Hunau (natural area)

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Hunau
View over Schmallenberg to the Hunau massif
View over Schmallenberg to the Hunau massif
surface approx. 55 km²
(with Hömberg and Oberrarbach basin: around 58 km 2 )
Systematics according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Main unit group 33 →
Süderbergland
4th order region
(main unit)		 333 →
Rothaar Mountains
5th order region 333.5 →
Winterberg highlands
6th order region 333.55 →
Hunau (natural area)
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 12 '37.8 "  N , 8 ° 23' 41.8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '37.8 "  N , 8 ° 23' 41.8"  E
Hunau (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Hunau
Location Hunau
local community Schmallenberg , Winterberg
circle Hochsauerlandkreis
state North Rhine-Westphalia

The Hunau in the broader sense denotes the natural area of the mountain range of the mountain Hunau, which reaches 818.5 m above sea level, together with its foothills in today's area of ​​the cities Schmallenberg and Winterberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia. Depending on the demarcation, it covers an area of ​​around 55 to 58 km².

location

The Hunau massif is located from the city center to the facing side, a good 5 km northeast of Schmallenberg , just as far west-northwest of Winterberg and about twice as far south-southeast of the district town of Meschede . On the south-western edge are Bad Fredeburg , Huxel and Holthausen , the eastern south is framed by the Sorpe with the hamlets (upstream) Mittelorpe , Obersorpe and Rehsiepen , the east by the Neger flowing north with Siedlinghausen in the northeast, the north by the Bödefelder Mulde with Altefeld , Brabecke , Bödefeld as well as Westernbödefeld (a bit apart) and Gellinghausen , on the north-western edge, on the Rarbacher district, the hamlets of Dornheim , Föckinghausen , Oberrarbach and Oberhenneborn , in the west is Altenilpe .

The only localities in the interior of the natural area are the hamlet Osterwald and the adjoining residential areas Sonderhof and Rimberg with a total of just 100 inhabitants in the Osterwalder Mulde . Like almost all peripheral towns, they are located in Schmallenberg's area (Gellenhauser district); only Siedlinghausen and Altefeld belong to Winterberg today. In the past, the places in the north and in the interior formed the freedom Bödefeld and the municipality of Bödefeld-Land , whereas the villages on the southern edge belonged to the parish of Oberkirchen until 1975 .

Natural allocation

The Hunau is naturally allocated as follows:

Neighboring natural areas are the Nordheller Heights (333.57) in the east, the Bödefelder Mulde (333.80) in the north, the Henneborner Täler und ridge (333.84) in the northwest, the Fredeburger Kammer (335.1, main unit Sauerländer Senken ) with the Fredeburger Hügelland (335.11) and the Schmallenberger Grund (335.10) in the southwest, the Lennekessel (333.6) in the eastern south and the Astenberg (333.54) in the southeast. In the south-east there is a Seken area, which Martin Bürgener assigned to the Nordheller Heights in 1963, but which geomorphologically should be assigned to Harfeld ( Winterberger Hochmulde , 33.56); there only the Langenberg (734.8 m) and its east summit Festerbachskopf (727.8 m) reach heights of over 700 m at a distance; their saddle for Astenberg solid is 688.8 m with significantly higher than that for Steinberg (728.1 m) in the western part of the North Heller heights which is located at 649.9 m.

Characteristic

Seen from the center of the Rothaargebirge, which stretches from southwest to northeast, as the 841.9 m high Astenberg (333.54) on the Kahler Asten can be seen, the Hunau forms a kind of northwest wing, while that at 816.1 m ( goat light ) is the Hunau almost equal massif of Ziegenhelle forms the southeast wing. While the Ziegenhelle has only three other elevations that are more than 50 m high and are therefore to a certain extent independent mountains, at Asten there is only one other peak (the 811 m high Bremberg ), there are several in the Hunau massif Individual mountains and side massifs clearly separated - with up to three-digit heights.

