Ortenberg (mountain)

Ortenberg
	The Ortenberg looking south
height	995.9 m above sea level NHN
location	Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Mountains	Swabian Alb
Coordinates	48 ° 10 ′ 45 " N , 8 ° 48 ′ 2" E Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 45 " N , 8 ° 48 ′ 2" E
rock	White Jura

The Ortenberg ( 995.9 m above sea level ) is an elevation in the southwestern Swabian Alb . It is located on the southern edge of the Upper Schischem valley near Deilingen in the Tuttlingen district and belongs to the Großer Heuberg .

Nature reserve

A former quarry on the north side of the Ortenberg has been designated as a geotope and nature reserve since February 23, 2001 . The NSG has the protected area number 3,258 and is 71.6 hectares in size. Its abandoned wall opens up about 40 m of the lower white Jura . A slope section representative of the eaves area of the Hohe Schwabenalb is protected with marl slides, rock formations, relict plant communities and valuable forest communities, which are used as a habitat for a large number of rare, predominantly alpine, z. T. strongly endangered plant species, as well as rare animal species serve.