Priorberg

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Priorberg
District of Dettingen (Horb)
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 560 m
Residents : 40
Postal code : 72160
Area code : 07482

Priorberg is a hamlet that is around 560 meters above sea level. It belongs to the district of Dettingen of the city of Horb am Neckar and is also the " local mountain of the Dettinger".

It was first mentioned in 790 when a gift ("Cozberg vom Breilerberg") was given to the St. Gallen monastery . Located on a shell limestone plateau , it is also known as Priari or Preyelberg. Until the Thirty Years' War to a hermitage where the Paulines - hermits have passed.

Since 1926 he has also owned a Joseph Chapel.

With only about 40 residents, 70% of whom have an agricultural activity, and its two restaurants, it is a popular destination. Hikers and naturalists went about their business in the flora of the hamlet.