Soodener Bergland
| Soodener Bergland | ||
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| Highest peak | Roßkopf ( 482.4 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Werra-Meißner district , northeast Hesse ( Germany ) | |
| part of | Unterwerrasattels , Lower Werrabergland , | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 ' N , 9 ° 55' E | |
| rock | Grauwacke , different types of rock | |
The Soodener Bergland is a mountainous region up to 482.4 m high in the Werra-Meißner district in northeast Hesse ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The mountainous area immediately west of the Werra is about 14 km long and a maximum of 4 km wide in a north-west-south-east direction. Looking clockwise, it is located between Witzenhausen in the north, Bad Sooden-Allendorf in the east, Frankershausen in the south, the district town of Eschwege is about 5 kilometers from the southern edge in a south-easterly direction.
Natural allocation
The Soodener Bergland belongs to the natural spatial main unit Lower Werrabergland (358) of the main unit group Osthessisches Bergland (35) and has the code number 358.02. It borders the Werra Valley in the north and east , the Eschweger Basin in the south, the Meißner foreland in the south-west and the Lower Gelstertal in the north-west .
Geology and landscape
The predominantly wooded (mixed beech forest) mountain area is a varied landscape with a strong relief formation and steep edges to the Werra valley. Agriculture is also practiced on the flatter plateaus at the transition to the Meißner foreland (meadows, fruit growing). Geologically, the area consists of various types of rock:
- Elevations of the basement consist of greywacke and clay slate
- Zechstein rocks (lime, dolomite, gypsum)
- Red sandstone mountains at the transition to the Werra valley
- small amounts of shell limestone in the Gelstertal
Salt springs rising from the Zechstein near Bad Sooden-Allendorf gave rise to the former salt production and today's spa system. Bloated plaster due to water absorption led to so-called Kröselberg mountains near Hundelshausen.
mountains
The mountains of the Soodener Bergland include - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea level (NN):
- Roßkopf (482.4 m), north of Kammerbach
- Schnellerskopf (412.6 m), west of Oberrieden
- nameless (394.1 m), west of Bad Sooden-Allendorf
- nameless (371.0 m), east of Orferode
- Heiligenberg (approx. 355 m), north of Hitzerode
- Witzenbrachskopf (353.5 m), west of Oberrieden
- Ellerstein (approx. 350 m), north of Hundelshausen
- Solberg (339.8 m), west of Ellershausen
- Sulzberg (298.6 m), south of Witzenhausen
- High Ahrenberg (280.4 m), west of Wahlhausen
Waters
Coming from the Meißner area, numerous small bodies of water cross the mountainous region in narrow valleys ( Oberrieder Bach with the two source brooks Dudenbach and Ottersbach ), Berka , with the Höllental near Albungen forming a special section . Other small streams have their headwaters in the mountains (Flachsbach, Dohlsbach, Ahrenbach).
Attractions
The Soodener Bergland is an interesting hiking area, including the Gebrüder-Grimm-Weg and the Frau-Holle-Route . Sights include:
- Ludwigstein Castle near Werleshausen
- Bilstein ruins and Schnepfenburg ruins near Hitzerode
- former Roman camp and Roman hill near Hitzerode
- Visitor mine Grube Gustav near Abterode
- Lookout tower on the Roßkopf
- Otterbachstein near Orferode
literature
- Barbara Maier: On the morphology of the Soodener Bergland. in: Göttingen geographical treatises, self-published Geograph. Institute University of Göttingen, 1952
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ H.-J. Klink: Geographical survey: The natural units on sheet 112 Kassel - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969 → online map