Lützelsoon
| Lützelsoon | ||
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 Lützelsoon from the south |
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| Highest peak | Womrather Höhe ( 599.1 m above sea level ) | |
| location | at Hennweiler ; District of Bad Kreuznach , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Part of | Hunsrück | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '14 " N , 7 ° 26' 58" E | |
| particularities | Teufelsfels observation tower | |
The Lützelsoon (also called Little Soon ) is up to 599.1 m above sea level. NHN high part of the Hunsrück low mountain range near Hennweiler on the border of the Rhineland-Palatinate districts of Bad Kreuznach and Rhein-Hunsrück district . In the Soonwald part of the Hunsrück it forms the Lützelsoon natural area .
Its mountain ridge has several larger quartz formations - such as the Teufelsfels with its observation tower , the Blickenstein and the Katzensteine. The highest point is the Womrather Höhe .
geography
location
The Lützelsoon is located in the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park around 7.5 km (as the crow flies ) north of the core town of Kirn . As a mountain range located southwest of the main part of the Soonwald , it extends north of Hennweiler between the valleys of the Kellenbach (lower reaches of the Simmerbach) in the east and northeast and the Hahnenbach in the west and southwest; to the north and south are the high plateaus of the Hunsrück.
Natural allocation
The ridge represents the natural area Lützelsoon (240.20) in the natural spatial main unit group Hunsrück (no. 24), in the main unit Soonwald (240) and in the subunit Lützelsoon and Hahnenbach penetration (240.2). The landscape falls southwest into the natural area Hahnenbach penetration (240.21) from and to the east and northeast into the natural area Simmerbach breakthrough (240.12) belonging to the subunit Großer Soon (240.1 ). To the north it falls into the natural area Untere Simmerner Mulde (241.01 ) belonging to the subunit Simmerner Hochmulde (241.0) and to the west into the natural area Idar-Soon-Pforte (241.1), both of which are part of the main unit Simmerner Mulde (241). To the south, the landscape drops into the Hennweiler plateau sub-unit (195.1), part of the Soonwald pre-stage main unit (195) belonging to the main unit group Saar-Nahe-Bergland (19 ).
mountains
The mountains, elevations and rocks of the Lützelsoon include - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea level (NHN):
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Womrather Höhe (599.1 m), between Schneppenbach and Königsau , with:
- Teufelsfels (569.0 m), Felsen ( ND ), southwest of the Womrather Höhe; with observation tower
- Blickenstein (at approx. 575 m), Felsen (ND), east of the Womrather Höhe
- Katzenstein (near the altitude: 555.2 m), Felsen (ND), northeast of the Womrather Höhe
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Kochemeberg (502.3 m), near Bruschied , with:
- Wehlenstein , Felsen (ND), 180 m southwest of the Kochemeberg summit
Localities
There are several small towns in and around the Lützelsoon:
- Schliiffer - on the northern edge
- Woppenroth - on the northwestern edge
- Schneppenbach and Bruschied - on the western edge
- Kellenbach and Königsau - in the east
- Hennweiler and Hahnenbach - on the southwestern edge
- Heinzenberg - on the southeastern edge
- Oberhausen - on the southern edge
Other localities in the vicinity are:
- Kirn (old leather town)
- Idar-Oberstein (known as the gem city)
- Kirchberg
Protected areas
On the Lützelsoon are parts of the protected landscape Soonwaldsteig ( CDDA -No 324698;. 1980 272.001 square kilometers ). Those of the fauna-flora-habitat area Obere Nahe (FFH no. 6309-301; 56.27 km²) come up against its flanks . About 1000 m south-southeast of the Teufelsfels is the nature reserve Hirtenwiese in Lützelsoon (CDDA no. 81877; designated 1960; 0.85 ha in size).
Touristic
Teufelsfels with an observation tower
The Teufelsfels ( 569 m ), on the Lützelsoon ridge, is the largest and certainly also one of the most interesting of the four large quartzite hardlings and is designated as a natural monument . It is located between the villages of Schneppenbach , Bruschied and Hennweiler . The rock could still be climbed with an anchored iron ladder until the 1960s. As a result of the weathering of the stone, this was no longer possible from 1975, and the local community of Hennweiler considered building a lookout tower:
The stone tower was built in 1984/85 on the initiative of the local mayor Heinrich Heimfahrt. That is why the Teufelsfels observation tower is popularly known as "Tall Heinrich". The tower is 14 m high and 568 m high. Concrete stairs with 54 steps lead to its covered viewing platform at a height of 10.8 m. From there you have a view over the Hunsrück with the Lützelsoon, over the densely wooded heights of the Idar- , Hoch- and Soonwaldes to the Donnersberg in the North Palatinate Bergland.
Others
The mostly naturally forested Lützelsoon has a lot to offer tourists, especially for hikers, cyclists, but also for those interested in castles, nature conservation or geology. Popular hiking destinations are the viewpoints Blickenstein, Katzenstein and the aforementioned Teufelsfels with its observation tower.
The slate, which is so typical for the roofing and decoration of the houses in the region, is responsible for the interesting quartzite rocks that "grew out" of the soft slate on the ridge of the Lützelsoon and Soonwaldes over thousands of years. Guided tours are offered in the Herrenberg visitor pit near Bundenbach . Fossils can be admired in the Fossil Museum at Wartenstein Castle.
Featured Castles around the Lützelsoon are the ruins Schmidt Castle , the wait flintlock that Kyrburg in Kirn, Castle Dhaun , Schloss Gemünden and the Celtic castle Altburg .
The European long-distance hiking trail E3 and the Soonwaldsteig pass through the Lützelsoon in a south-west-north-east direction. The Nahe-Mosel Celtic Path is laid across it . The Lützelsoon cycle route (Lützelsoon cycle path) runs through the western part from Kirchberg to Kirn . Several routes on the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road lead around the Lützelsoon .
References and comments
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Harald Uhlig: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 150 Mainz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b Photo of the board on the viewing platform (height information below left), on commons.wikimedia.org
- ↑ Height according to private measurements
- ↑ The Teufelsfels observation tower in: observation towers on the Hunsrück , hunsrueck-zeitung.com
literature
- Uwe Anhäuser: The legendary Hunsrück ; Alf / Mosel: Rhein-Mosel-Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-929745-23-2
- Uwe Anhäuser: Schinderhannes and his gang ; Alf / Mosel: Rhein-Mosel-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89801-014-7
Web links
- Panorama photo from the observation tower on Teufelsfels (labeling of visual targets can be activated), on panorama-photo.net