Istenberg
| Istenberg | ||
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 Istenbergs with Bruchhauser Stones from the northwest |
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| height |
728 m above sea level NHN (756 m with field stone) |
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| location | near Bruchhausen ; Hochsauerland , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) |
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| Mountains | Rothaar Mountains | |
| Dominance | 1.34 km → Hömberg (or, with Feldstein, 2.33 km to the Großer Kluskopf ) |
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| Notch height | 81 m ↓ to Hömberg (or further to Langenberg ) |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 19 '10 " N , 8 ° 33' 5" E | |
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| particularities | Bruchhauser stones | |
The Istenberg near Bruchhausen in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis is 728 m above sea level on the earth's summit . NHN high mountain of the Rothaargebirge . On the mountain are the Bruchhauser stones , which in particular increase the height to 756 m .
geography
location
The Istenberg in the Sauerland is located in the northeast part of the Rothaargebirge around 1.3 km east of Bruchhausen (southeastern part of Olsberg ) above the Gierskoppbach valley and to the west above that of the Schmalah , a Hoppecke tributary. The Rhine-Weser watershed runs over the mountain and the neighboring Hömberg ( 730 m ) , especially since the Gierskoppbach drains through the Ruhr into the Rhine and the Hoppecke through the Diemel into the Weser .
On the north-western flank of the mountain rise the Bruchhauser Steine , a formation consisting of the four main rocks Bornstein , Feldstein , Goldstein and Ravenstein with a maximum height of 92 m , which, together with the Feldstein (which does not count as the Istenberg summit), is up to 756 m high.
Natural allocation
The Istenberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33), in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) and in the subunit Hochsauerländer Schluchtgebirge (333.8) to the natural area Schellhorn and Treiswald (333.82), with its landscape beyond the Bruchhauser Stones in western directions in the natural area Bödefelder Mulde (with Assinghauser Grund) (333.80) drops.
Mountain height
Topographic maps in the vicinity of the 728 m high Istenberg summit can often be used to find additional altitude points. The commonly mentioned mountain altitude of 721 m refers to a location on a forest road crossing spot elevation 200 m southwest of the summit and also often called altitude of 727.2 meters to a trig point 50 meters southeast of the field stone .
Protected areas
On the north and north-west flanks of the Istenberg lies the Bruchhauser Steine nature reserve ( CDDA no. 81466; designated 1951; 84 ha in size), which is roughly congruent with the local fauna, flora and habitat area Bruchhauser Steine (FFH no. 4617- 301; 0.85 ha) as well as the Bruchhauser Steine bird sanctuary there (VSG No. 4617-401; 0.85 ha). On the mountain lies an area of the Olsberg landscape protection area (CDDA no. 555554922; 2004; 79.52 km² ), on its north-western slopes there is one of the LSG cultural and open landscape complex Bruchhausen (CDDA no. 345044; 2004; 1.82 km² ) and at the northern foot of the mountain one of the LSG open landscape complex Elleringhausen (CDDA no. 555554943; 2004; 63 ha).
tourism
The four large boulders of Bruchhauser stones porphyry -Gestein and the intervening remains of a Germanic Fliehburg are a scenic and historical specificity. A toll road leads from Bruchhausen to the summit region of the Istenberg and past a section of the Rothaarsteig to the west . There are two launch sites for paragliders near the rocks .
According to a legend, there was a cave in the Istenberg, in which the prophetess Veleda is said to have helped those seeking advice in Roman times .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
- ↑ a b c d e 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)