Rochusberg (Rheinhessen)
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 View over the Nahe to Bingen am Rhein with St. Martin's Basilica , Klopp Castle and the Rochusberg in the background |
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| height | 245 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | in Bingen am Rhein ; District of Mainz-Bingen , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Lower Nahe hill country | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 57 '33 " N , 7 ° 54' 4" E | |
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| rock | Quartzite , slate | |
| particularities | - Kaiser-Friedrich-Turm ( AT ) - Bingen transmitter |
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The Rochusberg in Bingen am Rhein in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mainz-Bingen is about 245 m above sea level. NHN the second highest elevation in the city area. Whose highest point is in the neighborhood Dromersheim at the border to Gau-Algesheim and Ockenheim lying Jacob Berg ( 273.8 m ), with the southwest spur croissant (about 260 m ).
geography
location
The Rochusberg is located southeast of Central Bingen. It extends from the district of Kempten am Rhein for around 3 km in a south-westerly direction to the Nahe , which flows in the valley of the western flank for the last kilometers before it flows into the Rhine . Beyond the Nahe is Bingerbrück with the Elisenhöhe ( 207.6 m ) and the adjacent Binger Forest (max. 638.6 m ), adjacent to the Rochusberg to the northwest . The Büdesheim district is south of the mountain .
Natural allocation
The Rochusberg forms the natural area Rochusberg (228.14) in the natural spatial main unit group Northern Upper Rhine Lowland (No. 22), in the main unit Lower Nahehügelland (228) and in the subunit Binger Wald-Vorland (228.1) the natural area Rochusberg (228.14), whereby its landscape to the west into the Rochusberg breakthrough ( 228.13) falls away with the Nahe . In a southerly direction it falls into the lower Nahe level (229) - with the Nahe lowland (229.00; south), the Büdesheimer level (229.01; south-southeast) and the Ockenheimer Schwelle (229.02; southeast). Commonly, the mountain is assigned to the Rheinhessen hill country , which means the entire Rheinhessen region .
Mountain height
The Rochusberg is around 245 m high in the area of the Jahnhalle sports hall on the summit region . On the adjacent Jahnplatz sports field , which is located outside the 245 m contour line , a 244.9 m high point is shown on topographic maps . On the west-southwest end of the mountain, close to the sports facilities, stands the Kaiser-Friedrich-Turm observation tower at a height of around 242 m . To the south of it lies the 226.9 m high Scharlachkopf as the southwest spur of the mountain . At the Rochus Chapel in the northeast part of the elevation, the Rochusberg is only a little more than 185 m high.
Landscape protection area
Parts of the protected landscape area Rheinhessisches Rheingebiet ( CDDA -Nr. 555513997), which was designated in 1977 and is 6.52 km² in size, lie on the entire Rochusberg .
geology
The Rochusberg lies in the edge area (i.e. the former coastal zone) of the Mainz Basin and carries quartzite and slate from the Devonian , as it forms an extension of the Rhenish Slate Mountains and is separated from it by the Nahe . The slopes of the mountain are characterized by the vineyards typical of Rheinhessen .
Economy
The slopes of the mountain are shaped by viticulture . Here you will find the individual layers in the Bingen area with the large Sankt Rochuskapelle site :
- North: Schloßberg-Schwätzerchen, Kirchberg, Kapellenberg in Kempten;
- East: Parish gardens in Kempten and Gaulsheim;
- South: Bubenstück, Osterberg, Rosengarten in Büdesheim;
- Southwest: Scharlachberg in Büdesheim. The Scharlachberg received national recognition through the Scharlachberg wine distillery (Scharlachberg Meisterbrand) and the industrial heritage Sektkellerei Scharlachberg on the route of industrial culture Rhein-Main
tourism
Attractions
- Kaiser Friedrich Tower (approx. 242 m high), a listed 21.4 m high observation tower with two platforms, built in 1888, estimated about 50 m southwest of the mountain peak
- Rochus Chapel (approx. 185 m ), one of the pilgrimage sites of the diocese of Mainz , where the relics of Saint Rupert von Bingen and his mother, Saint Berta von Bingen have been lying since 1814 .
- Klopp Castle on the northwestern Rochusberg pre-summit Kloppberg ( 127.6 m )
Opportunities for viewing
From Rochusberg the view falls on Bingen am Rhein and into the Binger Loch with the mouse tower and the western part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley . On the north side of the Rhine lies the Rheingau with the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein . In the south you can see Jakobsberg with the Jakobsberg priory and along the Nahe to Bad Kreuznach , as far as visibility allows.
Bingen transmitter
A little southwest of the Rochusberg summit is the Bingen transmitter with its transmission tower at a height of around 242 m .
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Harald Uhlig: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 150 Mainz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Height information according to private measurements
literature
- Topographic leisure map: UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Bl. OM3), Rüdesheim am Rhein - Bingen am Rhein , M. = 1: 25,000, State Office for Surveying and Geographic Base Information Rhineland-Palatinate (publisher), ISBN 3-896-37365-X