Land borrows
Landborgen emerged as a fossilized cliff along one of the numerous fault lines on the west coast of Sweden in the area of the city of Helsingborg 4,000–7,000 years ago, when the sea level was up to 30 m higher than today. With land Borgen both the cliff edge and the high-altitude area is east of the same designated. The 8 to 40 meter high cliff stretches for about 9 km almost parallel to the banks of the Öresund , to the south a little inland, from the Helsingborg district of Pålsjö in the north south through the middle of the city to the district of Råå . To the north of Helsingborg, the country cave flattens out and turns inland at Kristinelund, hardly protruding.
geology
The Landborgen consists of a mixture of different types of rock from the Triassic and Jura ( Rhaet to Lias ), which is unique for Sweden . Between alternating layers of claystone and sandstone, there are deposits of hard coal that are only found in Sweden , especially in northwestern Skåne , i.e. the area around Helsingborg. The sandstone is strong in iron and therefore yellowish to brown, from this also has groundwater Helsingborg a high iron content. The coastal cliff Kulla Gunnarstorp has attractive structures due to iron enrichment.
Sandstone and shale were deposited in a swampy river delta, which had a warm and humid climate. A thick vegetation of ferns and horsetail trees covered the land. The sands and clays were later covered by younger layers and over time they became sandstone and claystone, and the remains of plants were converted into coal.
A series of ditches and cuttings cut through the slope of the Landborgen , which were created from meltwater streams at the end of the last ice age . A number of springs can be found here today , including the famous Ramlösa spring . The formation of the precipice can also be traced back to the Ice Age, as the permafrost fracture lines were initially widened and later the erosion partially cleared the rock.
history
In the Middle Ages, navigation on the Öresund was monitored from the land boreholes . A castle has stood on the hill at the narrowest point of the strait since the Middle Ages, of which the Kärnan tower still testifies today .
From the land cave you have an excellent view over the Öresund and the Danish coast around Helsingør . A promenade called the Landborg Promenaden runs along the edge of the fault .