Kuckstein

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Kuckstein
The Kuckstein, seen from the Rheinauenpark in Bonn.

The Kuckstein, seen from the Rheinauenpark in Bonn.

height 190  m above sea level NN
location Bonn - Oberkassel
Mountains Pleiser hill country
Coordinates 50 ° 42 ′ 57 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 41"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 57 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 41"  E
Kuckstein (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Kuckstein
rock basalt
Age of the rock 25 million years

The Kuckstein is a mountain of the Ennert that roofs the Siebengebirge to the north . It is east of the right bank of the Rhine in Bonn hamlet Oberkassel and north of about Koenigswinter belonging Römlinghovens . Its height is 190 m above sea ​​level .

Directly to the northwest is the Rabenlay , part of which the Kuckstein is often considered, and to the east is the Paffelsberg a little further away .

Basalt was mined on the Rabenlay and the Kuckstein until 1930 , as can be seen today on the striking rock faces. The double grave of Oberkassel was discovered at the Stingenberg quarry in Kuckstein in 1914 . Like its neighbor, the Kuckstein is a popular vantage point for Bonn and the Rhine Valley.

The block heaps below the Kuckstein are a highly specialized biotope . a threatened Zippammer breeds and smooth snake , grass snake , slow worm , fence and wall lizard lives a diverse reptile fauna.

Aerial view of Kuckstein (right) and Rabenlay. In the background a field of Oberholtorf

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