Sow hill
| Sow hill | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 721.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | District of Sonneberg , Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Thuringian Slate Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 31 '56 " N , 11 ° 10' 48" E | |
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| rock | Phycode slate | |
| Age of the rock | Silurian | |
The Sauhügel is 721.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Thuringian Slate Mountains in the district of Sonneberg , Thuringia ( Germany ).
It lies west of Lichte and southeast of the Leibis-Lichte dam in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park .
The sow hill is built from slate from the deep Silurian . The key fossil is Phycodes circinatum , an Ichnofossil . The phycode slate of the sow hill has a high iron content.
| designation | Height above sea level | direction |
|---|---|---|
| Deer hedge | 719.8 m | NO |
| Pointed mountain | 790.3 m | N |
| Rough hills | 802 m | O |
| Mutzenberg | 769.6 m | SO |
| Mittelberg | 803.5 m | S SO |
| Hahnberg | 686.0 m | S. |
| Apelsberg | 785.3 m | S SW |
| Rückersbiel | 755.6 m | SW |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ The geology of Lichte-Wallendorf (based on E. Wachsmut) in: Albert Brödel, W. Brödel (ed.), Von der Köhlerhütte zum Industriestandort (... history of the place Lichte ... according to official sources 1937-1939) , 1997 , P. 9