Mittelberg (Thuringian Highland)

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The middle mountain is 803.6 m above sea level. NHN high mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains in the district Saalfeld- Rudolstadt, Thuringia ( Germany ).

It is located southeast of the community in the light of Thuringian Forest Nature Park. The mountain forms the southeastern slope of Lichtetals. Neighboring mountains are the Apelsberg ( 790.3 m) and the regulator Biel ( 756 m ) to the west, the cock mountain ( 686 m ) in the northwest and the Mutzenberg (770 m) and the rough hill ( 801.9 m) in the north. Southwest of the Eisenberg for solid scoring Arlsberg connects ( 780.5 m), which reached the Rennsteig in Igelshieb. Between the two mountains, the Sinister -ground viaduct spans.

The middle mountain is located north of the Rennsteig and thought to the north. He belongs to the Northern High Slate Mountains.

The middle mountain is built of schist from the deep Silurian. Index fossil is Phycodes circinatum, a Ichnofossil. The Phycodenschiefer of Mittelberg has a high iron content.

The rise of the light ( Walldorf) begins at the church at Walldorf on Kirchsteig and performs on the upstream Kirchberg ( 688 m) to the mountain ridge to 803.6 m.