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Burgholz (hill)
Burgholz is a hill in the Gilserberg Heights near the town of Kirchhain in Marburg-Biedenkopf, which is high. On the summit and the north-east slope is the district of Burgholz, which is part of the town of Kirchhain. The majority of the hill is covered by trees, with the exception of some housing on one slope. Geography The Burgholz is the southwestern-most mountain of the Gilserberger Heights and merges directly into the Amöneburg Basin in the northern part of Kirchhain, while the Wohra valley joins it to the west, beyond which the southern Burgwald begins (separated from the northern part by the B3). On its outer flanks are Emsdorf (in the east), higher parts of Langenstein and Kirchhain (in the south), the town of Rauschenberg (already in and behind the valley of the Wohra, in the west), Ernsthausen (in the north of the valley) and Wolferode (also in the valley, in the northeast). Despite its low height, the Burgholz is about 10 km taller than the Amöneburg, thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amöneburg
Amöneburg () is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. It lies on a mountain and is built around the castle of the same name, ''Burg Amöneburg''. Geography Location Amöneburg lies on a basalt cone that can be seen from a great distance, below which flows the river Ohm, a tributary to the Lahn. From the Vogelsberg massif in the southeast, Amöneburg is split by the Amöneburg Basin, a hollow suspected of being a meteorite craterIn the southwest rise the Lahn Mountains. Neighbouring communities In the north, Amöneburg borders on the town of Kirchhain, in the east on the town of Stadtallendorf (both in Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the southeast on the town of Homberg (Vogelsbergkreis), and in the west on the community of Ebsdorfergrund (Marburg-Biedenkopf). Communities within town * Erfurtshausen * Mardorf * Roßdorf * Rüdigheim Coat of arms Amöneburg's coat of arms, like many throughout western Germany, depicts the Wheel of Mainz and Saint Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahler Asten
Kahler may refer to: Places *Kahler, Luxembourg, a small town in the commune of Garnich *Kahler Asten, a German mountain range Other uses *Kahler (surname) *Kahler's disease, a cancer otherwise known as ''multiple myeloma'' *Kahler Tremolo System, a type of bridge hardware for electric guitars *''Kahler v. Kansas'', a 2019 United States Supreme Court case See also *Kähler (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pincer Gate
A pincer gate (german: Zangentor) is a gate in a fortification that is deeply embedded between two inward angled exterior walls. Those wishing to enter the fort have to approach what is in effect a sunken road and, if hostile, can be attacked from both side walls in a pincer fashion. Pincer gates were already being used in Urnfield and Celtic fortification in Central Europe and may also be seen in Early Medieval circular ramparts. They were common well into the High Middle Ages. Literature * Horst Wolfgang Böhme, Reinhard Friedrich, Barbara Schock-Werner: ''Wörterbuch der Burgen, Schlösser und Festungen''. Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart, 2004, , pp. 241–242. See also *Chamber gate A chamber gate (german: Kammertor) is a type of gateway system on medieval town fortifications and castles that comprises at least two successive gateways linked by an easily defended passageway between two walls. Chamber gates can be built in the ... {{Fortifications City walls Fortificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogelsberg
The is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda river valley. Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsberg is Central Europe's largest basalt formation, consisting of a multitude of layers that descend from their peak in ring-shaped terraces to the base. The main peaks of the Vogelsberg are the Taufstein, , and Hoherodskopf, , both now within the High Vogelsberg Nature Park. Location The Vogelsberg lies in the county of Vogelsbergkreis, around 60 kilometres northeast of Frankfurt between the towns of Alsfeld, Fulda, Büdingen and Nidda. To the northeast is the Knüll, to the east the Rhön, to the southeast the Spessart and to the southwest the low-lying Wetterau, which transitions to the South Hessian lowlands of the Rhine-Main region. In the opposite direction, to the northwest, the Vogelsberg transitions into parts of the West Hesse Highlands, whilst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knüll
The Knüllgebirge or simply Knüll is a small mountain range in the northern part of Hesse, Germany, approximately south of Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 .... Its highest peak is the Eisenberg, with an altitude of . The area is heavily forested and has a low population density compared to neighbouring regions. The principal town of the region is Schwarzenborn, with a population of 1158 (2006), which is the site of German army Jägerregiment 1 headquarters. References *Kümmerly and Frey. ''The New International Atlas''. Rand McNally (1980) Knüllgebirgsverein Hiking and Nature Club Mountains of Hesse ! North Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimberg (Knüll)
