Landecker Berg
South View of the Landecker Bergs
The country Eckerberg ( even called Landecker ) is a 510.9 m above sea level. NN high mountain and one of the northernmost mountains of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia ( Germany ) located Central Mountains Rhön Mountains or their part Kuppenrhön in the municipalities of Schenklengsfeld, Friedewald and Hohenroda in Hessen Hersfeld-Rotenburg district.
Geographical location
The Landecker mountain is located in the northern part of the Kuppenrhön or the Rhön biosphere reserve. The largest village on the hill is Schenklengsfeld, which is on its southwest side. Clockwise around the mountain of the giving Lengsfelder district Hilmes, the Friedewalder Hill district Reichartshausen and the districts Ausbach and Ransbach the community Hohenroda follows.
The country Eckerberg forms with its northern neighbor mountain Dreienberg a part of the watershed between Fulda and Werra. The rivers which rise in the mountains, flowing from its east side in the Werra and Fulda for its western side.
Between Schenklengsfeld Ransbach and drove until 1989 Hersfelder circular path south on land Eckerberg over. About the Mount of section Friedewald Three mountain country Eckerberg - Schenklengsfeld - Soisberg the European long-distance route E6 runs.
Geology
Table Mountain is composed of limestone that formed during the Triassic in a shallow sea on the Upper Bunter. The mountain consists largely of Wellenkalk and is geologically structured exactly like his size as smaller neighboring mountain in the north, the three mountain.
The top layer on the plateau is formed by Upper Wellenkalk. Among the Lower Wellenkalk forms the flanks of the mountain. In the Miocene sandstone was arched with the overlying limestone and volcanic activity in the Rhön.
Mountain Description
The highest point on the plateau of Table Mountain Landecker mountain is located in the northern part of the massif. Between Ausbach and Ransbach a long outcrop (435 m above sea level. NN ) extends eastward into the valley. On it there is a nature reserve that includes the forest area and its outlying areas. Another distinctive outcrop on the top of the castle ruins Landeck is located above the upper Stadtlengsfeld, extends to the southwest. In the south of Kreuzberg ( 457.2 m) precedes the main massif. The intermediate points of saddle reaches at 432 m height.
In a north-south direction, the country Eckerberg, which is largely covered by dense beech forest, just 4.5 km extension in west-east direction and it is 2 kilometers.
Transport links
The country Eckerberg is accessible only with forestry, forest and hiking trails. This is achieved on the county roads, which a few kilometers north of the mountain, branch off in space Friedewald, from the B 62 to the south. Furthermore, on the country roads ( and Others "L 3341 " and "L 3172 " ) that branch from the B 27 in Haunetal to the east and south lead by over Schenklengsfeld on Landecker mountain to meet again on the B 62 in the Werra.