Long Rhön

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Long Rhön
View from the plateau at the Hohen Dalle to the northwest to the Heidelstein

View from the plateau at the Hohen Dalle to the northwest to the Heidelstein

Highest peak Heidelstein ( 926  m above sea  level )
location District of Fulda , Hesse , District of Rhön-Grabfeld , Bavaria , District of Schmalkalden-Meiningen , Thuringia ( Germany )
Central part of the Hohen Rhön , Rhön
Lange Rhön (Bavaria)
Long Rhön
Coordinates 50 ° 28 ′  N , 10 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′  N , 10 ° 0 ′  E
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As Lange Rhoen a ridge which is central Rhon referred to, in turn, the High Rhön as part of the Rhon is subordinate. The Lange Rhön is an elongated basalt plateau, on average around 800 meters above sea level, its highest point is the Heidelstein at 926  m above sea level. NHN . The vast majority of the area is designated as the Lange Rhön nature reserve. This also includes the Black Moor in the north , near the border triangle Hesse-Thuringia-Bavaria.

Natural allocation

The name Lange Rhön was defined  as a natural area in 1968 as part of the natural spatial structure ( M = 1: 200,000) and assigned as follows:

Demarcation

The 600-meter contour line can roughly be used to demarcate the Langen Rhön in the west from the Upper Ulstertal between Hilders and the Ulsterquelle . The federal road 278 or an imaginary line separates the Wasserkuppenrhön a few hundred meters west to about the height of the Rhönhaus . In the south and east of the area, setting off the eastern slope of the Langen Rhön , the tree line is to be assumed to the Rhönkopf , then an imaginary line in a north-northeast direction to the L1123 near Reichenhausen. Finally, in the north, in demarcation from the Auersberger Kuppenrhön , the 600-meter contour line is used again and the book screen is circled.

geology

The rock of the Langen Rhön is mostly basalt , due to which the slope is mostly below 6 degrees. Slopes of over 12 degrees can only be observed where solifluction debris has accumulated. The plateau has the shape of a ridge in a north-south direction. This creates the Rhine-Weser watershed .

Aschelbachfall in the Eisgraben

In the eastern slope of the Langen Rhön, attempts were made to generate some profit by mining tertiary brown coal layers, for example in the area of ​​the Eisgraben , which in the long term was not successful. The black moor with an area of ​​approx. 60 hectares and a height of four to five meters is remarkable. The floors are mostly nutrient-rich Ranker to brown soils with low to high water storage capacity and Pseudogley -Braunerden and Pseudogley with poor water supply to the basalts. Mixed types can be found on the solifluction ceilings. Gleye can be discovered in spring troughs and poorly drained lower slopes .

mountains

View from Heidelstein (926 m) to the northwest to the Wasserkuppe (950 m)
Tafel Heimatblick at the Rhönkopf

Climate and vegetation

The climate of Frankenheim is given in 1969 with the following values: 940 mm precipitation, approx. 125 foggy days per year, 5.1 ° C annual average. Centuries of deforestation have created a barren meadow landscape on the Langen Rhön. It was not until 1815 that reforestation began. Over 80% are agricultural land.

Web links

Commons : Lange Rhön  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Werner Röll: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 126 Fulda  - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg, 1969 → Natural space map (PDF, 4 MB)
  2. ↑ Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 140 Schweinfurt  - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg, 1968 → Natural space map (PDF, 4 MB)