Jakab-hegy
| Jakab-hegy Jakobsberg |
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 Jakab-hegy and the Pannonian Plain |
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| height | 602 m | |
| location | Baranya County , Hungary | |
| Mountains | Mecsek | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 5 '35 " N , 18 ° 8' 25" E | |
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| rock | Sandstone | |
| Age of the rock | Perm | |
| particularities | Uranium mining | |
The Jakab-hegy ( Jakob Berg ) is the highest mountain in the Western Mecsek Mountains in southern Hungary .
geography
Despite its absolute height of 602 meters, the mountain is very striking, as the Mecsek Mountains rise from the flat Pannonian Plain . From the mountain itself you have a good view of the distance and when looking to the east you have a view of the higher mountains of the Ostmecsek with the 684 meter high Zengő . The next bigger city is Pécs ( Fünfkirchen ).
geology
The mountain was formed in the Paleozoic Age and is made of Permian sandstone . Some rock formations were created by erosion, on the one hand the "Babás Szerkövek" ( a row of men ) and the "Zsongorkő" ( stone of Zsongor ).
Jakab-hegy is the only significant uranium deposit in the country. Mining began with Soviet support in the 1950s . The processed uranium has also been used for the operation of the Paks nuclear power plant since 1982 . Because of the high cost of mining and the drop in prices after the end of the Cold War , the mines were closed in the 1990s.
history
In 1225 the Pauline Monastery was built on the mountain, it existed until the Turkish occupation of Hungary, in 1736 it was rebuilt, but since 1828 it was left to decay. The ruins were last secured in 2007 and can be visited.
literature
- Pécs Lexicon , Volume I. (A-M). Pécs 2010. p. 343. ISBN 978-963-06-7919-0 .
- Gergely Buzás: A Jakab-hegyi pálos kolostor, Várak, Kastélyok, Templomok. 2007.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierre Jolivet, Jorge Santiago-Blay, Michael Schmitt: Research of chrysomelidae. BRILL 2009. p. 236.
- ↑ Babás Szerkövek (Hungarian)
- ↑ PDF (Hungarian)