Singen mountain

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Singen mountain
Singen mountain

Singen mountain

height 582.6  m above sea level NHN
location Thuringia
Mountains Ilm-Saale- and Ohrdrufer plate
Dominance 8.5 km →  Halskappe ( Reinsberge )
Notch height 138 m ↓  at Singen train station
Coordinates 50 ° 43 '48 "  N , 11 ° 2' 58"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '48 "  N , 11 ° 2' 58"  E
Singener Berg (Thuringia)
Singen mountain
rock Shell limestone

The Singener Berg (also known locally as Singer Berg ) is a south-eastern witness mountain of the Ilm-Saale-Platte beyond the Eichenberg – Gotha – Saalfelder fault zone and at the same time, if you include it, at 582.6  m above sea level. NHN their highest elevation. The limestone cone on the extension of the southeast arm of Reinsberge is free and is clearly visible from all directions.

It is located immediately northwest of the village of Singen , not far from Stadtilm , in the Ilm district in Thuringia .

The mountain is part of a landscape protection area and is home to a number of plants worthy of protection: yew , black pine , larch and larger silver thistle populations . The climate on Singer Berg is exceptionally mild.

The Singener Berg was probably in the 4th / 3rd. Century BC Settled by Celts ; a fortified settlement existed on it. Due to the exposed location of the mountain, a number of legends related to the mountain were created in the later centuries.

A community with the local name Singerberg , which existed from 1994 to 1996, was named after the Singener Berg .

See also

Web links

Commons : Singener Berg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )