Salzberg (Harz)

Salt mountain
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height	394.4 m above sea level NN
location	Blankenburg , District of Harz , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany )
Mountains	resin
Coordinates	51 ° 48 '20 " N , 10 ° 53' 58" E Coordinates: 51 ° 48 '20 " N , 10 ° 53' 58" E

The salt mountain is 394.4 m above sea level. NN high mountain spur of the northern Harz border, from Blankenburg in the Harz district , Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

The salt mountain is located in the Lower Harz in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt nature park , about 2 km west of Blankenburg- Oesig . The Schmerlenbach rises to the west of its summit , and to the east lies the Michaelstein Monastery at the exit of the Klostergrund .

The mountain lies within the Salzberg Formation, a lithostratigraphic unit of the Upper Cretaceous (lower Middle Santonium; cordiformis zone) in the southeast section of the Subherzynen Chalk Basin .