Woogsberg
| Woogsberg | ||
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| height | 184 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Hessen , Germany | |
| Mountains | Forecrops of the Odenwald | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 '26 " N , 8 ° 42' 20" E | |
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| rock | Crystalline Odenwald - Frankenstein Complex | |
| Age of the rock | about 360 million years | |
The Woogsberg is a mountain in the north-western Odenwald, approx. 1.5 km east of Darmstadt . The 184.0 m high mountain in the Darmstadt forest area is heavily forested. The L 3094 (Dieburger Straße) runs directly north of the Woogsberg. To the east of the Woogsberg is the Hitzberg. Approx. The Prince of Hesse pit is located 2 km east of the Woogsberg . The Scheftheimer Wiesen nature reserve begins south of the mountain with the Ruthsenbach . To the west of the Woogsberg is the Steinbrücker pond .
Toponyms
- undated: Woogsberg
- today: Woogsberg
etymology
Old High German wâg , wâc with the meaning "water, flood, lake". Middle High German wâc means "moving, surging water, river, flood, stream, current, wave, sea, lake, pond". In southern Hesse the word usually appears with the stem vowel dulled to / o / as Woog . As a rule, names as simplex are fish ponds or reservoirs. The name Woogsberg probably refers to the forerunner of today's Steinbrücker pond .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtatlas Darmstadt and environs, Official City Map Darmstadt, Surveying Office of the City of Science Darmstadt, Cartography Department, 2016, p. 27
- ↑ Hans Ramge et al .: Südhessisches Flurnamenbuch , Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, 2002, ISBN 3-88443-045-9 , pp. 1000f.