Zeilberg (Itz-Baunach-Hügelland)
| Zeilberg | ||
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 Basalt quarry |
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| height | 462.9 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Haßberge Nature Park , Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Zeilberge , Itz-Baunach hill country | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 11 '48 " N , 10 ° 41' 18" E | |
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| Type | volcano | |
| Age of the rock | 16 million years | |
| particularities | Basalt quarry , adventure trail | |
The Zeilberg is 463 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the nature park and in the Haßberge district in the east of Lower Franconia , about two kilometers east of Maroldsweisach . It is one of the few still recognizable volcanoes of the Heldburg gang and namesake of the Zeilberge, which, as the highest part of the Itz-Baunach hill country, flow geologically to the west, but separated by the Baunach valley, into the actual Haßberge .
The volcano is 16 million years old and is made of nepheline basanite . In 1895 Erste Bayerische Basaltstein AG began mining the basalt in a quarry near Maroldsweisach. In 1900, Bayerische Hartstein AG followed with mining in the neighboring Voccawind . Every year 20 employees extract 800,000 tons of basalt. The fourth level is 371 meters above sea level. NHN. (Status: 2014)
tourism
An adventure trail leads around the basalt quarry. The Haus am Zeilberg is a popular venue.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services ( memento of December 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) of the BfN
- ↑ The volcano of Oberleinleiter: Traces of a maar in the Northern Franconian Jura (PDF; 2.6 MB) - Gottfried Hofbauer, NHG Nürnberg (PDF, 2.47 MB)
- ↑ Fritz Klemm: Around the Zeilberg: Maroldsweisach market with all districts . Maroldsweisach 1988, p. 46.