Sattelsberg

Sattelsberg
View from the south ( Borbels ) to the Sattelsberg.
height	464.1  m above sea level NN
location	Thuringia ( Germany )
Mountains	Rhön
Coordinates	50 ° 45 '42 "  N , 10 ° 1' 11"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '42 "  N , 10 ° 1' 11"  E
rock	Red sandstone
particularities	Medieval pit field (ground monument)

The Sattelsberg is a 464.1 m high, wooded elevation and is located on the southern edge of the community of Unterbreizbach in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .

In terms of nature, the Sattelsberg is part of the Vorder Rhön . The Sattelsberg forms the southern watershed between the catchment areas of the Ulster and Oechse rivers (with the Sünna tributary on the left ). On its slopes there are arable terraces and pastures of Mosa and Deicheroda and Mieswarz that have been preserved from medieval times .

A forest on the northeast edge has pits up to 4 m deep, which have been placed under protection as a ground monument . These pits were built in the Middle Ages as surface mining pits for the extraction of iron ore. Another such concentration of pits is located on the neighboring Arzberg.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
2. ↑ Ines walking, Thomas Grasselt, Roland Geyer: Wartburgkreis, South . Ed .: Thuringian State Office for Archaeological Monument Preservation (=  Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia . No. 12 ). Beier & Beran, Weimar 2011, ISBN 978-3-941171-41-1 .