Schneckenberg (Offenbach am Main)

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The Schneckenberg in the background - in the foreground the Offenbach am Main water tower

At 166 m, the Schneckenberg is the highest point in the Hessian city of Offenbach am Main . It represents the eastern continuation of the Bieberer Berg , but is separated from it by the incision of the Rodgaubahn . With the Schneckenberg, a ridge begins west of the Rodau - Bieberbach lowland, which forms the southern edge of the Main Valley and extends as an elevation over the Bieberer Berg, the Rosenhöhe , the Käsberg and Goldberg near Oberrad to the Sachsenhäuser Berg.

It is located on the site of a former 18-meter-deep sand-lime quarry, which was filled with rubble after the Second World War and from 1962 as the “Landfill Grix” (named after the operating company) with household and industrial waste. After around 25 years, the landfill was closed in the 1980s. Then the Schneckenberg developed into a destination for excursions; In summer the approximately three hectare site was used for music festivals and other events, in winter as a toboggan hill. The former landfill was renovated between 1999 and 2005. Access is closed to the public due to toxic landfill gases escaping .

At the end of 2012, a photovoltaic system costing around four million euros with 12,832 solar modules and around three megawatts of power was built on the south side of the site .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Offenbach am Main - portrait in numbers. (PDF; 388 kB) In: offenbach.de. City of Offenbach am Main, Public Relations Office, 2012, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved April 24, 2016 . According to other sources, 179 meters.
  2. ↑ Georg Wittenberger, Hans-Joachim Schablitzki: The natural monuments and landscape protection areas of Offenbach am Main . 1979, ISSN  0171-7936 , p. 31 ( ovfn.de [PDF; 2.0 MB ; accessed on April 24, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Stephen Wolf: Attraction Schneckenberg: From the garbage dump to the excursion destination. In: fr-online.de . September 15, 2009, accessed April 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Matthias Dahmer: Ex-garbage dump equipped with photovoltaic system. In: op-online.de . December 5, 2012, accessed April 24, 2016 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E