Vossnacken
| Vossnacken | |||
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | ||
| Greater region 1st order | Low mountain range threshold | ||
| Greater region 2nd order | Rhenish Slate Mountains | ||
| Main unit group | 33 → Süderbergland |
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| About main unit | 337 → Bergisch-Sauerland lowlands |
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| 4th order region (main unit) |
337 1 → Bergisch-Märkisches hill country |
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| 5th order region | 337 1 .1 → Niederbergisch-Märkisches hill country |
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| Natural space |
337 1 .11 → Vossnacken |
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| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 51 ° 21 '49 " N , 7 ° 6' 19" E | ||
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| local community | Velbert , Essen | ||
| state | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Vossnacken is a mountain range in the eastern urban area of Velbert south of Essen , which rises from the Ruhr from approx. 55 to 242 meters above sea level. It is listed in the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany as a separate natural area with the order number 337 1 .11. The ridge runs in the usual direction of the mountains of the Southern Mountains from southwest to northeast and branches off in the west from the Velberter Höhenrück (order number 337 1 .10). In the east, the Deilbach flows around the ridge. Geologically, it consists of empty Upper Carboniferous shale clays with embedded Grauwackebanks .
The Vossnacken is the core area of the former farmers Vossnacken which today forms a district of Velbert in the spelling Vossnacken . A part of the prehistoric Hilinciweg runs along the ridge , today Kidneyhofer Straße (Landesstraße 427). The Vossnacken (word origin probably Fuchsnacken) once belonged completely to the lordship of Hardenberg , since 1808 the municipality of Hardenberg, later the mayor's office of Hardenberg-Neviges . In 1899 parts of the Vossnacken, together with Dilldorf, were assigned to the municipality of Kupferdreh, now part of the city of Essen , through regional reform .
The Vossnacken is heavily wooded on the steeply sloping slopes and still dominated by agriculture on the flat hilltops. Only in the south does it extend into the town of Langenberg (Rhineland) with the historic district of Vosskuhle.