Monraburg (mountain range)

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Monraburg
Ridge and castle ruins Monraburg near Großmonra. [1] (Scale 1: 5000)

Mountain range and castle ruins Monraburg near Großmonra. (Scale 1: 5000)

height 377  m above sea level NHN
location near Burgenken , Sömmerda district , Thuringia , Germany
Mountains Schmücke , part of the Unteren Unstrut mountain and hill country
Dominance 15.8 km →  Lauberkopf near Düppel ( Hainleite )
Notch height 195 m ↓  between Buttstädt and Rudersdorf
Coordinates 51 ° 14 '16 "  N , 11 ° 17' 27"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '16 "  N , 11 ° 17' 27"  E
Monraburg (mountain range) (Thuringia)
Monraburg (mountain range)
Type Ridge , red sandstone , shell limestone

Monraburg is 377  m above sea level. NN high mountain of the mountain range Schmücke with a prehistoric and early historical ramparts near Großmonra in the district of Sömmerda in Thuringia .

geography

The Monraburg is located at 377  m above sea level. NN north above the town of Großmonra in the vicinity of the Künzelsberg , the highest elevation of the Schmücke mountain range . At the exit of the Großmonra district of Burgwend , the Wendenburg rises to the left . This is followed by the Monraburg ridge with the remarkable remains of the prehistoric and early historical ramparts . The crossroads below the elevation leads to the right to the Kammerforst and to the left, rising steeply to the Monraburg and on to the Künzelsberg.

Natural division

According to the classification of the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology , the ridge belongs to the natural area Hohe Schrecke – Schmücke – Finn of the southern Unstrut mountain and hill country (south-east part) within the red sandstone hill country.

Prehistoric and early historical ramparts

North of the village Großmonra was the prehistoric and Wallburg Monraburg . The Bronze Age ramparts were probably re-fortified by the Franks during the Merovingian Age .

use

The ridge with the castle ruins ("quarry") - a protected ground monument - on its wooded plateau is used for agriculture and forestry today and is freely accessible to visitors.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Paul Zschiesche: The prehistoric castles and ramparts in Thuringia , volume III, section IV. The prehistoric castles and ramparts on the high Schrecke, Schmücke and Finne. Sheet XV. Printing and publishing house Otto Hendel. Hall adSaale 1906.
  2. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ^ Walter Hiekel, Frank Fritzlar, Andreas Nöllert and Werner Westhus: The natural spaces of Thuringia . Ed .: Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), Thuringian Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Environment . 2004, ISSN  0863-2448 . → Natural area map of Thuringia (TLUG) - PDF; 260 kB → Maps by district (TLUG)
  4. ↑ Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. Wartberg Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , pp. 285-286.
  5. ↑ On tour with SÖMMI for the Thuringian hiking summer 2007 . In: Official Journal of the Sömmerda district . tape 15 , no. 23 . District of Sömmerda / Linus Wittich GmbH, June 13, 2007, p. 6 ( lra-soemmerda.de [PDF; 5.4 MB ; accessed on May 2, 2020]).

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