Zehnsberg (mountain range)
| Ten Mountain | ||
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| Highest peak | Kessenberg ( 434.5 m above sea level ) | |
| location | District of Eichsfeld , ( Thuringia ) | |
| Part of the main unit | Lower Eichsfeld at the transition to the Eichsfeld Basin , Weser-Leine-Bergland | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 ′ N , 10 ° 16 ′ E | |
| rock | Red sandstone | |
The Zehnsberg is one to 434.5 m above sea level. NN high ridge in the Eichsfeld district in northwest Thuringia and a minimal proportion in the Göttingen district in southern Lower Saxony ( Germany ).
geography
location
The ridge running in the northwest-southeast direction is about 12 kilometers long and a maximum of six kilometers wide. It is located between the source areas of the Leine and Hahle in the urban area of Leinefelde-Worbis in the southeast, and the Lower Saxony state border near Etzenborn in the northwest. After 1952, the state border formed the former inner-German border , which is now part of the German Green Belt . The district town of Heilbad Heiligenstadt is about seven kilometers to the south-west.
The entire mountain range is only mentioned by name in a few topographical maps, it was probably derived from the centrally located Zehnsberg .
mountains
With a height in meters above sea level (NN) belong to the mountains (without special information the district of Eichsfeld):
- Kessenberg (434.5 m), northwest of Leinefelde
- Zinkspitze (431.6 m), west of Worbis
- Zehnsberg (413.4 m), south of Hundeshagen
- Kalter Lindenberg (413.2 m), east of Steinbach
- Roter Berg (also Rotenberg) (406.9 m), northeast of Rheinholterode
- Gehlenberg (388.6 m), east of Glasehausen
- nameless (approx. 351 m), district of Göttingen, south of Etzenborn
- Pfaffenberg (333.8 m), north of Neuendorf
- Birkenberg (325.4 m), west of Hundeshagen
Flowing waters
The Zehnberg is the source area of numerous tributaries to the Leine :
- directly on the upper reaches of the Leine: Line, Volsbach, Haarbach, Etzelsbach , Wildwinkelbach
as well as the Leine tributaries:
traffic
Some country roads ( L 1009 between Günterode and Berlingerode, L 2016 between Breitenbach and Hundeshagen and the former L 2018 between Breitenbach and Steinbach ) lead over the ridge, in the south the landscape is bounded by the federal motorway 38 .
Natural allocation
Since the ridge does not represent a mountain range in the classical sense, it is assigned to the natural conditions (steep drop to the north and plateau to the south) as follows to two neighboring natural areas:
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(to 37 Weser-Leine-Bergland )
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(375 Lower Eichsfeld )
- 375.1 Eichsfeld hill country
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(374 Eichsfeld Basin )
- 374.2 Duderstadt basin
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(375 Lower Eichsfeld )
Surrounding landscapes are:
- Upper Leinetal with the underlying Dün south
- Eichsfeld hill country in the west
- Duderstadt basin in the north
- Ohm mountains in the east
- Eichsfelder Kessel in the southeast
The Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology uses a somewhat coarser own structure that only exists nationwide, within which the landscape is part of the North Thuringian red sandstone country .
Landscape and geology
The geological basis of the entire ridge consists of middle red sandstone; the lower red sandstone only appears in the valley lowlands in Lower Saxony that adjoin it to the north. The steep drop of the Zehnsberg, which forms the mountain character, was created by the leaching and lowering of the salt deposits located under the red sandstone north of the main ridge, today's Eichsfeld Basin . To the south it forms a plateau that flattens towards the upper Leine . The numerous small streams that arise on the north side of the Hahle subdivide the steep drop into individual valleys and mountain tops. While the mountains in the southeast and the steeper slopes are predominantly forested (mixed coniferous-deciduous forests), the plateau and the flatter slopes are used for agriculture.
At Etzenborn there is another flat ridge to the north up to the Sonnenberg near Seulingen , which separates the basin landscapes of the Golden Mark and Sattenhausen .
History
Historically, the settlement border between the Saxon and Thuringian population groups ran over the ridge together with the northern edge of the Ohm Mountains . In the Middle Ages, this border was protected by a Landwehr, some of which can still be seen. There were also various fortifications such as the Graf Ernst Burg (presumably a rampart, but not a castle) near Wintzingerode, the Hägerwarte near Berlingerode and the Scheideburg near Glasehausen (not secure ramparts). The field names Zinkspitze (former name Zankspitze) and the rag scissors at Hundeshagen still point to arguments and quarrels in this border area in earlier times. The place names and desert names on -hagen that are frequently used in Eichsfeld also refer to enclosed settlements in the old border area, such as Queckhagen, Altenhagen, Hundeshagen and Bergeshagen.
Today this settlement boundary forms the language boundary between the Low German and Central German dialect in Eichsfeld , as well as one of the boundaries between the upper and lower areas.
Worth seeing
The area of the Zehnsberg presents a varied landscape with its meadows, fields and forests. From some points on the edge of the plateau one has wide views to the north of the lower field, and from the southern forest edges to the upper field of the Ohm Mountains, over the Dün to to the Upper Leinebergland. There is a small wind farm in the Rotenberg area. Attractions include:
- Pilgrimage chapel Etzelsbach
- free-standing belfry of the church in Hundeshagen
- Ground monument Alte Burg or Burg Westernhagen near Berlingerode
- Soil monument desert and glassworks Volsbach near Wingerode
- Forsthaus Zehnsberg with line source
- Cold linden and imperial oak as a natural monument
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thuringian Land Survey Office TK 50: Eichsfeld with Goldene Mark, Ohmgebirge, Zehnsberg and Dün , Kartenblatt 53, 1996
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969 → online map
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^ Walter Hiekel, Frank Fritzlar, Andreas Nöllert and Werner Westhus: The natural spaces of Thuringia . Ed .: Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), Thuringian Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Environment . 2004, ISSN 0863-2448 . → Natural area map of Thuringia (TLUG) - PDF; 260 kB → Maps by district (TLUG)
- ↑ O. Speier, O. Zeise: Explanations on the geological map of Prussia and neighboring states. Leaf Berlingerode. Edited by the Royal Prussian Geological State Institute and Mining Academy, Berlin 1904, p. 3
- ↑ G. Reichel: Historical map of the district of Worbis. Hist. Commission for the Province of Saxony and the Duchy of Anhalt, printed by Louis Koch Halberstadt 1913
- ↑ Erhard Müller: Field names on the Eichsfeld in a socio-historical perspective. In: onenological information. No. 19 November 1071, KMU Leipzig, p. 9
