Totenberg (Vorderer Vogelsberg)
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(Todtenberg)
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.jpg) View from the south-south-west to the Totenberg with the village of Treis an der Lumda at the southern foot of the Lumda valley |
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| height | 357.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Treis an der Lumda ; District of Giessen , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Vorderer Vogelsberg ( Vogelsberg ) | |
| Dominance | 1.6 km → southern promontories of the Leidenhöfer Kopf in the NE | |
| Notch height | 65 m ↓ north of the mountain | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 40 '41 " N , 8 ° 47' 28" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
The Totenberg (also called Todtenberg ) near Treis an der Lumda in the Hessian district of Gießen is 357.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the front of the Vogelsberg , Vorderen Vogelsberg .
Name origin
There are more forest places with the name Totenberg. In contrast to the presumed case of the Totenberg in the Bramwald, the name does not go back to an Indo-European word stem. Rather, the name is probably in connection with a deserted Totenhausen (also Dodenhausen , Todenhausen ) east of the mountain of medieval times. Linguistic research associates the settlement name with a personal name - Dodo or Teito .
geography
location
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The Totenberg is located in the north of the district of Gießen and in the western part of the Vorderen Vogelsberg . Its summit is 1.1 km north of Treis an der Lumda , 3.7 km northeast of Mainzlar and 2.2 km west of Allendorf . The border between the cities of Staufenberg and Allendorf runs near the summit over the north-eastern highlands of the mountain. The border between the Landgraviates of Hessen-Cassel in the north and Hessen-Darmstadt in the south ran at the same point .
In the neighboring district of Marburg-Biedenkopf , Ilschhausen is 2.6 km north . The Lumda flows south of the mountain and flows into the Lahn 7.7 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of the mountain peak near Lollar .
Natural allocation
The Totenberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group West Hessisches Bergland (No. 34), in the main unit Vorderer Vogelsberg (349) to the subunit Lumda-Plateau or areas of the Vorderen Vogelsberg (349.0).
Topography and geology
The Totenberg rises at Treis an der Lumda by around 188 m from the Lumdatal up to 357.5 m (summit position). It is a dome made of basalt , its flanks are covered by typical periglacial layers mixed with loess .
Protected areas
On the Totenberg lies the landscape protection area (LSG) Totenberg ( CDDA -Nr. 378706; designated 1964; 1.3705 km² in size). In the east of the LSG there are parts of the bird sanctuary quarries in Central Hesse (VSG no. 5414-450; 3.2733 km²).
History and economy
The Totenberg has several archaeological features. Upon investigation of rock shelters of quartzite , located at the southeast foot of the slope, came Paleolithic stone tools revealed; a ring wall about 120 x 210 m in size (approx. 1.78 hectares ), archaeological finds from various periods on the mountain plateau, in particular from the Michelsberg culture , the older Iron Age and the early Middle Ages . The latest archaeological investigations have shown the ring wall to be an early medieval curtain wall. A prehistoric fortification has not yet been proven. There is a basalt quarry on the eastern flank of the mountain .
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Traffic and walking
The state road 3146 leads south past the Totenberg along the Lumda from Mainzlar through Treis an der Lumda to Allendorf . For example, starting on this road, the mountain can be hiked on forest paths and paths, especially in the area of its high elevations. South past the mountain, the 45 km long Lumda-Wieseck cycle path leads through Treis along the Lumda , on which there is the information board Der Totenberg , which also provides information about the local ramparts, the Celts and wandering monks.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Dodenhausen (desert), district of Giessen. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Lutz Reichardt: The settlement names of the districts of Gießen, Alsfeld and Lauterbach in Hessen . Göppingen 1973.
- ^ Klaus P. Andriessen: settlement names in Hessen. Distribution and development until 1200. ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Marburg 1991.
- ^ Gerhard Sandner: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 125 Marburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1960. → Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)
- ^ Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann, Albrecht Jockenhövel (ed.): The prehistory of Hesse. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, p. 484.
- ↑ Project Regional Archeology Totenberg / District of Gießen ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2013 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. , Archeology group at the Oberhessischer Geschichtsverein Gießen eV
