Malberg (Westerwaldkreis)
| Malberg | ||
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 The Malberg as seen from Staudt (south) |
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| height | 422 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Moschheim ; Westerwaldkreis , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Westerwald | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 29 ′ 20 ″ N , 7 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| particularities | - Ringwall - Malberg Chapel |
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The Malberg is a mountain in the Westerwald and at 422 m above sea level. NHN , the highest elevation of the Lower Westerwald belonging Montabaurer sink . It is located near Moschheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis .
geography
location
The Malberg rises in the northeast of the Kannenbäckerland . Its summit is 1.1 km north-northwest of Moschheim, to which the mountain belongs. Other places on the mountain are Ötzingen in the north, Niederahr in the east and Leuterod in the west. The Aubach flows to the west past the mountain , into which the Moschheimer Bach , which passes to the east, flows in the south . A ( 420.9 m ) high point is shown on topographic maps near the mountain peak ( 422 m ) .
Natural allocation
The Malberg forms a singularity of the 4th to 7th order in the natural spatial main unit group Westerwald (No. 32), in the main unit Niederwesterwald (324) and in the subunit Montabaurer Senke (324.2) .
Protected areas
On the Malbergblick are protected area Malbergblick ( CDDA 96.65 -No 82,138th;; expelled 1961 ha in size) and parts of the fauna Habitats -region Westerwaelder tip land (FFH No. 5413-301;. 31.87 square kilometers ).
history
The Malberg is of volcanic origin and was formed during the time of the Westerwald volcanism 18 to 25 million years ago. It is a dome formed from phonolithic lava . Phonolite, which was used in the glass industry, used to be mined here. Such a mining site is clearly visible on the western slope.
At the edge of the summit plateau are the remains of three prehistoric ramparts of Celtic origin. The oldest archaeologically secured settlement took place by the Celts in the middle of the first millennium BC. In the first century BC, Germanic peoples settled on the Malberg, followed by a longer period of settlement. For the Franconian period in the early Middle Ages , it is assumed to be used as a sacrificial site and thing place .
The Malberg Chapel , built in 1892, stands about 150 m east of the summit on the eastern slope of the mountain at an altitude of about 395 m ; Nearby is a spring previously used as a healing spring.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Heinrich Müller-Miny, Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 138 Koblenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1971. → Online map (PDF; 5.7 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b c Information boards on Malberg, Schleupner & Weis, 2002
- ↑ Malberg - Moschheim's landmark ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 2, 2015, at moschheim-life.de