The main ridge

Natural spatial map of the Hunau and its surroundings ( larger section )
The Zwellenberg (734.3 m), southern second summit of the Schiershagen

Like the Ziegenhelle in Wallershöhe , the Hunau also has a second summit that is almost the same height. However, the east summit, which is about 1.25 km away and reaches 812.1 m, does not even have a well-known name (the German basemap from 2011 only has a small, italic writing Hundegrab ). From the eastern summit via the Namentliche Hunau to the Heikersköpfchen (892.7 m), the main ridge hardly loses height over a distance of almost 4 km and does not have any noteworthy gaps. Towards the Kahlenberg, the ridge flattens to 712.3 m, only to drop off sharply northeast of Fredeburg.

At the east summit, on the other hand, the ridge gradually tapers to the east or south-east (ridge to Astenberg at 697.5 m), but continues in a north-east direction without any notable interruption to Sange 2.5 km away (788.8 m) and also flattens out in the northern Riedeln only very gradually. Only the Hömberg on the far north-east edge is carved out by a very clear notch, but at 714.9 m it is nowhere near the height of its western neighboring peaks.

South of the main ridge, on the other hand, the pre-peaks are often already separated by certain gaps, but do not protrude very far towards Lennekessel and Schmallenberger Grund.

Osterwalder Mulde and edge ridges from north to west

The Osterwalder Mulde immediately to the north, parallel to the main ridge, ensures that between the Palme in the east and the Brabecke in the west, which will only come together in the Bödefelder Mulde near Westernbödefeld , a striking ridge around the Schiershagen (736.6 m) is carved out. This ridge may have been called Kohlhagen earlier ; in any case, the stream that sweeps into its interior is called Kohlhagensiepen .

The ridge to the west, with the Rimberg (713.1 m) in the south and the Bracht (725.7 m) in the north, is still separated to the south by a clear notch at the Osterwalder depression; here, however, there is another deeper gap between the two mountains mentioned.

The Hömberg (661.4 m) in the north west of the massif is a special case. Its notch height is almost as large as that of the Hunau itself and it locks the Oberrarbach basin around Oberrarbach to the northwest. Orographically, it is the main mountain, one of the clods of the north-western neighboring natural area of ​​the Henneborn valleys and ridge , and it is also located in the catchment area of ​​the upper Henne and the Rarbach , which are almost completely in that natural area. In addition, the Oberrarbach basin is very typical of the numerous depressions in this natural area.

Martin Bürgener placed the Hömberg as part of the Hunau, but declared the natural boundary as not linearly definable - although it can be done in two ways (however, excluding the Hömberg and the basin, it is much clearer). What it has in common with the mountains of the Hunau massif is, above all, the continuous forest and the height: the southwest part of the Henneborn Ridge otherwise only reaches a height of just over 600 m on one mountain ( Somberg : 615.8 m). If only the north-eastern part of the Henneborn Ridge with Goldenes Strauch (653.6 m) and Ehrenberg (621.3 m), which still has clear similarities with the less filigree Ramsbeck Ridge and gorges , were counted as part of the Rothaar Mountains, then one would count the Hömberg certainly not to exclude and put accordingly to the Hunau.

To the west of the main ridge, the massif is closed off by the Buchhagen up to 660.9 m , which has the shape of a horseshoe open to the northwest, from which the Buchhagener Bach , left source brook of the Henne, flows, while the right, nominal one, between Buchhagen and Hömberg the Mountain range leaves.

