Moschellandsberg
| Moschellandsberg | ||
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 Moschellandsberg, in front of it Obermoschel |
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| height | 331.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Obermoschel , Donnersbergkreis , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | North Palatinate Uplands | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 43 '31 " N , 7 ° 46' 51" E | |
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| rock | Rhyolite - breccia , slate and chert | |
| particularities | Landsberg castle ruins | |
The Moschellandsberg , colloquially also known as Landsberg for short , is 331.4 m above sea level. NHN high, mostly forested mountain near Obermoschel in the northern North Palatinate highlands . According to the topographic map material of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS), the mountain is also known as the Schloßberg .
The Landsberg castle ruins are on the top of the mountain .
geography
location
The Moschellandsberg rises southeast of the small town of Obermoschel in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . Its western and northern flanks rise steeply from the valley of the Moschelbach , on its southeast side lies beyond a saddle ( 302 m ) the slightly higher Galgenberg ( 335 m above sea level ). Mining used to be practiced mainly on the north side of the mountain, while vineyards can be found on the upper southern slopes .
Natural allocation
The Moschellandsberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Saar-Nahe-Bergland (No. 19), in the main unit North Palatinate Bergland (193) and in the subunit Glan-Alsenz-Höhen (193.1) to the natural area Moschelhöhen (193.140), the western part of the natural area Alsenzer Heights (193.14). Its landscape drops to the east over the Niedermoscheler Berg to the natural area Alsenztal (193.141).
Geology and mining
The dome of the Moschellandsberg consists of intruded , badly shattered rhyolite , which has been penetrated by hydrothermal solutions right into the sediment mantle. As a result, a rich originated copper , - mercury - and silver - deposit with partial rare silver amalgams and Fahlburg ores .
The mining of silver and mercury ores was first mentioned in a document in 1442, more precisely in an entry in the Meisenheimer Rentbuch about the profit from hard silver - moschellandsbergite , since the mineral, in contrast to solid silver, is brittle or hard - from Moschellandsberg "to 500 gulden me or mynder. "however, since only a few decades later Duke Alexander in 1489 for the Lazarus tunnel the Erbstollengerechtigkeit awarded, have been operated has much earlier mining in the area.
The most famous mines include the "Oven", "Carolina" and "Trust in God" pits northeast of the Landsberg castle ruins. Other pits were to the northwest (“God's blessing” and “God's help”) and north (“Gottesgab”) of the Landsburg. A total of around 90 different minerals and varieties have been found on the Moschellandsberg so far (as of 2012) (75 of which are recognized, independent mineral types ) such as the silver minerals acanthite ( silver luster ), chlorine argyrite ( horn silver , silver horn ore ) and iodine argyrite ( iodized silver ), the mercury minerals cinnabarite ( Cinnabar ) and eglestonite as well as the copper minerals bornite ( colored copper gravel ), chalcosine ( copper luster ), azurite ( mountain blue , copper glaze ) and malachite . Other discovered there ore minerals include galena ( galena ), hematite ( hematite ) and pyrite ( pyrite ).
For six minerals, the mountain or one of the local pits is also considered a type locality: Belendorffite , Kalomel , Schachnerite and Paraschachnerite (both mine trust in God) as well as the minerals named after their type locality moschelite (mine oven), moschellandsbergite (mine Carolina).
Protected area
On the Moschellandsberg lies the fauna-flora-habitat- area Moschellandsberg near Obermoschel (FFH-Nr. 6221-302; 0.76 km²), a designated protected area for the bats living there . The Bechstein bat , the rare pond bat and the strictly protected species great horseshoe bat and great mouse-eared bat can be found here .
Summit area
On the summit of the Moschellandsberg stands the Landsberg castle ruins , also known as the Moschellandsburg or Landsburg . From the castle, which was first mentioned in a document in 1130, only the remains of the castle walls, various buildings and a widely visible part of the former donjon remain .
There is a transmission mast not far to the west of the castle .
Traffic and walking
The B 420 runs north of the Moschellandsberg in the valley of the Moschelbach , on its west side the state road L 379, which leads south from Obermoschel .
The mountain can be reached from Obermoschel via a narrow paved road that leads past the castle hotel located northeast below the summit to a sports field east of the saddle and on to just below Landsberg Castle.
The Moschellandsberg is accessible through various hiking trails. The European long-distance hiking trail E8 runs over the mountain . Of the 112 km long Palatine Trail , opened in 2010, a predicate trail leads on his fourth stage from Rockenhausen coming over the Moschellandsberg to Obermoschel. The Obermoschel Geo-Culture Path runs as a circular route around the mountain.
Web links
- Data sheet FFH 6212-302: "Moschellandsberg near Obermoschel" (PDF 68.5 kB)
- Mineral Atlas : Type locality Moschellandsberg, Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Mindat - Brief description of the location and mineral list for the location Landsberg (Moschellandsberg) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ) Scale 1: 1,000
- ^ Altenbamberg / Naturraum / Naturraumliche structure on the website of the water management administration Rhineland-Palatinate
- ↑ Ulrich HJ Heidtke: Mineralogical rarities in the Palatinate: Moschellandsbergit , in: Reports from the working groups , Pollichia-Kurier 21 (2) 2005, pp. 5-7
- ^ Hans Walling: The ore mining in the Palatinate. State Office for Geology and Mining Rhineland-Palatinate, 2005, pp. 145–150, ISBN 3-00-017820-1
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Profile of the FFH area 6212-302 - Moschellandsberg near Obermoschel
- ↑ The Palatinate High Trail - a trail full of highlights on the Pfalz.Touristik eV website
- ↑ Geo-Kultur -pfad Obermoschel on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Alsenz-Obermoschel