Front Rhön

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Front Rhön, Eastern Kuppenrhön
Highest peak Gebaberg ( 751  m )
location Thuringia
part of Rhön
Vordere Rhön, Eastern Kuppenrhön (Thuringia)
Front Rhön, Eastern Kuppenrhön
Coordinates 50 ° 39 ′  N , 10 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′  N , 10 ° 11 ′  E
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Geological map of the Vorderrhön

The Vordere Rhön , also called Vorderrhön or Östliche Kuppenrhön , is the northeastern part of the Rhön low mountain range , located almost entirely in Thuringia ( Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in the southeast and Wartburg district in the northwest) on Gebaberg up to 751  m high . The Vorderrhön is part of the Kuppenrhön and the somewhat more extensive natural spatial main unit of the Vorder- and Kuppenrhön (with ridge) .

Location and limits

To the west, the Vorderrhön is bounded by the Felda valley , to the south the Herpf forms an approximate border, which, however, is crossed by Stellberg and Abtsberg in the west and Neuberg and Hutsberg in the east south. The eastern border is, starting in the south, just west of the line
Bettenhausen - Stepfershausen - Unterkatz - Oepfershausen - Roßdorf .

In the natural spatial regulations according to the Federal Institute for Regional Studies and the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG Jena), some of the mountains near the border are assigned differently. The Federal Agency assigns the mountains Pleß and Stoffelskuppe in the northeast to the Salzunger Werrabergland bordering to the east , the mountains Neuberg and Hutsberg in the eastern south of the (Vorderen) Rhön and the mountains Stellberg and Abtsberg in the western south to the eastern Rhön foreland . In contrast, TLUG Jena no longer includes Pleß / Stoffelskuppe as well as Stellberg / Abtsberg, Neuberg and Hutsberg in the (Vorderen) Rhön.

In general, all six mountains are included in the Vorderrhön , not least because of their heights of well over 600  m . Including this, the Vorderrhön is a maximum of 25 km long in north-south direction (Pleß – Neuberg) with a width of only 5 to a maximum of 12 kilometers.

Other uses of the term

The use of “Vordere Rhön” for the eastern part of the Kuppenrhön from Thuringia “in front” is historical. Not infrequently, in less differentiated sources, the term “Vordere Rhön” is also used in the sense of “Thuringian Rhön”.

Somewhat confusing in this context is the fact that the Federal Institute for Regional Studies vaguely assigned this term in the Handbook of Natural Spatial Structure of Germany in 1957 with a completely different meaning for the western Rhön foreland and the later Haune plateau of another main unit ( Fulda-Haune-Tafelland ) north-western slope of the Rhön used. This use is also quoted literally in the Schweinfurt sheet (1968) of the Geographische Landesaufnahme 1: 200,000 of the same institute and in the online offer of the Hessian Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Atlas" , although the designation is not listed as a natural spatial proper name.

It is therefore assumed that the name of the main unit "front and Kuppenrhön (with Hessian ridge)" not between the always as Eastern Kuppenrhön designated the Near Rhon in the conventional sense , but between the actual Kuppenrhön will differ and his counted to the main unit Vorland .

Incline

The eastern interface to the Salzunger Werrabergland from the south with Pleß ( 645  m ) and Stoffelskuppe ( 620  m , left)

To the northeast, the Vorderrhön is covered by the red sandstone ridges of the Stadtlengsfeld hill country in the Salzunger Werrabergland towards the Werra , to which some sources also include Pleß and Stoffelskuppe .

The Werra-Gäuplatten ( shell limestone ) adjoins to the southeast in the direction of Herpf and Meiningen , and to the south the eastern Rhön foothills , which mainly consists of red sandstone with basalt knolls on top, which remain well below 550  m .

Rivers and places

The following rivers drain the Vorderrhön via the listed places (arranged downstream) and its eastern slope, whereby rivers marked with an asterisk (*) only pass the slope or similarly marked places are just outside:

drain from the right to the Felda to the west (from north to south):

Drain from the left to the Werra to the east (from north to south):

The Sülze runs entirely in the Werra-Gäuplatten area , which the Herpf enters after about half of its course, while all other Werra tributaries pass through the Stadtlengsfeld hill country at the latest in the middle course .

mountains

The Vorderrhön is divided into three segments by the state roads Herpf - Kaltensundheim in the south and Roßdorf - Dermbach in the north.

While the north is clearly dominated by the Pless, the center is divided. From the Roßberg (with the main summit Hohe Rain , only 500 m southwest of the actual Roßberg summit ) the long ridge of the Hahnberg branches off to the south-east, which seals off the village of Kaltenlengsfeld to the east (see geol. Map), while the Umpfen mainly represents a single knoll.

The south is dominated by the mighty Gebaberg, whose massif flattens out very gradually to the west. To the south , Hutsberg and Neuberg branch off immediately south of the Gebaberg, but separated by the Herpf valley , from its western foothills Stellberg and Abtsberg.

The quarry on its head
Stoffelskuppe

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - Federal Institute for Regional Studies; 4th / 5th Delivery Remagen 1957, 6th delivery Remagen 1959, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960
  2. a b Various authors: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units in single sheets (per map 1: 200,000 and paperback) - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1959–1987; Single sheets in parentheses have only a marginal share in the Rhön, single sheets marked with an asterisk (*) have not yet been included in the list.
    • (Sheet 112: Kassel (H.-J. Klink 1969) *)
    • Sheet 126: Fulda (W. Röll 1969) *
    • Sheet 140: Schweinfurt (Brigitte Schwenzer 1968)
    • (Sheet 141: Coburg (H. Späth 1987) *)
  3. Natural area maps of the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology :
  4. Map and description in the Hesse Environmental Atlas (open in new window! )