Steineberg
Steineberg is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Daun.
The small town, set back from the Dauner Maare in the volcanic Eifel, is actually a typical street village. In the last few decades and especially since the 1970s, enlarged the place. New areas have been designated. Today live along the four streets in the village 240 inhabitants.
- 4.1 stones Berger Ley
- 4.2 Vulcano information platform
- 4.3 Celtic ring wall
- 5.1 Economics
- 5.2 traffic
Geography
Spatial location
Steineberg lies in the volcanic Eifel region, south of the High Eifel, about 20 km north of the Moselle valley, near the town of Daun. The village center is located on 530 m above sea level. NN. The highest elevation of 557 m above sea level. NN is the stones Berger Ley. The municipal area covers 124 hectares of forest and 169 hectares of arable land and meadows.
Neighboring communities
The local church Steineberg borders in the north on the community Steiningen, in the east on the community Demerath, in the south on the community Ellscheid and to the west by Mehren.
History
Gorgeous country belonged Steineberg until the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and was under as part of the Zents Steiningen in the high court down the office administration down. 1787 saw Steineberg 105 inhabitants.
The development of the population of mountain stones, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Steineberg consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.
Culture and sights
Stones Berger Ley
The most prominent, in the truest sense of the word, the so-called stones Berger Ley ( 557 m above sea level. NN ). This is visible from far mountain on the southeastern outskirts of Steineberg which expands to, deeper, northern neighboring community Steiningen is touristy and historical significance. To the densely forested mountain grown up in and around Steineberg many mythological and historical events.
The origins of the mountain in the lively volcanism of the Eifel about 35 million years ago in the era of the Tertiary. Steineberg was then in a north-south strip, which was subject to special volcanic activity. As a result of these forces of nature forms a solid basalt rock underground of the stones Berger Ley.
The word " Ley " comes in the Eifel area more frequently and indicates in this case the nature of the mountain, because it means rock, shale. The obvious here is that the mountain once was the reason for the naming of the village Steineberg.
Vulcano information platform
On 3 October 2003, the Vulcano information platform of the local church stone mountain was opened on the stones Berger Ley. The 28 m high tower was built with the help of funding from the European Union, of the state of Rhineland -Palatinate, the municipality Daun and the Economic Development Corporation Daun / Eifel. The building was made from an ecological point of over 100 years old untreated Douglas fir trunks and contributes a total weight of 38 t, the observation deck at 24 m height.
Due to the excellent location overlooking the treetops of the stones Berger Ley you can from here on clear look far beyond the Eifel and the valleys of the Moselle and even, about 20 km distant, see Nürburgring.
Celtic ring wall
The basalt dome of stones Berger Ley carries on its south end of an old fortification. Crumbling walls without mortar mounted stones and artificially steepened edges lined with a gently sloping inner surface of 2.2 ha, especially at the north end, it is difficult to distinguish between natural and artificial weathering Halden wall guide each other. An old door system can be due to significantly staggered Wall ends suspect on the south side.
As yet held no archaeological investigations, the age of the attachment can be estimated only by comparison: area size and construction of the wall way of dry assembled stones (probably with a wooden framework) speak for a Celtic stronghold of around 500 or 300-100 BC The elements referred to periods occur anywhere in the central mountain region like castles as demonstrative fortified bases of rival lords.
From the late Celtic ( 1st century BC) and Late Roman period (4th century AD) originate unique discoveries, but still allow for statements about the reasons for searching the mountain. Before the southern foot of the mountain at an early Celtic burial mound pulls out (6th - 3rd century BC). From about 90 hills, many of which were excavated in the 19th century, many are still recognizable. Castle and burial mounds are protected cultural monuments, excavations and alterations of any kind forbidden it.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
The village itself is dominated by agriculture, although today only two farms with predominantly of dairy Terms and slaughter livestock ( sheep) are managed. Even in the period before the First World War worked many stones Berger in a basalt lava stone quarry on the edge of the stones Berger Ley. Since this is very close to the historic hillfort on the Ley, was thought in the 1950s already on the closure of the quarry operation. In 1967, the closure was finally completed, the quarry was transformed from 1976 to wetlands, in 1983 the stones Berger Ley was declared the official and thus protected natural monument.
Today, the majority of the stones Berger in service companies and industrial companies throughout the Eifel works, mainly in Daun. Long commutes to work and shopping are not part of everyday life here.
Traffic
Steineberg located in close proximity to the motorways A 1 and A 48, southeast of the motorway junction volcanic Eifel. The nearest motorway junction down - Mehren is only a few kilometers. The B 421 runs south along the municipal boundary. The nearest railway station is located in Gerolstein about 20 km away. By bus stones mountain is accessible by the line 503 from Daun.