Waters

The watershed between the Upper Ruhr and the Upper Lenne runs over the main ridge of the Hunau . The south side drains via Gleierbach and Sorpe to the Lenne, the more expansive north side via Neger , Elpe , Valme and Henne to the Oberruhr. Only a small area around the core town of Bad Fredeburg in the southwest drains via the Leiße to Wenne , which flows around the Rothaargebirge as a typical valley river at some western distance.

mountains

The following table contains the most important surveys of the Hunau together with height above sea level, dominance and prominence ; the brightness of the background (brightening from 2 km dominance or from 80 m prominence) indicates the respective independence as a mountain:

Surname location District Height
above NHN		 dominant
resonance		 celebrity
incontinence		 Remarks
Hunau Main ridge, center Bödefeld /
Oberkirchen 		818.5 m 6.9 0km 139.0 m Main mountain of the massif and one of the main mountains of the Rothaargebirge in general; NSG Hunau - Long Back - Heidberg
Hunau – east summit Main ridge, eastern center Bödefeld /
Oberkirchen 		812.2 m 1.14 km 25.5 m 1.26 km east of the main summit; NSG Hunau - Long Back - Heidberg
Tricky head Main ridge, west there Fredeburg 792.7 m 1.09 km 22.1 m southwest of Osterwald ; NSG Westernahtal on the southwest flank
Sang Main ridge, northeast there Boedefeld 788.8 m 2.13 km 32.3 m 3 km west of Silbach ; NSG Hömberg / Brusenbecke / Eberg / Kalte Spring on the eastern slope
Kahlenberg North edge, there east Boedefeld 767.4 m 0.25 km 7.1 m Northwest foothills of the Sange
Hardt North edge, there east Altenfeld 761.6 m 0.70 km 42.4 m 1.4 km south of Altenfeld
NN Main ridge, west there Boedefeld 758.4 m 0.53 km 12.9 m westernmost "higher" summit of the main ridge; NSG Altholzinsel in the Fredeburg Forest on the northeast slope
Bare buildings Northern edge, there just east of the center Boedefeld 753.0 m 0.57 km 19.9 m 2 km south-southeast of Bödefeld
Eberg Eastern edge Siedlinghausen 743.5 m 0.87 km 37.6 m 2.5 km northeast of Rehsiepen ; between Birau and Neger ; NSG Hömberg / Brusenbecke / Eberg / Kalte Spring (except SW)
Jüberg South edge, west there Oberkirchen 739.1 m 0.68 km 51.7 m northeast of Huxel ; NSG Westernahtal on the western flank
Dwarf mountain South edge, west there (east of the Jübergs) Oberkirchen 737.4 m 0.39 km 32.3 m northwest of Mittelorpe
Schiershagen Northern edge, there central; separated from the main ridge by the Osterwalder Senke Gellinghausen 736.6 m 1.55 km 107.2 m 1.6 km southwest of Bödefeld ; The back ends there through the confluence of the palm in the Brabecke
Zwellenberg Northern edge, there central; immediately south of the Schiershagen Gellinghausen /
Bödefeld 		734.3 m 0.55 km 15.4 m NSG Felsbastion Hollenhaus on the eastern slope
Brings Northern edge, there west of the center; separated from the main ridge by the Osterwalder Senke Rarbach 725.7 m 2.3 0km 99.4 m Base of the ridge to the Bastenberg , which only rises south of the Bödefelder Mulde
Hömberg Northern edge / eastern edge, carved out through our own notch Siedlinghausen 714.9 m 0.80 km 92.0 m southwest of Siedlinghausen ; NSG Hömberg / Brusenbecke / Eberg / Kalte Spring (except W)
Rimberg west-northwest of the center, just beyond the Osterwalder Depression Rarbach 713.1 m 0.97 km 81.9 m Rimberg hamlet immediately south
Kahlenberg (main ridge) Main ridge, there extreme west Fredeburg 712.3 m 0.86 km 7.5 m westernmost peak of the main ridge; NSG headwaters of the Henne at the northeast foot
Pirke ( Pirche ) Southern edge, there extreme west Fredeburg 681.0 m 0.83 km 53.7 m northeast of Bad Fredeburg (Südwestriedel means Hömberg ; NSG Westernahtal on the southeast flank)
Hömberg extreme west-northwest, separated by its own notch Rarbach 661.4 m 1.40 km 118.8 m Randberg to the Henneborn valleys and ridge, west of Oberrarbach
Bergstey Buchhagen , west of the Hunau massif Rarbach 660.9 m 0.96 km 42.5 m north of Bad Fredeburg , immediately northwest of the hamlet of Kleins Wiese
Gilsterhagen Buchhagen , extreme west of the Hunau massif Dorlar 642.7 m 1.61 km 44.3 m Randberg to the Fredeburg Chamber (exit gap at 535.2 m) northwest of Bad Fredeburg
Great hardt Northern edge, there extreme west Rarbach 640.6 m 0.58 km 42.6 m upstream of the Bracht to the northwest, southwest of Dornheim ; bordered to the northeast by the Bödefelder Mulde and to the northwest by the Henneborn Depression and Ridge
Gelsterhagen Buchhagen , extreme west of the Hunau massif Dorlar 632.6 m 0.52 km 23.6 m northwest of the Gilsterhagen
Lohkopf Northern edge, outermost, west of the center, upstream of Bracht to the north Rarbach /
Drasenbeck /
Brabecke /
Gellinghausen 		627.1 m 0.93 km 47.3 m northernmost mountain in the natural area, southwest of Westernbödefeld and northwest of Gellinghausen
Kehlenberg Northern edge, there centrally in the extreme north Boedefeld 617.6 m 0.15 km 7.5 m borders on Bödefeld to the north ; NSG Kehlenberg (northern half)

