Teufelsley (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Teufelsley
Teufelsley rocks
height	495.9  m above sea level NHN
location	at Liers ; District of Ahrweiler , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany )
Mountains	East Eifel ( Eifel )
Coordinates	50 ° 27 '28 "  N , 6 ° 57' 45"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '28 "  N , 6 ° 57' 45"  E
rock	Quartzite

The Teufelsley (see Ley ) is 495.9  m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Ahr Mountains , part of the Eifel low mountain range . It is located near Liers in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler and consists of the largest contiguous quartzite block in Europe.

geography

location

The Teufelsley rises in the municipal areas of Hönningen and Dümpelfeld . Its summit is 1.8 km south-south-east of the core town of Hönningen, 1.3 km east of the Hönningen district of Liers and 1 km north-northeast of the Dümpelfelder weekend house and residential area Ommelbachtal .

The Dennbach , a tributary of the Kesselinger Bach, flows east past the Teufelsley . The latter leads the 3.1 km north of the mountain located Ahrbrücker district bridge in the west running from him in South-North direction Rhine influx Ahr .

Natural allocation

The Teufelsley belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Eastern Eifel (No. 27) and in the main unit Ahreifel (272) to the sub-unit Southern Ahrbergland (272.3). Its western flank falls into the natural area Dümpelfelder Ahrtal (272.20), which belongs to the subunit Middle Ahrtal (272.2).

legend

Among other things, Gottfried Kinkel remarks about Teufelsley: “This extremely fantastic rock rises on a narrow mountain ridge, so that it looks as if the mass had been shattered by a terrible shock from the east. There is no doubt that the legend of the castle, which the devil erected sky high here in spite of God, is based on this observation made earlier by the people with their usual natural acumen. (…) This time, as always, it turned out badly for the devil: His half-finished castle was shattered with a single blow of God's hand, and the rock really gives the impression of a Cyclopean castle ruin. ”However, there is no historical news of a possible castle on Teufelsley or even construction remains.

Protected areas

The rocky summit region of the Teufelsley was declared an An der Teufelsley nature reserve on June 4, 1926 by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests ( CDDA no. 82701; designated 1926, 4.4  hectares in size). The nature reserve was intended to "preserve the Teufelsley rock formations along with the existing collections of boulders". This was "forbidden to remove, damage or otherwise change the rock formations located on the protected area and the boulders there". There are also parts of on the mountain landscape reserve Rhein-Ahr-Eifel (CDDA No. 323834;. 1980; 925.3593  sq km ) and the bird sanctuary Ahrgebirge (VSG No. 5507-401;. 304.23 square kilometers).

See also: List of nature reserves in the Ahrweiler district

Transport, hiking and climbing

To the west past the Teufelsley and east to Liers , the federal road 257 runs along the Ahr , from which a cul-de-sac branches off between Liers and Dümpelfeld to Ommelbachtal . For example, starting in this weekend house and residential area, the mountain can be hiked on forest trails and paths. On the top of the area close to the Bergostflanke which maintains section Koblenz of the German Alpine Club , the refuge Teufelsleyhütte and uses local rocks for climbing.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topographic map of the Teufelsley with the nature reserve An der Teufelsley (Nature Conservation Administration Rhineland-Palatinate), on naturschutz.rlp.de
2. ↑ Official Journal of the Prussian Government in Koblenz - No. 25 (edition June 12, 1926), Police Ordinance of the Prussian Minister for Agriculture, Domains and Forests, Berlin, June 4, 1926, on naturschutz.rlp.de (PDF; 53.8 KB )
3. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
4. ↑ The Alpine Club Koblenz an der Teufelsley ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , onkreis.aw-online.de