Adornment (ridge)
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| Highest peak | Künzelsberg ( 380.1 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Kyffhäuserkreis and Sömmerda District , Thuringia | |
| part of | Lower Unstrut mountain and hill country , Thuringian Basin (with edge plates) | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 15 ′ N , 11 ° 17 ′ E | |
| rock | Shell limestone , red sandstone on the northeast roof | |
| surface | 7 km² | |
The Schmücke (also called Kahle Schmücke ) is one to 380.1 m above sea level. NHN high and in the core area only 7 km² large ridge in the Kyffhäuserkreis and in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The decorations, together with the subsequent located southeast Finn and the other side of the Unstrut -carrying axes Pforte located Hainleite the northern and northeastern part of the boundary of the Northwest Thuringian basin . It lies between Heldrungen in the north, Oberheldrungen and Hauteroda in the Northeast, Burgwenden the southeast, Großmonra in the south, Beichlingen and Hemleben in the southwest to west and Gorsleben and the aforementioned Saxony Pforte in the northwest. To the northeast of the valley of the Helderbach is the Hohe Schrecke .
The Schmücke and Finn mountain ranges, which merge into one another - between Heldrungen in the northwest and Bad Sulza in the southeast - are together almost 40 km long.
mountains
The mountains of the Schmücke include - sorted by height in meters (m) above mean sea level (NHN):
- Künzelsberg (380.1 m), between Hauteroda and Beichlingen, Kyffhäuserkreis / Sömmerda district
- Monraburg (377.0 m), near Burgwend, Sömmerda district
- Wendenburg (353.8 m), near Burgwend, Sömmerda district
→ for these and other mountains and surveys see paragraph Decorate the article "List of mountains and elevations in Thuringia"
The surface of a large part of the jewelry is jagged by old quarries .
traffic
The federal highway 71 has been crossing under the Schmücke in the 1,729 m long Schmücke tunnel since 2008 .
natural reserve
On April 30, 2013, the area of the western Schmücke, south of Heldrungen, with the adjacent forests and southern slopes, was placed under nature protection. This also includes parts of the communities of Heldrungen, Oberheldrungen, Gorsleben and Hemleben. The nature reserve has an area of around 550 hectares.
The landscape is dominated by a loose assortment of dry and semi-dry grasslands , meadows , clearance cairns , bushes , orchards and woods - and arable areas. Medieval excavation pits run along the ridge of the ridge. Due to the size and diversity of the different heat- and dry-loving biotopes as well as their rarity, a large number of animals and plants that have adapted to these dry conditions are offered habitats, which is particularly true for wild bees , grasshoppers and butterflies , among others . In winter the pug bats find the necessary shelter here, which is why the area is currently the largest known hibernation area for this bat species in Thuringia.
Day trippers and hikers prefer the Schmücke because of its beauty and the extraordinary views over the Thuringian basin. In the future, hiking and cycling on the existing paths as well as riding on marked bridle paths will be made possible. Ultimately, the area can be used by farmers , foresters and hunters .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Area measurement via geopaths (kmz, 10 kB)
- ↑ Die Kahle Schmücke bei Heldrungen , press release of the State Administration Office, dated May 1, 2013, accessed on November 26, 2014, on kyffhaeuser-nachrichten.de
Web links
- Map / aerial photo of the north-eastern edge of the Thuringian Basin with the Schmücke (kmz, 10 kB)
- Association for the Protection of the Bald Jewelery (eV), on kahle-schmuecke.de