Sodenberg is a 481m high basalt cone (German: ''basaltkegel''), the remnant of an extinct volcanic crater, located in the
Franconian Saale
The Franconian Saale (german: Fränkische Saale) is a 140 km long river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right-bank tributary of the Main, in Lower Franconia. It should not be confused with the larger Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale), whi ...
(German: ''Fränkische Saale''), in the Bavarian region of
Lower Franconia (German: ''Unterfranken''). From its heights it offers a panoramic view of the region extending from the ranges of the
High Rhön
High may refer to:
Science and technology
* Height
* High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area
* High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
* High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...
to the
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...
, as far as the
Hassberge and the Steigerwald in the east, and the
Spessart in the southwest.
A local Franconian tradition tells of
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in t ...
finally coming to rest on the slopes of Sodenberg. The fact that the names of many towns and villages in the surrounding area contain the names of animals within them, such as Ochsenthal (''oxen''), Morlesau (''sow''),
Schweinfurt (''pig''),
Hammelburg (''sheep''), Wolfsmünster (''wolf''),
Fuchsstadt
Fuchsstadt is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Fuchsstadt lies in the valley of the Franconian Saale, surrounded by the foothills of the Bavarian Rhön Mountains.
From the Kohlenberg chapel, you ...
(''fox''), Hundsfeld (''dog''), Katzenbach (''cat''), Rossmühle (''horse''), Wittershausen (''ram''), Hassenbach (''hare''),
Motten
Motten is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography Subdivisions
The municipality consists of the following ''Ortsteile'':
* Kothen
* Motten
* Speicherz
History
Motten originally belonged to the Bishop o ...
(''moths''), Schnackenwert (''mosquitoes'') and Geiersnest (''vultures''), may very well have had something to do with the origin of this somewhat fanciful version of the famous biblical story.
Pictures
Sodenberg von Saaleck.jpg, Der Sodenberg von Schloss Saaleck
BY SodenBg 04 2007 Aussicht3.JPG, Blick über den Gipfel zu den Rhönbergen
BY NSG SodenBg 04 2011 SteinBr2.JPG, Alter Kalksteinbruch mit blühender Schlehenhecke
BY NSG SodenBg 04 2011 Kapelle.JPG, Die Sodenberg-Kapelle am Kraterrand
BY SodenBg 04 2007 BasaltStB4.JPG, Blick in den "Krater" (alter Basaltsteinbruch)
BY Sodenberg 03 2009 MaerzenB02.JPG, Märzenbecher am Sodenberg
BY Sodenberg 03 2009 MaerzenB01.JPG, Märzenbecher am Sodenberg
BY SodenBg 04 2007 AdonisR4.JPG, Adonisröschen und Küchenschellen am Sodenberg
BY NSG SodenBg 04 2011 AdonisR5.JPG, Adonisröschen am Sodenberg
Adonisröschen, 6.jpg, Frühlings-Adonisröschen am Sodenberg
Hills of Bavaria
Volcanoes of Germany
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