Steinberg (Wittgendorf)
| Steinberg | ||
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| height | 408.6 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Free State of Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '20 " N , 14 ° 50' 31" E | |
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| rock | Basalt , nepheline basanite | |
| particularities | former quarry | |
The Steinberg is a 409 meter high mountain in the eastern Lausitzer Bergland in the Free State of Saxony . It is located in the district of the city of Zittau on the edge of the Zittau basin and is in the immediate vicinity of Wittgendorf . Just one kilometer to the east is a mountain of the same name , which has similar landscapes.
flora
The top of the mountain is forested and forms the southern foothills of the Oberwald . The predominant species are birch , wild pear and quivering poplar . The soil flora is made up of rennets , bilberries , hawkweeds , field clover , pechnelke and spring cinquefoil .
use
The first basalt quarry was built here as early as the 19th century, where stones and gravel were extracted for building houses. After the quarry was closed, it ran full of water and was overgrown by plants. The dense vegetation now offers many bird species a nesting place.
The shallow slopes of the mountain are used for agricultural purposes.
literature
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 2nd Edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1971, p. 88f. The height of the mountain is incorrectly stated here.