Hangelstein

The Hangelstein (center) from Giessen highrise; left his north-western neighbor Lollarkopf (281 m)

The Hangelstein (center) and Lollarkopf ( to the right) of North northeast; entirely in the background of the Hoch-Taunus with the Great Feldberg ( 879 m, behind Lollarkopf ) bdep2

The Hangelstein is a 200-305 m high, about 6 km north-east of Giessen city situated mountain. It belongs to the "actual" Vogelsberg northwest upstream Front Vogelsberg and is, like the bird mountain itself, of volcanic origin and therefore consists largely of basalt. The basalt occurrence in which there are small Olivineinsprenglinge, is sub-volcanic origin and is provided by Schottler to feldspatfreien limburgitischen basalts. In the western part of the Hangelsteins is the rock pulpit. This rock formation is composed of horizontally lying basalt columns separate and served in the Middle Ages as a quarry.

The heavily forested mountain is mainly covered with deciduous forest. The mountain also serves as a recreation area for the nearby Giessen district Wieseck. Especially on sunny days, the area is frequented by joggers, hikers, cyclists and walkers.

Traffic

The northern flank of the mountain is limited by the A 485, the western slope of the A 480, which is north to the B 3A. Their paths separate in the northwest to 281 m high Lollarkopf, behind which lies the town of Lollar.

At the northern and western edge of the highway adjacent to 485 and 480. In the south, the area gradually changes into the Wieseckaue, north-northeast of the mountain Hainbach estuary is located in the Lumda. These rivers limit along with the west passing Lahn Hangelstein and Lollarkopf orographic in all directions except the east, where Great -Buseck is.

Nature reserve Hangelstein

The area has long been known as botanically interesting. So it went, for example, also the famous Frankfurt explorer Johann Christian Senckenberg. For this reason, located on the crest of the mountain region, a 107 hectares (1.07 km ²) large nature reserve of the same name, which consists of a phytosociological and floristic point of view has national significance. The vegetation is characterized by rare, heat- loving plants. Because of Neolithic ( Michel Berger culture) and Bronze Age ( urn field culture ) finds and remains of a Celtic ring wall the Hangelstein comes to a cultural- historical significance in addition to ecological. The nature reserve was placed under protection in 1939 and 1976 expanded to its present size.

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Basalt rocks