Iberg (Upland)
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 View from the Dommelturm to the southwest to Ettelsberg in the center of the picture; in front of it the Iberg |
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| height | 720.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Willingen ; District of Waldeck-Frankenberg North Hesse , ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Upland | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 '48 " N , 8 ° 37' 4" E | |
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The Iberg is a 720.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Upland in the northeast of the Rothaargebirge . It is located near Willingen in the Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg .
geography
location
The Iberg rises in the north-west of North Hesse in the Diemelsee Nature Park, directly east of the Willingen city center . As a north-north-western neighbor of the Orenberg ( 702 m ), it rises east of the Itter valley and west of its tributary Aarbach with the Lüerberg ( 713 m ) on the other side of the creek and its southern foothills Eideler Berg ( 700 m ).
South of the summit, apart from areas near and eastern slopes wooded Iberg are in the transition area to Orenberg on the outskirts Willinger Orenbergschanzen .
Natural allocation
The Iberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) and in the subunit Upland (333.9) to the natural area Inneres Upland (333.90).
Geology and mining
In the Iberg there are four roof slate banks with a thickness of two to 20 meters. The slate and limestone formation that the banks belong to are 400 million years old. The concession to mine slate in the Iberg was granted in 1859. Mining began in 1863 and ceased in 1971. Today there's a visitor mine , the slate quarry Christine .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Hesse Museum Guide: Christine Schiefergrube visitor mine