Rachelsberg
| Rachelsberg | ||
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 The Rachelsberg from the east (from the Dieteröder cliffs ) |
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| height | 523.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Weidenbach ; Eichsfeld district , Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Gobert , Thuringian Basin (with edge plates) | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 16 '49 " N , 10 ° 3' 59" E | |
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| rock | Shell limestone | |
The Rachelsberg is a 523.4 m high mountain in Ober Eichsfeld . It is a northern branch of the Gobert and is located near the Hessian border near Weidenbach in the Thuringian district of Eichsfeld ( Germany ).
geography
location
The Rachelsberg rises in the western part of the Eichsfeld district. Its peak, about 650 m northeast of the Thuringian-Hessian border and in the municipality of Dietzenrode-Vatterode, is 1.5 km south of Weidenbach , 1.9 km southwest of Schwobfeld , 3.1 km northwest of Wiesenfeld , each about 4 km southeast of Dietzenrode and Vatterode and 2.5 km east of Asbach , a district of the municipality Asbach-Sickenberg . The closest towns are Bad Sooden-Allendorf , 6.5 km to the west, and Eschwege , 10.5 km to the south (both in the Werra-Meißner district), and Heilbad Heiligenstadt , 12 km to the north-northeast (in the Eichsfeld district ).
The completely wooded Rachelsberg is the most south-westerly and highest elevation of the small mountain plateau, to which the Dieberg (approx. 500 m ), Johannisberg (approx. 470 m ) and Großer Knüll (approx. 460 m ) belong and which extends northeast to the Hesselkopf ( 506 m ) adjoins:
To the north the plateau stretches to Dieberg and to the east to the Großer Knüll with the Kleine Knüll ( 391.8 m ) in front . Near the summit is the small crevice cave . To the northeast, the Johannisberg borders directly on the Eichenberg – Gotha – Saalfelder fault zone and further to the east the Schlittstein ( 416 m ) forms a rock formation made of dolomite with its bulge. The Altenstein castle ruins are located on a spur (approx. 350 m ) on the northwest slope in former Hessian territory . In the southwest, separated by the Hessellücke , is the Hesselkopf , where the main ridge of the Gobert begins to the south.
Natural allocation
The Rachelsberg is one of the northern foothills of the Gobert (no. 483.10), part of the north-western edge of the Thuringian basin (483), according to the natural spatial structure in the Kassel sheet . According to the structure within Thuringia ( The Natural Spaces of Thuringia ), it is assigned to the Werrabergland-Hörselberge unit.
Protected areas
Parts of the Obereichsfeld landscape protection area ( CDDA no. 390325; designated 2009; 384.7677 km² in size) and the fauna-flora-habitat area Stein – Rachelsberg – Gobert (FFH no. 4726-320; 7.16 km²) and the bird sanctuary Werrabergland southwest of Uder (VSG no. 4626-420; 84.33 km²).
Lookout point and hiking
A little southwest of the Rachelsberg summit, there is seating for hikers on the stratified level above a rock face made of shell limestone and a viewpoint to the southwest to the Gobert, into the Bad Sooden-Allerdorfer Werra Valley and the neighboring north-east Hessian mountainous region.
The Schlittstein is to be designated as part of the Geological Route of the Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park . An information board already indicates the special geological conditions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)
