Tub group volcanic complex

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The volcanic complex of the tub group is up to 277.8  m above sea level. NHN high part of the East Eifel in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in the northern part of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Geographical location

The Wannengruppe is located approx. 2.5 km south of Plaidt between the communities Plaidt, Saffig , Bassenheim , Ochtendung and Kruft mainly in the area of ​​the community Ochtendung. Geographically, the Group is part of the unit 291 220 Pellenz volcanoes (East) , so it is natural area not the Eifel, but the Middle Rhine area assigned. The group was formed about 200,000 years ago and is from the volcanoes Eiterköpfe (no longer exists today landfill), Michel Berg ( 277.8  m above sea level.  NHN ) Langenberg (about 267  m above sea level.  NHN ) and When heads (about 257  m above sea  level ). Due to the partly ongoing degradation of lava slag, these cinder cones are largely degraded. The Michelberg is located in the nature reserve of the same name . The protection purpose is "the preservation of the Young Pleistocene volcanic cone because of its special geological importance and the preservation of the dry grassland as a location for rare plants that are threatened for scientific reasons".

literature

  • Angelika Hunold: The legacy of the volcano. A journey into the history of the earth and technology between the Eifel and the Rhine. Schnell + Steiner and publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum . Regensburg / Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-2439-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ^ Ordinance on the "Michelberg" nature reserve. (PDF) Koblenz District Government, September 1, 1978, accessed on February 7, 2015 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 0.6 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 0.7 ″  E