Rimberg (Knüll) The Rimberg in the Knüll Mountains (''Knüll'') is 1,942' above sea level. A massive mountain near in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northern Hesse Germany. Geography Location The Rimberg lies in the southern foothills of the Knüllgebirge in the southwest part of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district between the towns of Alsfeld in the west-southwest and Bad Hersfeld in the east-northeast. Its summit rises around 9 km southwest of Kirchheim, about 4 km northwest of Breitenbach am Herzberg, 1.6 km north-northwest of Gehau, 3.4 km southeast of Görzhain and 1.8 km southwest of Machtlos. The eastern extension of the Rimberg is the ''Große Bartküppel'' (518.5 m) with the ''Kleiner Bartküppel'' (approx. 398 m ) to the southeast of it, its southern extension the ''Hopfenstein'' (505.1 m) and its western extension the ''Frohnkreuzkopf'' (approx. 530 m). The Aula tributary Ibra rises north of the Rimberg , the Ibra tributary ''Machtloser Wasser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dünsberg
Dünsberg is a hill slightly northwest of Gießen in Hesse, Germany. At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and Wetzlar area. On the southern slope of the hill, grave mounds were found from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Fortification systems of the hill are detectable from the Urnfield period (8th century BC). The outer ramparts of the hillfort had 14 gates. The Celtic settlement (oppidum An ''oppidum'' (plural ''oppida'') is a large fortified Iron Age settlement or town. ''Oppida'' are primarily associated with the Celtic late La Tène culture, emerging during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, spread across Europe, stretchi ...) reached its height during the La Tene period (about the 3rd century BC). Gallery File:Ringwallanlage Dünsberg Digitales Geländemodell.jpg, Dünsberg topography File:Keltisches Oppidum Dünsberg, Hinweisschild Tor 7.jpg, Dünsberg hillfort information board File:Keltengehöft Dünsberg.jpg, Reconstruction o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladenbach Uplands
The Gladenbach Uplands (german: Gladenbacher Bergland), named after their central town of Gladenbach, is a range of hills up to 609 m high in the Rhine Massif in Germany, on the junction of the Rothaar Mountains (north and northwest), Westerwald (southwest), (Eastern) Hintertaunus (in the south) and West Hesse Highlands in the east. It lies in Central Hesse within the districts of Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill and Gießen within the so-called Lahn-Dill-(Dietzhölze-) loop. Small parts of the Upper Lahn Valley in the northwest belong, together with the town of Bad Laasphe, also to the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Gladenbach Uplands are geographical unit 320 which is part of the natural region 32, the Westerwald, in Germany's system of natural regions. The Gladenbach Highlands is largely coextensive with the Lahn-Dill Uplands Nature Park which extends further west, however, but is somewhat less extensive in the southeast and whose boundaries t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sackpfeife (mountain)
The Sackpfeife is a mountain, ,, in the Rothaar Mountains on the boundary of the counties of Waldeck-Frankenberg and Marburg-Biedenkopf in the German state of Hesse. On top of the forested mountain, which is a well known and popular recreation area, are the Emperor William II Tower, which offers views over the Rothaar highlands, the Biedenkopf Transmitter and a ski lift. Geography Location The Sackpfeife rises in the southern Rothaar Mountains in the western part of the state of Hesse on the border between the counties of Waldeck-Frankenberg to the north and Marburg-Biedenkopf to the south. It lies east of the Wittgensteiner Land in the extensive woodlands of Hatzfeld Forest between Hatzfeld in the north and Biedenkopf in the south. Although the Sackpfeife is not one of the highest mountains in the Rothaar, whose summits reach 843.2 m, it towers prominently above its immediate surroundings and has a topographic isolation of about 8 km. Because the summit region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothaar Mountains
The Rothaar Mountains (german: Rothaargebirge, , also ''Rotlagergebirge''), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany. It is believed that its name must once have been ''Rod-Hard-Gebirge'', or "the cleared forest mountain range", as the range has nothing whatsoever to do with the colour red (''rot'' in German), nor with hair (''Haar''). Geography Location The thickly wooded Rothaar, rich in mineral deposits, is found (mostly) in Westphalia sandwiched between the Sauerland Mountain Range to the north, the Upland mountain range (northeastern foothills of the Rothaar) to the northeast, Wittgenstein Land to the southeast and the Siegerland to the southwest. The range's southeastern foothills are lies in Hesse, and is the only part that lies outside of Westphalia. It stretches from the upper Eder and the Lenne from the ''Kahler Asten'' (841 m) southwest of the Winterberg Tableland (''Winterber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
