Orensberg
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 View from the Trifelsblick hut on the Teufelsberg |
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| height | 581.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Frankweiler ; District of Südliche Weinstrasse , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Palatinate Forest (Haardt Mountains) | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 14 '38 " N , 8 ° 1' 39" E | |
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| rock | Red sandstone | |
| particularities | Ring wall and rock plateau | |
The Orensberg , also called Orensfels (s) after the striking rock formations on its summit plateau , is 581.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Palatinate Forest . It is located near Frankweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstrasse and naturally belongs to the Dahn-Annweiler-Felsenland .
A ring wall classified as a cultural monument extends around the summit of the mountain . On the highest area of the southern spur ( 564.5 m ) is the Orensfelsen, a natural monument .
geography
location
The Orensberg rises in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve . Its summit lies on the Frankweiler forest area , which is 2.8 km to the southeast; the northern part of the mountain from the summit belongs to the forest area of Böchingen , which is 4.7 km east-southeast. Higher mountains in the vicinity are the Roßberg ( 637 m ) 2 km in the north and the Teufelsberg ( 597.6 m ) 2.1 km in the northeast (both as the crow flies ).
The Dernbach flows south along the western foot of the Orensberg , the water of which reaches the Queich through the Eisbach , which then leaves the Palatinate Forest south of the mountain on the east side and later flows into the Rhine . In the east the Hainbach still runs southeast in the Palatinate Forest, before it flows from this in the same direction as the Queich. Its water reaches the Speyerbach, a tributary of the Rhine , via the Woogbach .
Natural allocation
The Orensberg heard in the natural environment feature unit group Haardtgebirge (no. 17) and in the main unit Dahn-Annweiler Rock land (171) for subunit Annweiler-Albers Weiler-Ausraum (171.0). To the east, the landscape leads over into the subunit Haardt (170.1), which belongs to the main unit Palatinate Forest (170) .
history
Surname
The Orensberg was formerly called Urlesberg . This name is derived from the Old High German word Urlaß , which means Weideberg .
Excavations
Settlements from the early Middle Ages were found on the Orensberg , which is why archaeological research has been carried out there for years under the direction of Jochen Braselmann. Trial excavations uncovered several working pits, so-called mardelles . Also found Neolithic arrowheads from flint and pottery from the early Middle Ages. In addition, the former entrance to the interior of the ring wall was discovered.
Ring wall
Little can be seen of the collapsed wall and wall construction that once formed the ring wall. The wall is around two and a half kilometers long, stretched in a north-south direction and covers around 15 hectares. According to older scientific opinion, it was of Celtic origin and was dated around 500 BC. Dated. In the meantime, however, it has been proven that the building was a Carolingian refuge that was built in the 8th century AD. The proof was made by the dendrochronological examination of an excavated piece of beam.
Offering bowl
The so-called sacrificial bowl on one of the rocks is a groove in the red sandstone that was created by erosion of rock layers of different hardness ( Karlstalschichten , upper rock zone with spherical rock horizon ). Such rock formations often occur in the Palatinate Forest, as they are popularly referred to as water stones or soup bowls . The structure on the Orensberg shows traces of processing, a so-called blood channel ; only this, according to recent studies, comes from human hands. An exact dating of the processing is not possible, but it is classified in the Celtic period.
Attractions
The summit plateau, the highest point of which is secured by railings, offers a good all-round view over the Palatinate Forest in an arc from south to north and over the southern Rhine plain in the east . The area is rich in castles and castle ruins. A little north of the Orensberg, the Scharfeneck Castle is located on a western spur of the ridge from which the Roßberg rises, behind this in the north is the Meistersel Castle . In the southwest, beyond the Queichtal , you can see the two sister castles Anebos and Scharfenberg and the Reichsburg Trifels . In the northwest, the ruins of the Ramburg are on the other side of the Dernbach valley.
Tourism and sport
Because of its good views, the Orensberg is a popular destination for hikers. It can be reached via a dense network of forest trails; the way to the summit is marked. In addition, the mountain is a starting point for paragliders and a destination for mountain bikers .
Web links
- Map of the Orensberg and its surroundings on: Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b LANIS: Orensberg on a topographical map from the map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b State Office for Surveying and Basic Geographic Information Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Topographic map 1: 25,000 - Neustadt, Maikammer, Edenkoben, Landau . Koblenz 2006, ISBN 3-89637-285-8 . See also the map accessible under the → web links .
- ↑ Ernst Christmann: The name of the Orensberg . In: Wasgaubote . Bulletin and bulletin for Annweiler am Trifels. No. 23 , June 7, 1963, pp. 85 (see also Urnsburg ).
- ↑ Jochen Braselmann: Lecture “Early medieval ring walls with special consideration of the excavations on the Orensberg”. April 28, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2017 .
- ↑ District Südliche Weinstrasse (Ed.): Heimatjahrbuch 2007 . Landau 2007.
- ↑ Arndt Hartung: Palatinate castle district . Ludwigshafen 1985, ISBN 3-9801043-3-8 , pp. 75 .
- ↑ Sign on the mountain.
- ↑ Hans Erich Kubach, Lala Aufsberg: The Palatinate. German country, German art . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966, p. 26 .
- ^ Frankweiler, ring wall on the Orensberg. In: Open Monument Day. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate , September 9, 2012, accessed on October 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Offering bowl (Orensberg). wandern-in-der-pfalz.kruemelhuepfer.de, accessed on October 8, 2017 .