Koenigstein (Westerhausen)
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 The Königstein from the south towards Westerhausen |
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| height | 189 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Westerhausen , Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | northern Harz foreland | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 48 '40 " N , 11 ° 3' 18" E | |
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| particularities | Camel rocks | |
.jpg) The Königstein from the south-southwest |
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The Königstein in the northern Harz foreland is 189 m above sea level. NHN high elevation near Westerhausen in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . It is known for its sandstone rock formations , the camel rocks .
Geographical location
The Königstein is located in the northern Harz foreland in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt nature reserve . It rises north of Westerhausen (eastern district of Thale ) and north of the district road 2358 (Westerhausen - Börnecke ). The neighboring mountain in the northwest is the 178.1 m high Jätchenberg . To the east the landscape drops over the Börnecker Graben ( Börnigergraben ) coming from Börnecke and the Mühlengraben flowing through Westerhausen to the Zapfenbach . Bundesstraße 6 runs north of both elevations .
Landscape image
The Königstein has the shape of a ridge running in a north-west-south-east direction, which slopes relatively steeply to the north-east, but significantly flatter to the south-west. Most of it is covered with deciduous forest. Wine is grown on the southern slope of the Königstein, it is the northernmost winery in the Saale-Unstrut growing region . The ridge area is dominated by the conspicuous camel rocks, the name of which is derived from their shape: When viewed from the south or north, they are supposed to be reminiscent of two lying camels.
Camel rocks
The camel rocks are made of hardened sandstone, which, however, also has very soft and brittle passages. These rock formations originated as well as the near Teufelsmauer through the origin of the fracture Scholl mountains resin and the resulting ground shifts in the northern Harz region. As with the Devil's Wall, the Königstein is a layered rib from the Lower Cretaceous . As a special geological feature, the Teufelstein was first placed under protection in 1932, and since 1997 it has been registered as a “extensive natural monument ”. On the camel rock there are several climbing routes up to level VIIIb (Saxon scale) .
history
The Königstein was probably used as a place of worship as early as the Stone Age. Germanic solstice celebrations are said to have taken place here. The so-called "sun disks" on the rock - circular shapes cut into the rock with a diameter of approx. 1 m and larger, which are distributed in the lower northern area of the rock - are evidence of historical millstone extraction. There are also several archaeological sites in the immediate vicinity . The last significant discoveries were made during the construction of the B6n , which passes in the immediate vicinity.
literature
- Fritz Reinboth: The "sun wheels" from Königstein near Westerhausen - cult devices or mill stones? Unser Harz, H. 7 (2005), pp. 125-128.
Web links
- The Königstein near Westerhausen , on harzlife.de
- Königstein near Westerhausen am Harz (flyover film), on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Berghöhe - various mountains according to the Saxony-Anhalt viewer
- ^ Vineyards / Königstein. (No longer available online.) Harzer-weingut.de, archived from the original on May 26, 2010 ; Retrieved November 29, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Saale-Unstrut winegrowing - vineyards and climate. (No longer available online.) Weinbauverband Saale-Unstrut, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; Retrieved November 29, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Kamelfelsen, in the internet archive. ostharz.info, archived from the original on January 24, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2016 .
- ↑ The Königstein. (No longer available online.) Association for Local History and Nature Conservation Westerhausen, archived from the original on March 18, 2016 ; Retrieved April 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Camel Rocks. climbing.de, accessed on November 29, 2010 .
- ↑ a b From Königstein to Königspfalz. Regional Association Harz, accessed on November 29, 2010 .
- ↑ Fritz Reinboth: The "sun wheels" from Königstein near Westerhausen: cult devices or millstones? Unser Harz 53 (7) (2005), pp. 125-128
- ↑ Königstein. westerhausen-info.de, accessed on November 29, 2010 .
