Mägdeberg

Mägdeberg
Mägdeberg from the southeast
height	654.2  m above sea level NHN
location	Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Mountains	Hegau
Dominance	2.9 km →  Hohenstoffeln
Coordinates	47 ° 48 '19 "  N , 8 ° 47' 51"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '19 "  N , 8 ° 47' 51"  E
Type	Spring tip
rock	Phonolite with natrolite veins
Mägdeberg Castle in autumn 2008

The Mägdeberg is one of the Hegauberge and belongs to the district of Mühlhausen-Ehingen . The ruins of Mägdeberg Castle are on top of it .

geography

The 654.2  m above sea level. NHN Hohe Berg is located in the middle of Hegau, between the villages of Mühlhausen, Hilzingen -Weiterdingen and Hilzingen-Duchtlingen. The A 81 runs northeast and southeast , the closest exits are Engen (AS 39) or Singen (AS 41).

The other surrounding Hegauberge are the Hohenkrähen approx. 2 km east-southeast, the Hohentwiel approx. 6 km south-southeast, Staufen approx. 4 km south, Rosenegg approx. 9 km south, Hohenstoffeln approx. 4 km west-south-west, Hohenhewen approx 5 km north-west, Neuhewen approx. 10 km north-west and Höwenegg approx. 14 km north-north-west.

Nature reserve

Since October 19, 1984, the mountain including the ruins has been designated as an 8.75 hectare nature reserve. The main protection purpose is the preservation of the Mägdeberg as a unique geological document, which in its character and beauty is of particular importance for the volcanic landscape of the Hegau and as a habitat for a multitude of rare and endangered plant species and plant communities .

Despite the nature reserve, climbing on the west face of the Mägdeberg is permitted with restrictions.

geology

Like all Hegauberge mountains, it is a volcanic cone and, like Hohentwiel and Hohenkrähen, consists of phonolite with natrolite veins. It got its shape from the last Ice Age , when glaciers removed the softer rock and the phonolite chimney stopped. In front of the Mägdeberg is the smaller, mostly forested volcanic cone of the Schwindel.

history

The name Mägdeberg is traced back to a legend of a pilgrim English king's daughter who once camped with thousands of maids at the foot of the mountain. Another approach leads back to prehistoric times. The ancient origin of the name is beyond doubt: the oldest documents from the 13th century already name the mountain “Megideberc”, “Megdeberg” or “Magdeberc”. The word is based on the Old High German magad , magid for virgin in its plural form. The Mägdeberg is therefore a "mountain of virgins". The name appears in the same or related spelling in other mountains, for example the Madenburg in the Palatinate linguistically belongs to this series.

Its name reveals these mountains, as well as the Mägdeberg as a place of worship of the Celtic "Drei Beten" or "Drei Matronen ", the three virgin mother goddesses Ainbed, Borbed and Wilbed, whose worship here as in countless other places was also taken over by the Alemanni who immigrated during the migration period has been. The mountain was already settled in prehistoric times. There are traces of the use of the mountain as a place of worship from the Celtic era. Mägdeberg Castle was built on it in the Middle Ages, and today visitors see it as a ruin.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Konstanz
• List of nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg

Web links

Commons : Mägdeberg  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas
• Virtual Mägdeberg tour on p-stein.de
• Information about the castle at burgenwelt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information ) - LGL-BW Topographische Freizeitkarte 1: 25000
2. ^ Mägdeberg as a place of worship | Friends of the Mägdeberg eV Association In: www.freunde-maegdeberg.de. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .