Long mark

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Long mark
Highest peak Nameless summit ( 325.3  m above sea  level )
location Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis , Thuringia , Germany
part of Upper Eichsfeldes at the transition to the Thuringian Basin
Classification according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Lange Mark (Thuringia)
Long mark
Coordinates 51 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 23'  E
rock Shell limestone and other rocks
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The Lange Mark (also called Mark ) is up to 325.3  m above sea level. NN high, small ridge in the north-western Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The narrow ridge running in east-west direction is about 5 kilometers long and a maximum of 1.5 kilometers wide. It begins in the west east of the Hasenberg (approx. 360 m) and Kühmstedter Berg (approx. 340 m) and runs between the Unstrut (with the Kühmstedter Bach ) in the north and the Luhne (with the Rodegraben ) in the south, as well as the Stadtberg ( approx. 290 m) in the east.

It lies between the towns of Horsmar in the north, Dachrieden in the east and Lengefeld in the south, and about 5 kilometers northwest of the district town of Mühlhausen .

Natural classification

The Mark is an eastern branch of the Upper Eichsfeld and lies in the transition area from the Eastern Upper Field (No. 483.3) to the Thuringian Basin (No. 482). In the mapping for the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany , it is just in the upper Eichsfeld and represents the immediate edge of the basin there.

The mapping of the Thuringian subdivision The natural spaces of Thuringia of the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG) meanwhile already counts them to the Central Thuringian hill country and thus to the basin itself.

particularities

The name Mark could come from the name used in the past for a border region that demarcated the territory of the Free Imperial City of Mühlhausen from the neighboring Eichsfeld . The entire ridge is used for agriculture and was already used as a traffic route in various directions in the Middle Ages. The most important road connection is the former Chaussee between Mühlhausen and Dingelstädt, today's federal highway 247 , which runs over the entire ridge to the Lengefelder Warte on Mühlhausen Landgraben .

From the Mark you have a wide view of the heights of the Eichsfeld, the Hainich and the northwestern Thuringian Basin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ^ Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960).
  3. ^ Walter Hiekel, Frank Fritzlar, Andreas Nöllert and Werner Westhus: The natural spaces of Thuringia . Ed .: Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), Thuringian Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Environment . 2004, ISSN  0863-2448 . → Natural area map of Thuringia (TLUG) - PDF; 260 kB → Maps by district (TLUG)