Isthaberg
| Isthaberg | ||
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 View from the Ofenberg tower to the southeast to the Isthaberg |
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| height | 523.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Istha , Kassel district , Hesse , Germany | |
| Mountains | Ostwaldecker Randsenken , West Hessian mountains | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 19 '4 " N , 9 ° 13' 6" E | |
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| particularities | former location of a beacon tower | |
The Isthaberg is 523.1 m above sea level. NHN high Inselberg of the Ostwaldecker Randsenken , in the West Hessian mountainous region , district of Kassel , North Hesse ( Germany ).
geography
location
The Isthaberg rises in the Habichtswald Nature Park about 3 km (as the crow flies ) east-southeast of the core city of Wolfhagen and directly north of its Istha district . The villages Philippinenburg and -thal (zu Wolfhagen) lie on its northern roof . To the north, the small Lohbach flows past the mountain as a tributary of the Erpe in a south-east-north-west direction. To the east of the mountain lies the Büttelsen desert , on its southeast flank the rock group of the natural monument Bilstein , to the south of Istha as the southeastern part of Wolfhagen and to the southwest of the desert of Strucke . Istha is traversed by the Limeckebach, which flows around the mountain to the south and west as a tributary of the mill water (Erpe tributary). To the northwest of the mountain is the Ofenberg ( 372.5 m ) with the Ofenberg Tower . To the north-north-west, the unforested Helfenberg ( 366.2 m ) with the Helfenberg castle ruins joins as the northern foothills of the mountain .
The mountain or hill group of Ofenberg, Festberg , Helfenberg and Isthaberg is also known locally as "Wolfhager Switzerland".
Natural allocation
The Isthaberg forms the natural space Isthaberg (341.35) in the main unit group West Hessisches Bergland (No. 34) in the main unit Ostwaldecker Randsenken (341). Together with the Altenhasunger Graben (341.33) to the north, the Istha Plain (341.34 ) to the south and the Ehringer Senke (341.30) to the west, it belongs to the Wolfhager Hügelland (341.3). To the east the landscape leads over to the somewhat distant Hinterhabichtswälder Kuppen (342.2).
Landscape image
On the massive Isthaberg, on the southern flank of which there is a barbecue area and a refuge as well as a parking lot for hikers , the forest area of the Wolfhagen state forest , which is interspersed with beeches and is criss-crossed by forest and hiking trails , extends .
Remains of the beacon tower foundation
At the top of the Isthabergs was in the German Empire to the Nazi period in July 1934 by the German Lufthansa a beacon built tower for the kingdom of air traffic control. During the Second World War (1939 to 1945), the 19 m high tower was used by the Wehrmacht at a time when there was no radio-supported flight navigation . The tower, whose construction was similar to that of today's metal high-voltage pylons, was demolished in late 1954 or early 1955. The only remaining foundation is the concrete slab now between beeches, tree-lined and overgrown by scrub, on which the tower stood; it is popularly known as the “Platte auf dem Isthaberg” .
Web links
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)