Kornbühl

Kornbühl (West View)

The Kornbühl is a 886.4 m above sea level. NHN high Härtling on the so-called Middle Kuppenalb, a part of the Swabian Alb, and lies between the Burladingen districts Salmendingen and Ringingen near the Swabian Alb Route. The Kornbühl is a much visited excursion mountain in the Middle Swabian Alb.

On the Kornbühl is the pilgrimage chapel Salmen things.

The foundation of the hill is a limestone layer thickness of 40 meters, named after the division of Tübingen geologist Friedrich August von Quenstedt Jurassic beta. It is a 40-50 meter high marl layer ( Jurassic gamma ) before the crest of the Kornbühls with the Massenkalken formed from sponge reefs ( Jurassic delta) closes. This layer turns out to erosion particularly resistant.

Since June 15, 1983, the 11.6 -hectare nature reserve protects the Kornbühl typical of grazed with sheep southern slopes of the Swabian Alb vegetation complex of juniper heath, dry grassland and bramble - bushes and their diverse flora and fauna. The conical shape of the mountain is the starting point for the alignment in all directions and thus different microclimatic conditions. Thus, a variety of plant communities could develop. To the Kornbühl were detected approximately 200 plants and nearly 350 species of animals, including 15 grasshoppers and 29 butterfly species.

In 1900 the mountain was hardly forested due to grazing. Today, it is the task of nature conservation to protect the open space in front of the succession.

At the foot of Kornbühls arises in some years when the snow melt a temporary lake, March Bronnen.

Salmen things chapel on the Kornbühl

Looking south-east

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