Teufelskanzel (Nienstedt)

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The devil's pulpit

The Teufelskanzel is a rock cliff designated as a natural monument in the Deister near Nienstedt , a district of Bad Münder am Deister in the Hameln-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony .

geography

location

The Teufelskanzel is located about 2 km north of the center of Nienstedt on the southwest slope of the Deister about 100 m below the ridge . The cliff is located west-northwest of 382  m above sea level. NHN high Reinekensiekskopfs about in the area of ​​the 350 m contour line , from the summit it is about 400 m away. About 20 m northwest of the Teufelskanzel runs a more demanding section of a hiking trail from Nienstedt via the Wallmannshütte to the Deisterkamm , which also serves as a route for a supply line for the Nordmannsturm .

Chamber of the Devils

The Teufelskanzel is located in the Teufelskammer , an area of ​​the state forest in Deister between the Nordmannsturm and the Alte Taufe . In addition to the forestry use of the beech forest , there was a quarry east of the Teufelskanzel near the Nordmannsturm and several tunnels such as the Teufelskammerstollen about 500 m west of the Teufelskanzel for the extraction of hard coal .

description

falling rock layers on the southeast side of the Teufelskanzel

The Teufelskanzel is a sandstone block categorized as a rock cliff with an estimated volume of approx. 37 m³. On the Deisterhang there are numerous other smaller sandstone blocks in the area around the Teufelskanzel. The reason for this is the different weathering of the sandstone and marl layers from the Lower Cretaceous Period that emerged on the southwest slope and fell to the northeast .

Natural monument

The lower nature conservation authority of the Hameln-Pyrmont district runs the "Teufelskanzel im Deister" under the label ND-HM 174 as a natural monument . Characteristics and geological significance are mentioned as protection grounds .

legend

A legend tells that an angry giant hurled the devil's pulpit and the boulders in the devil's chamber from the Sünteltal southwest of the Deister to their present location.

Web links

Commons : Teufelskanzel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Directory in accordance with Section 14 (9) NAGBNatSchG - natural monuments. (pdf; 23.7 kB). Hameln-Pyrmont district - lower nature conservation authority, August 10, 2015, accessed on January 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ a b Annex 2) Regarding the ordinance on the protection of natural monuments in the Hameln-Pyrmont district of June 7, 2005 (pdf; 7.84 MB) (No longer available online.) p. 76 , archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 10, 2015 .
  4. ^ Curt von Daniels, Friedrich Wilhelm Luppold: Coal seam near "Old Baptism" near Nienstedt in the Deister. (pdf; 373 kB) Accessed March 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ The saga of Haniel and Esegir. (Source: Wolfgang Schiefer: Haniël and Esegir - the giants in Deister and Süntel ; in Der Söltjer ; 1985; p. 88f.). Retrieved March 1, 2017 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 21.5 "  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 54.7"  E