Hohenstoffeln

The Hohenstoffeln (also Hohenstoffel or colloquially Stoffel, stophil of OHG, small rock ) is a mountain of volcanic origin in the Hegau between Binningen and Weiterdingen. It belongs to the group of Hegau basalt. Since 1941, the mountain is a nature reserve.

Height

As the only Hegau mountain of Hohenstoffeln has a double peak. Originally, the mountain had three peaks, the northern most, however, was removed by basalt degradation. The southern peak has an altitude of 832 m above sea level. NN, the northern (formerly middle ) has a height of 844 m above sea level. NN.

On the northern summit with summit cross, there is a shelter with summit log.

History

Castle ruins

The Hohenstoffeln was the site of three castles. On the northern hill is the castle, the castle, the castle was back Stoffeln, on the south summit Stoffeln front and in the saddle of the mountain means Stoffeln.

Next below the summit are some farms: the Stofflerhof on the west side against Binningen, the Sennhof and Hombollhof on the east side at Weiterdingen and Pfaff Wieser yards on the south side to Hilzingen.

Basalt mining

The geomorphological and geological structure of the Hohenstoffeln consists of Deckentuffen with vorbasaltischen Tuffmassen. Besides basalt, there are bentonites (Swiss type). At the summit, thick, perpendicular basaltic columns are visible.

Since the beginning of the 20th century basalt was mined for road on the northern summit, since the rock is tough and hard and without preferred cleavage direction, so it is not weathered so fast.

The local poet Ludwig Finckh entered for the stop of the basalt mining, actually this was discontinued from 1939. The former quarry can still be seen on the basis of degradation terraces.

1941, the mountain was declared a nature reserve in order to prevent the resumption of basalt mining.