High Mark (Spessart)
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 The Hohe Mark (around the center of the picture) from the east, |
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| height | 414 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Spessart | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Hahnenkamm | |
| Notch height | 17 m | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 '13 " N , 9 ° 7' 24" E | |
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| Type | Low mountain range | |
The Hohe Mark is a 414 meter high mountain in the Spessart in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg . It belongs to the Hahnenkamm mountain range , the main summit of which ( 436 m above sea level ) is adjacent to the southwest. While the name Hohe Mark today denotes the northern part of the ridge, in the Middle Ages it meant the entire mountain range.
geography
The Hohe Mark is located on the northwestern part of the Hahnenkamm between the towns of Brücken and Kälberau . In the north the lower mountains Heidkopf and Poisonous Berg border. The streams Hitziger Lochgraben , Kertelbach and Wüstenbach have their source at the Hohen Mark . The valley of the Hemsbach runs in the southeast . The High Mark has a double summit , through the notch runs one way. Both peaks are about the same height (south-west summit 414 m, north-east summit 413 m). The municipal boundary between Alzenau (district Kälberau) and Mömbris and the " Gipfelweg " over the ridge to the main summit of the Hahnenkamm runs over the northeast peak . Knapp is below the South West Summit the natural monument Oak , below the Northeast summit is the topographically highest point in the district of Michel Bach .
Surname
In the seventh century, King Dagobert I rearranged the borders in Kahlgrund up to the high mountains. This method is called canceling . Hence the name Hohe Mark .
history
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In the Middle Ages , however, another area was known as Hohen Mark. It ran as a ridge over the entire forest area from Rückersbach via Hörstein to Geiselbach . It was an area of 3857 acres that was shared by the four main courts Wilmundsheim (later Alzenau), Hörstein , Mömbris and Somborn as a wild ban. After these four Zenten received self-administration rights and became a free court , they were popularly called "the Hohe Mark" and their inhabitants "the Märker".
In the Middle Ages, the Hohe Mark ridge consisted of two areas. The ridge south of the Kahl was called Wüstebach at that time . Today this term has been completely lost and the area is known as the Hahnenkamm. The part north of the Kahl, around the Schanzenkopf and Heidkopf , is still called the Sölzert (historically: "Gefellenhart"). On a historical map from 1812, the names Hahnenkamm and Hohe Mark were parallel to each other in the southern area. Later only the northern Hahnenkamm ridge was called the Hohe Mark.
The border between the municipalities of Alzenau and Mömbris did not always run across the ridge. There are a number of well-preserved, old boundary stones from 1810. They separated the historical areas of two earlier states in the Rhine Confederation . On one side was the territory of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , to which the Alzenau office in the Starkenburg province belonged. On the other side was the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt with the parish Mömbris in the department of Aschaffenburg . All of these boundary stones are numbered; in the area of the Hohe Mark from 201 to 244.
Others
- The entire area of the historic Hohen Mark is part of the Hahnenkamm-Haidkopf-Höhenzug natural area .
- The Hemsbach quarry , which was closed in 2006, was located southeast of the double summit . Today the Hahnenkammsee is located there .
- Streets in Brücken and Hörstein are named after the historic Hohen Mark.
