Michaelsberg (Untergrombach)

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Michaelsberg
Michaelsberg with chapel

Michaelsberg with chapel

height 269  m above sea level NHN
location Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Mountains Kraichgau
Coordinates 49 ° 5 '16 "  N , 8 ° 33' 42"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '16 "  N , 8 ° 33' 42"  E
Michaelsberg (Untergrombach) (Baden-Württemberg)
Michaelsberg (Untergrombach)

The Michaelsberg near Untergrombach is 268.8  m above sea level. NHN high mountain on the western edge of the Kraichgau . As a destination for pilgrims and also as one of the first nature reserves in the south-west of Germany, it is a landmark on the Upper Rhine . When the weather is clear, you can see the Rhine plain up to the Palatinate Mountains , the heights of the Northern Black Forest and the mountains of the Odenwald near Heidelberg with an unobstructed view from Michaelsberg . When visibility is very good, you can even see the Donnersberg (75 km away), the Große Feldberg (127 km away) and the Große Belchen (170 km away).

The Michael's Chapel stands on the mountain .

history

With finds of the Michelsberg culture named after the mountain from the settlement history of the Neolithic Age (late 5th and 4th millennium BC), the Michaelsberg became known in archeology as early as 1884.

The first documentary mention of a chapel comes from 1346. In 1472 a new chapel was built, which had disintegrated again in 1584. The current Michaelskapelle was built in 1742–1744 under the Speyer prince-bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn . Three altars, a baroque pulpit from the former Hambrück parish church , ceiling paintings and the figures of the fourteen helpers are remarkable and decorate the interior of the church.

Nature reserve

The nature reserve on the nearby Kaiserberg has an area of ​​7.89 hectares . The Karlsruhe Regional Council created the protected area under the number 2.035 by ordinance of December 4, 1979. As early as August 6, 1934, community-owned areas on the Kaiserberg were declared a nature reserve by resolution of the Untergrombach community council . The then competent Ministry of Education in Karlsruhe confirmed this decision in the same year and declared it to be legally effective.

Another nature reserve was created on April 2, 1996 under the name Michaelsberg und Habichtsbuckel , it has the reserve number 2200 and a total size of 49.6 hectares. This area consists of five sub-areas:

  • Expansion area to the existing Kaiserberg nature reserve west of the chapel on Michaelsberg and south and east of the existing nature reserve (around 6.6 hectares).
  • Areas of the Michaelsberg. They extend into the Talklinge in the transition area to the Eichelberg (around 30.6 ha).
  • The ravine at the noise fire. The western embankment of this access road to the Michael's Chapel (around 0.7 ha) is protected.
  • The outcrop at the Rummler. The quarry with the adjacent orchards is located on the southern slope of the Michaelsberg (around 2.6 ha).
  • The Gewann Weiertal and parts of the Gewann Habichtsbuckel. They are located south of the Grombach between Untergrombach and Obergrombach (around 10 ha).

The two nature reserves are extensively supplemented by a surrounding landscape protection area , which bears the name Michaelsberg-Eichelberg and is 388.01 hectares in size. It was formed by ordinance of the Karlsruhe District Office of January 29, 1975 with the protected area number 2.15.025.

legend

According to legend, all of the newborn Untergrombachers were only fetched from the “Kindlesbrunnen” by the rattle stork.

Events 2009

In 2009 a large cultural program with 40 events was held around the Michaelsberg between April and December.

photos

  • Michaelskapelle after the renovation in October 2007

  • The "Kindlesbrunnen" on the Michaelsberg

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Panorama from Michaelsberg: west to north, with a wide view of the Palatinate Forest

literature

  • Michael Hassler (Hrsg.): The Michaelsberg - natural history and history of Untergrombach's local mountain. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1998, ISBN 3-929366-78-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ theme park-environment.baden-wuerttemberg
  3. ↑ BNN of March 7, 2009.