Foremost bare mountain

Foremost bare mountain
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height	192  m above sea level NHN
location	Hessen , Germany
Mountains	Forecrops of the Odenwald
Coordinates	49 ° 52 '42 "  N , 8 ° 42' 26"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '42 "  N , 8 ° 42' 26"  E
rock	Crystalline Odenwald - Frankenstein Complex
Age of the rock	about 360 million years

The Vorderste Kahle Berg is a mountain in the north-western Odenwald, about 2.5 km east of Darmstadt . The 192.0 m high mountain in the Darmstadt forest area is heavily forested. To the east of the Vordersten Kahler Berg is the Hinterste Kahle Berg . To the east of this is the Scheftheimer Wiesen nature reserve with the Ruthsenbach . The green pond is located south of the mountain . To the west of the mountain is the Oberfeld . The mountain is surrounded by the Letschbach to the south, west and north .

Toponyms

1. 1664: in the Kohlberge
2. 1722: the two coal mountains
3. undated: Vorderster, Hinterster Kahleberg
4. today: foremost bare mountain

etymology

To Old High German calo and Middle High German kal with the meaning "bald". Bare, ungrown or cleared areas gave the name. Situation in Darmstadt: The documents with the stem vowel / o / probably show a dialectrically dulled stem vowel. They are therefore too bare and not part of coal .

See also

• Frankenstein complex

Web links

• http://www.geo-naturpark.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadtatlas Darmstadt and environs, Official City Map Darmstadt, Surveying Office of the City of Science Darmstadt, Cartography Department, 2016, p. 27
2. ↑ Hans Ramge et al .: Südhessisches Flurnamenbuch , Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, 2002, ISBN 3-88443-045-9 , p. 543.