Winterstein (Hainich)
| Winter stone | ||
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| height | 468.3 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Hainich | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 8 '45 " N , 10 ° 21' 7" E | |
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| rock | Shell limestone | |
The Winterstein is a wooded mountain in the area of the municipality of Langula , in the southwestern part of the Unstrut-Hainich district .
The winter stone consists of shell limestone, it has a summit height of 468.3 m above sea level. HN and belongs to the northern part of the Hainich . In the west the mountain borders on the Lempertsbach valley near Hallungen , in the east there is the Langula valley with the remains of the former railway line Mühlhausen – Treffurt, also known as the Bimmel Vogteier .
The Rennstieg, an old ridge trail and now the Hainich hiking trail, runs over the mountain. A medieval borderline has been preserved on the western slope to this day, it belongs to the former bailiwick of Dorla , the Hallung area was an exclave of the County of Tonna. Today the boundary stones form a section of the district boundary to the Wartburg district .
The winter stone also marks the topographical border of the Eichsfeld . The Marliesenweg comes from Langula and runs in the direction of Hallungen through the Wolfental . About 400 m north of the forest village Ritzenhäuser loading point marks an important transshipment point for trade between the Werra Valley ( Wanfrieder Schlagdt ) and the woad and grain growing areas in the Thuringian Basin . The associated village of Ritzenhausen was about 200 m east of the Hallunger Waldbad at a spring. The forest village of Langulaer Schildchen is located south of the Winterstein , again a crossroads of hiking trails and forest trails (here: Neuer Weg).
The name Winterstein refers to the summer stone refuge 1400 meters (as the crow flies), which is located on the mountain spur of the same name north of the Hallunger Waldbad in a remote part of the Niederdorla corridor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Eichsfeldkreis, LK Nordhausen, Kyffhäuserkreis, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 1. Erfurt 1999.
- ↑ Gerald Patzelt: The Hainich . Cordier-Verlag, Heiligenstadt 1998, ISBN 3-929413-40-X , p. 20-25 .
- ^ Hermann Gutbier : Der Hainich (reprint of the original edition from 1894) . Verlag Rockstuhl , Bad Langensalza 2006, ISBN 3-938997-10-9 , p. 12 .
- ^ Paul Grimm, Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Mühlhausen district . Mühlhausen / Thuringia 1972, Niederdorla: Sommerstein, p. 54 .