Heilinger heights
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 The Heilinger Heights near Marolterode seen from the northwest |
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| Highest peak | Lehdenberg ( 368 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and Kyffhäuserkreis , Thuringia | |
| part of | Thuringian Basin , Thuringian Basin (with edge plates) | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 14 ′ N , 10 ° 41 ′ E | |
| rock | Shell limestone | |
| particularities | Ridge on both sides of the Schlotheimer Graben | |
The Heilinger Heights are a mountain range up to 368 meters above sea level in the northwest of the Thuringian Basin , in the northeastern border area of the Unstrut-Hainich district to the Kyffhäuserkreis between Schlotheim in the northwest and Bruchstedt in the southeast. They flank the Schlotheimer Graben on both sides , the most north-western part of the Hercynian , ie southeast-running Schlotheim-Leuchtenburg fault zone . Its course follows the valleys of the streams Marolteroder Bach (from the confluence with the Notter in Schlotheim upstream) and Fernebach (upper course of the Schambach , downstream to Bruchstedt).
Naming
The heights are named after the neighboring villages of Kirchheilingen , Neunheilingen , Issersheilingen and Bothenheilingen and the no longer existing places Appenheilingen, Altheilingen, Ottenheilingen, Wünschheilingen and Wolfsheilingen.
 
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Heilinger Heights southeast of Schlotheim with the eponymous four villages (red) and five desert areas (gray) |
Geology and geography
The anticline structure of the Heilinger Heights is geologically referred to as Schlotheim-Tennstedter Gewölbe , named after Schlotheim in the north-west and Bad Tennstedt in the south-east. The Heilinger Heights northeast of the Schlotheimer Graben are named after the place Allmenhausen structure Allmenhausen , the south-western ones after Kirchheilingen structure Kirchheilingen or Kirchheilinger (partial) saddle .
The Heilinger Heights tower over neighboring valleys by up to 100 meters and consist of shell limestone . While they decrease very gently towards the outside in altitude, they fall in a steep layer to the Keuper of the Schlotheimer Graben . On the northeast slope of the Klosterholz south of Marolterode, for example, the altitude decreases from 340 to 300 meters within 200 horizontal meters (an average of 20% gradient), from 330 to 310 meters even within 70 meters (30% gradient).
The heights are only forested like islands, so on Klosterholz to the east, on Lehdenberg to the southeast and on Großer Hornfeld to the south (see the subsection Elevations ). Its northwest-southeast extension is around 15 kilometers with a width of only a few kilometers. In the middle the Heilinger Heights are crossed by the federal road 84 .
Surveys
Notable elevations of the Heilinger Heights are:
- Lehdenberg ( 367.6 m ), east of Marolterodes and northeast of the trench or the Marolterodaer Bach on the district border UH / KYF ; The main summit is also called Steinberg , the southeast summit is also called the Schloßspitze
- ( Volkenroder Wald ( 364.1 m ), west of Obermehlers and north of Volkenrodas (UH), southwest of the northwest section of the trench that follows the Notter ; naturally already included in the southeastern roof of the Dün and northwest away from the actual Heilinger heights)
- Large Hornfeld ( 356.5 m ), south of Freienbessingen (KYF) and north-west of the trench or the Fernebach; Forest settlement southeast of the summit (with forest area and NSG Großer Horn )
- Klosterholz ( 345.6 m ), south of Marolterodes and southwest of the trench or the Marolterodaer Bach
- Hoeck ( 336 m ), northeast of Issersheilingens (UH) and clearly to the left of the trench or the Marolterodaer Bach
- Leithe ( 329.8 m ), west of Blankenburg (UH) and southwest of the trench near the watershed between the two streams
- Steingrabenholz ( 325.4 m ), southeast of Blankenburg (UH), the Fernebach spring and the trench
- Kirchberg ( 298.3 m ), immediately south of Schlotheim (UH) and southwest of the trench or the Marolterodaer Bach near the mouth
Flowing waters
The north-west of the heights drains over the Notter , the west over the Welsbach , the south over the Schambach , the south-east over the Prösebach and the north-east over tributaries of the Helbe to Unstrut . What is particularly striking is the wealth of sources in the landscape, which is relatively poor in relief outside the immediate vicinity of the moat.
Wind turbines
Numerous wind turbines dominate the landscape in the southern part of the Heilinger Heights. More are under construction (2012).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Since the sheet Gotha of the single sheets 1: 200,000 was not published, natural areas within the main unit Thuringian Basin have not been given identification numbers, but the boundaries of the main units have been determined.
- ↑ Map of the "Heilingen" villages
- ^ D. Franke: Regionalgeologie Ost - Geological online lexicon for East Germany
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b TK 10
