Eilumer Horn
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The Eilumer horn near Erkerode in Lower Saxony Wolfenbüttel district is 323.3 m above sea level. NHN is the highest elevation in the range of hills Elm. Its name comes from the " line of sight " of the horn, that is located on the western edge of the village of Elm - Eilum.
Geography
Location
The Eilumer Horn is located on the western edge of the Elm in the southwest of the Elm Lappwald and belongs to the municipality of Erkerode. Its summit rises about 2.7 km east-southeast of Erkerode 2.5 km east-northeast of Evessen and 2 km ( respectively ) by air north of Ampleben. The northern foothills of the mountain is the Kuxberg ( 321.9 m); on its northern flank was the Brunkelburg. Beyond that extends the Reitlingstal in which the honeycomb flows in an east-west direction.
Nature Spatial allocation
The Eilumer horn heard in the physiographic feature unit group Northern Harz foothills (No. 51) in the main unit Ostbraunschweigisches hills (512) and in the sub-unit Asse Elm Hill Country ( 512.1 ) for the natural environment Elm ( 512.15 ).
Mountain height
The height of 323.3 m high Eilumer horn is sometimes given as 322, 323 or 325 m, where there then partly but the name Kuxberg is to read. Other values such as 316.7 m and 318.6 m refer to heights of forest road locations. On some maps but can be seen as the highest elevation in the Elm Dragon Mountain but it is only about 313 m altitude.
Previously, the Kuxberg was noted as the highest peak in the Elm on many tourist maps. Four members of the Alpine Club extent Schöppenstedter 1989, the position of the highest point in the Elm on again: They found that the Eilumer horn a few hundred meters away from the Kuxberg the highest elevation must be. The land surveying office Lower Saxony confirmed this indication; since the horn is marked in some newer hiking maps as the highest peak.
Reserves
On the Eilumer Horn, part of the landscape protection area is Elm ( CDDA-Nr. 320600; classified in 1995; 66.14 km ² ). In addition, lying on the west-north- west part of the survey, such a the Fauna-Flora -Habitat - area Northwestern Elm ( FFH-Nr. 3730-303; 14.6 km ²).
Find out more
In its form, the Eilumer horn differs slightly from the other surveys in Elm. It is especially steep. At the summit there is a metallic cross on the summit and a summit register, and an information panel to the historical background. The survey was mostly mentioned in maps only as Kuxberg, but this is only its northern foothills.
Transport and Hiking
A few kilometers east of the Horn Eilumer runs between King Lutter in the north and in the south Sambleben from the provincial road 290 from this road branches off to the Elmhochlagen to 296.9 m height the north leading to the collection of past and among other things, by the Reitlingstal after Erkerode L 629. Located just west of the aforementioned branch branches close to the Forest House Great Rode of the L 629 the southwest, for example over the Amplebener mountain ( 314.8 m) to Ampleben extending from County Road 9. A few kilometers southwest of the survey results, among others, by the Evessen L 625 For example, on these streets beginning, one can discover the Eilumer horn on forest roads and paths.