insofar as there was no real dividing line between the two in addition to the cultural-historical border between Wittgenstein and Westphalia.
  On the other hand, the term Hochsauerland is highly misleading for the entire mountain range , since in addition to the upland , which is already only indirectly Sauerland , the historical landscapes of Siegerland , Wittgensteiner Land and Hessian hinterland also contribute to the entire mountain range to a large extent.
• Since the creation of the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1975, the name Hochsauerland , following the suggestion of the name, has often been referred to this or its southeast - excluding other parts of the country.

geography

Natural structure

The Hochsauerland in the narrow, not the complete Rothaargebirge comprehensive sense is, natural area roughly of the following parts (links are sorted in the short summaries Rothaargebirgs articles, one of which can be controlled from the single item):

• (to 333 Rothaar Mountains )
  • 333.5 Winterberger Hochland (up to 843.2 m)
    • 333.50 Wild Struth
    • 333.51 goat light
    • (333.52 Eastern (Kühhuder) redhead )
    • 333.53 Langewiese
    • 333.54 Astenberg
    • 333.55 Hunau
    • 333.56 Harfeld ( Winterberger Hochmulde )
    • 333.57 Nordheller heights
    • 333.58 Langenberg
  • 333.6 Lennekessel (up to 727 m)
  • 333.7 high side (up to 792.2 m)
  • 333.8 Hochsauerländer Schluchtgebirge (up to 806 m)
    • 333.80 Bödefelder Mulde (with Assinghauser Grund)
    • 333.81 Ramsbeck ridge and gorges
    • 333.82 Schellhorn and Treiswald
    • 333.83 Habuch
    • 333.84 Henneborn valleys and ridges
  • 333.9 Upland (up to 775.3 m)
    • 333.90 Inner Upland
    • (333.91 Vorderpländer ridge , is not regarded as part of the Hochsauerland)

mountains

In the Hochsauerland in the narrower sense u. a. the following mountains, which are all located in parts of the Winterberg highlands - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea level:

• Langenberg (843.2 m) - Langenberg
• Hegekopf (842.9 m) - Langenberg
• Kahler Asten (841.9 m) - own massif (Asten Mountains)
• Ettelsberg (837.7 m) - Langenberg
• Clemensberg (approx. 837 m) - Langenberg
• Hopperkopf (832.3 m) - Langenberg
• Hunau (818.5 m) - its own massif
• Ziegenhelle (815.9 m) - own massif (Wilde Struth)

literature

• Michael Flöer: The place names of the Hochsauerlandkreis , publishing house for regional history, Gütersloh 2013, ISBN 978-3895349461

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen: Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany , 4th delivery, Remagen 1957, p. 501 ff ( Wilhelm Hartnack ) - Federal Institute for Regional Studies
2. ↑ Reiner Keller: The mean precipitation in the river areas of the Federal Republic of Germany - Research on German regional studies, Remagen 1958
3. ↑ Map services ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the BfN - in the map service "Protected areas" z. For example, the name Hochsauerland is displayed under “Main Units” , while the “Landscapes” map service uses the Rothaar Mountains.