Himmeldunkberg

View from Arnsberg north to Himmeldunkberg

The Himmeldunkberg or Himmeldunk is a 887.9 m above sea level. NHN high volcanic mountain in the Rhön.

Name

The name can be traced back to a mention in the definition of the boundaries of the right conferred by Emperor Henry IV in 1059 the abbey of Fulda Wild bans: Hugimuododung, which means Old High German "mountain of woman Hugimuot ". In Middle High German it Hügemodetunc, Hümededunc, Himmeldunk was. The sometimes still encountered designation thank heavens mountain goes back to an erroneous attribution by firms and cartographers.

Location

The Himmeldunkberg lies in the southwestern part of the Long Rhön, the one turn to the High Rhön. 2 km south is the town of Oberweißenbrunn, 4 km south-east of Bishop Home at the Rhön and 3 km northwest lies Gersfeld.

About the summit of Himmeldunkbergs run the Rhine -Weser watershed, Rhön - altitude road ( RHW ) and the border between Bavaria and Hesse, the exact peak of the border in Bavaria is located a few hundred meters south. From the former border between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Prussia witness the 1872 set landmarks.

Geology

The Himmeldunkberg mainly consists of the volcanic rocks of basalt and tuff.

Description

The north slope falls steeply and is covered with mixed deciduous forest. The southwest to the eastern slope is not wooded, here mainly grow grasses, sloes, rosehips, thistles and bluebells.

The summit plateau offers an excellent view over Bishop Home for Kreuzberg, to Osterburg, for Arnsberg, to the Black Mountains, the Schachen, for Eierhauck, for Dammer field, for Reesberg, the Valley of the Brend and upper sense. In very good visibility of the view to the Fichtelgebirge enough.

The Himmeldunkberg lies in the tension between nature conservation and leisure, because on one hand it is an ecologically sensitive and unique area and on the other hand, is an attractive target for the views for hikers and mountain bikers. In addition, he has the only suitable terrain with Ost-/Südost-Exposition within a radius of 50 km for the motorless air sports. The mountain biking is permitted only on trails by mountain bike sign. Kite and paraglider pilots no longer use the mountain, model airplanes is only limited.

On the southeast slope is at 835 m above sea level. NHN, the Würzburg Cabin, a self-catering cottage DAV - section mountain covenant Würzburg. Plans to move the cottage in a nature conservation less conflictual terrain failed due to lack of financial resources.

Approximately 50 m south below the summit is the natural monument witches book, a group of old beech trees that served grazing animals in earlier times as sun and weather protection.