List of natural monuments in Dillenburg

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The list of natural monuments in Dillenburg called the in the field of city Dillenburg located natural monuments . They are registered with the lower nature conservation authority of the Lahn-Dill district (Environment, Nature and Water Department).

image designation District, location description Art No.
At the running stone Dillenburg
more pictures 		At the running stone Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 44 ′ 5.7 "  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 46.9"  E 		Exposure of the so-called “Dillenburg Formation”, which consists of diverse submarine deposits from the Upper Devonian.

Reason for protection: importance for science and teaching.

Rock profile 129
Book at the Dillenburg battery Book at the Dillenburg battery Dillenburg
50 ° 44 ′ 20.8 "  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 39.1"  E 		About 200 years old, beautifully grown, conspicuous beech on the battery monument.

Reason for protection: beauty, cultural significance

Single tree 191
Thick oak Manderbach Thick oak Manderbach Manderbach
50 ° 46 '1.9 "  N , 8 ° 15' 14.3"  E 		Height 15 m, circumference 5.20 m.

Reason for protection: age, cultural significance

Single tree 170
Friedenslinde Dillenburg Friedenslinde Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 45 ′ 10 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 36.2 ″  E 		Planted in 1871 in memory of the peace treaty that same year. Height 22 m, circumference 1.80 m.

Reason for protection: memory of historical events.

Single tree 60
Donsbach municipal quarry Donsbach municipal quarry Donsbach
50 ° 43 '17.9 "  N , 8 ° 13' 54.6"  E 		Quarry wall and funnel-shaped recessed excavation site (pinge). Geological outcrop with heavily folded Upper Devonian plate limestone, tuff and slate.

Reason for protection: Geological significance.

Quarry 122
Dillenburg pen quarry
more pictures 		Dillenburg pen quarry Dillenburg
50 ° 45 ′ 8.3 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 31.5 ″  E 		Quarry made of slate that can be split in two levels and that has been processed into slate pencils.

Reason for protection: regional significance.

Quarry 195
Hartig beech Dillenburg Hartig beech Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 44 ′ 37 "  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 34.5"  E 		Strong, beautifully grown beech with a rocky cliff at the Hartig monument in memory of one of the founders of sustainable forestry.

Reason for protection: beauty, cultural significance.

Single tree 193
Kaiserlinde Dillenburg Kaiserlinde Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 45 ′ 8.4 "  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 44.9"  E 		Height 26.5 m, circumference 2.70 m. Planted in memory of the year of the three emperors in 1888.

Reason for protection: memory of historical events and people.

Single tree 59
Chestnuts at Hof Feldbach Dillenburg Chestnuts at Hof Feldbach Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 43 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 26 ″  E 		Horse chestnuts. Height approx. 14 m, circumference 2.15 to 2.35 m.

Reason for protection: beauty

Tree Group 61
Linden tree on the Hübschbeul Nanzenbach Linden tree on the Hübschbeul Nanzenbach Nanzenbach
50 ° 46 ′ 29.3 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 8.9 ″  E 		Summer linden tree in an exposed location. Height 18 m, circumference 1.95 m.

Reason for protection: beauty

Single tree 151
Sheep Oak Manderbach Sheep Oak Manderbach Manderbach
50 ° 45 ′ 37.3 "  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 38.2"  E 		Hat oak on a former sheep pasture. Relic of a formerly important form of farming. Height 20 m, circumference 6.35 m.

Reason for protection: regional importance.

Single tree 74
Snow trees in Nanzenbach
more pictures 		Snow trees in Nanzenbach Nanzenbach
50 ° 46 '33.7 "  N , 8 ° 20' 3.6"  E 		The only stock that is still regularly cut today. Evidence of historical rural land use. The leaves used to be used as bedding or forage.

Reason for protection: individual character, cultural significance.

Trees 194
Quarry in the Schelden Valley Eibach Quarry in the Schelden Valley Eibach Eibach
50 ° 44 ′ 57.1 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 2.5 ″  E 		Former quarry of the "Beilstein" pit. Exceptional occurrence of pillow diabase in the form of a brecciated mass.

Reason for protection: Geological significance.

Geological outcrop 130
Donsbach juniper stand Donsbach juniper stand Donsbach
50 ° 43 ′ 23.3 "  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 48.7"  E 		Relic of historical land use through sheep grazing.

Reason for protection: Geological significance.

Juniper stand 140
Wilhelmslinde Dillenburg Wilhelmslinde Dillenburg Dillenburg
50 ° 44 ′ 12.9 ″  N , 8 ° 17 ′ 8.7 ″  E 		Winter linden. Height 12 m, circumference 2.15 m. Branch of the linden tree under which William of Orange received the Dutch ambassadors in 1568.

Reason for protection: cultural and historical significance

Single tree 40

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