Mettermich
| Mettermich | ||
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| height | 585 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Rhön | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 17 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 50 ′ 41 ″ E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
The Mettermich is 585 m above sea level. NN high mountain in the Brückenauer Kuppenrhön and lies in the Bavarian part of the low mountain range.
Geographical location
The Mettermich rises in the Bad Kissingen district between Oberleichtersbach and Schildeck , a district of Schondra , which is located 2 km south-southeast of the mountain.
geology
Like the neighboring Dreistelz or the Schildecker Kuppe, the Mettermich is one of the typical basalt cones of the Rhön . The Basaltstein- are striking at Mettermich pebbles that prehistoric by researchers opinion constituents ring wall systems are.
history
There were early finds from the La Tène period on the Mettermich . Presumably it is a defensive installation or a refugee castle ( ring wall Mettermich ). Other interpretations speak of a Celtic cult complex. In general, the state of research on Mettermich must be described as not very specific. The fortifications of the system have an area of 350 × 130 m. They rise steeply to the summit and are very impassable.
Geotope
The Mettermich volcanic cone has been designated as a valuable geotope (geotope number: 672R001) by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment .
literature
- Fritz Dunkel: The Mettermich near Brückenau , in: Rhönwacht, Fulda 1951 (No. 4), page 6 f.
- Josef Lisiecki: The secret of Mettermich , in: Saalezeitung, Bad Kissingen (year? - around 1990)
- Reinhold Schramm: Brückenauer Kuppenrhön - early settlement area - Lindenstumpf, Mettermich, Schildecker Kuppe and Pilsterköpf , in: Rhönwacht, Fulda 2002 (No. 3), p. 129 f.
- Peter Ziegler: Three silent mountains of the Rhön , in: Bäderlandkreis Bad Kissingen, Nordhorn 2006, p. 11 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotop Vulkankegel Mettermich NNW von Schondra (accessed on October 11, 2017).