Sources and footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c rough polygon measurement with TIM online
  2. ↑ a b Martin Bürgener: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 111 Arolsen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
  3. ↑ a b Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 110 Arnsberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. →  Online map (PDF; 6.1 MB)
  4. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  5. ↑ Notch at 786.7 m
  6. ↑ Notch at 770.6 m
  7. ↑ Notch at 756.5 m
  8. ↑ Dominance and prominence to Sange , Scharte at 760.3 m
  9. ↑ Dominance and prominence to Sange in the south, notch at 719.2 m
  10. ↑ Notch at 745.5 m
  11. ↑ Dominance and prominence to the nameless intermediate summit in the south (761.3 m, notch to the main ridge azf 742.2 m), notch at 731.3 m
  12. ↑ Dominance and prominence on the main ridge in the west, notch on 705.9 a
  13. ↑ Dominance and prominence to the Heikersköpfchen in the north; Notch at 687.4 m
  14. ↑ Dominance and prominence on the main ridge, notch at 705.1 m
  15. ↑ dominance for Kahler Bauke the east, col, 629.4 m immediately east of Osterwald
  16. ↑ Dominance and prominence to Schiershagen ; Notch at about 718.9 m
  17. ↑ Dominance to Sange , Prominenz to ebender or to Hardt ; Notch at 622.9 m on the western flank
  18. ↑ Notch at 704.8 m
  19. ↑ These are field names; Dominance and prominence to the main ridge in the north, which tapers to the west; Notch at 627.3 m
  20. ↑ Dominance and prominence for the inhibitor in the southeast; Notch at 542.6 m on its own southeast flank
  21. ↑ Dominance and prominence to the main ridge in the south-east, which runs out to the west; Scharte to 618.4 m on the state road Bad Fredeburg - Westernbödefeld
  22. ↑ The northern neighbor (632.4 m) is called Gelsterhagen , on the local mountain the field name Aufm Gilsterhagen is written ; Dominance and prominence to the Bergstey (660.9 m) in the northeast, highest point of the Buchhagen; Notch at 598.4 m.
  23. ↑ Dominance and prominence on the Gehenberg in the southeast; Notch at 598.0 m
  24. ↑ height according to DGM ; Dominance and prominence to Gilsterhagen, Scharte at 609.0 m
  25. ↑ Notch at 579.8 m
  26. ^ Dominance and prominence to the northern Schiershagen foothills; Notch at 610.1 m