High mountain (Bad Orb)
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2.jpg) Quarry on the high mountain |
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| height | 521 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Hessen , Germany | |
| Mountains | Spessart | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Kuppe ( 522.5 m ) southeast | |
| Notch height | 11 m | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 30 ″ E | |
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| rock | Basalt , red sandstone | |
The high mountain is 521 m above sea level. NHN high mountain near Bad Orb in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse .
location
The Hohe Berg is about 1.7 km north of Lettgenbrunn in the Spessart Nature Park , a little more than a kilometer north of the volcanic Beilstein , south of Bad Orb. South and east of the mountain runs the country road L2905 and west of the district road K890 .. It is located in the Hessian Spessart .
description
On the Hohe Berg, the chimney filling of a former volcano is marked by basalt columns. They were created by the relatively slow cooling of the basaltic lava, arranged radially and rise towards the center, similar to a coal pile . This is why one also speaks of mileage creation . The basalt mined here in quarries contains olivine nodules from the earth's mantle and pieces of red sandstone . The exploited volcanic vent and the shape of the crater are clearly recognizable from the many years of quarrying.
On the northern slope of the Hohe Berg there is the Madstein natural monument , a striking basalt block, the formation of which can also be traced back to volcanic activity in this area.
The summit area has been under nature protection since 1940 under the name " Hoher Berg bei Lettgenbrunn ".
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Geotopes in the Hessian Spessart. (PDF, 443 kB) Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology, accessed on September 30, 2013 .