Steinberg (Franconian Alb)
| Steinberg | ||
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| height | 624.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Weißenburg in Bavaria ; Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Franconian Alb | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '22 " N , 11 ° 1' 4" E | |
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The Steinberg is 624.7 m above sea level. NHN high, wooded mountain of the Weißenburger Alb , part of the low mountain range Franconian Alb . It is located near Weißenburg in Bavaria in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Bavaria ). The Steinberg is the second highest mountain in the Weißenburger Alb after the Laubbichel and in front of Auf der Ebene and the Wülzburger Berg .
geography
location
The Steinberg rises in the Altmühltal nature park in the middle of the Weißenburg city forest . Its summit is 4.4 km southeast of Weissenburg's old town , 3.5 km southwest of Oberhochstatt , 2.5 km north of Suffersheim , 2 km north-northeast of Heuberg and 2.7 km northeast of Haardt ; they are all Weißenburg districts. The federal highway 13 passes to the southwest .
The Steinberg has a double peak : its main dome located in the northwest is 624.7 m high, its south-eastern secondary dome 609.1 m . The Eichelberg ( 615.5 m ) rises to the north-northeast, and the Steinplatte ( 577.3 m ) to the southeast .
Natural allocation
The Steinberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Franconian Alb (No. 08), in the main unit Southern Franconian Alb ( 082) and in the subunit Altmühlalb (082.2) to the natural area Weißenburger Alb (082.26).
Others
Large parts of the north side of the Steinberg mountain were and are being removed in a quarry by mining Treuchtlinger marble . Parts of the protected landscape area in the Altmühltal Nature Park are located on the mountain ( CDDA no. 396115; designated 1995; 1632.9606 km² in size).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Topographic map : Steinberg , on the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( references )
- ^ Franz Tichy: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)