Neuenahrer Berg
| Neuenahrer Berg | ||
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| height | 340 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler , Ahrweiler District , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Eifel | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 31 '51 " N , 7 ° 8' 18" E | |
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| Type | Kegelberg | |
| rock | basalt | |
| particularities | Neuenahr Castle | |
The Neuenahrer Berg in the area of the city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler is 340 m above sea level. NHN high elevation in the northern Eifel . The ruins of Neuenahr Castle and an observation tower are located on it .
geography
location
The Neuenahrer Berg is located immediately south of the district town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and is its local mountain . At the northern foot of the mountain, the Ahr flows in a west-east direction.
geology
Geologically, the Neuenahrer Berg is a basalt cone that has remained in the form of a hardling that was removed by the Ur-Ahr from a Devonian blanket made of greywacke that was vaulted in the Tertiary . In the summit area you can see some outcrops of columnar basalt .
history
The castle Neuenahr at the summit, the Count Otto had built of Neuenahr in the 13th century on the mountain, was destroyed in 1372 in a feud at the direction of the Cologne archbishop Friedrich von Saarwerden civil shooters from Ahrweiler. After the male line of the counts died out, robber barons had established themselves there. A round observation tower made of reinforced concrete was built on the castle grounds in 1972. There is also a modern Eifelverein pavilion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Neuenahrer Berg. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Losse : Cheeky and firm, with vertical wall towers ... like a crown. - Castles, palaces and fortresses on the Ahr and in the Adenauer Land. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, 2008.