Süntel

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The Süntel is a well 440 m above sea level. NN means high mountain range in Calenberger mountains (part of the Weser mountain country ) southwest of Hanover in Lower Saxony, north of Hameln and west of Bad Munder.

  • 7.1 mountains
  • 7.2 valleys

Geography

The Süntel is one of the typical compact mountain ranges of the Weser mountain country that give this landscape area adjacent to narrow layer combing his character. At a distance of around 15 kilometers north of the town of Hamelin, the Süntel from northwest extends to the southeast for about 12 km, eastern continuation of the Weser Mountains, surrounded by Auetal in the north, the Deister Süntel valley in the Northeast and the upper Weser valley in the southwest. The highest peak is located in the southeast with the gently rising twin peaks of the Hohe Egge. In the middle part, the Süntel is one of convoluted, south-west facing valleys greatly zerlappte Escarpment, one on the leash and Weser mountain country rather rare mountain form (next Osterwald, southern Deister and the Seven Mountains ). Here characterize long, vertical, and at the Hohenstein up to 60 m high rock faces of the landscape, as well as numerous features such as waterfalls, landslides, canyon -like notches, Zerrspalten and caves. At the pass of Rohden the Süntel passes into the narrow summit chain of the Weser Mountains to the west.

The Süntel part of the Natural Park Weser mountain country Schaumburg -Hameln. The Hohenstein with his immediate environment is a nature reserve, there is a restraining order for the above the highest sea cliffs.

In earlier times the term was officially Süntel of a large area that extends from the Wiehengebirge over the Weser mountains to Süntel. From a geomorphological point of view it is not unreasonable to treat these parts as a unit.

Geology

General

The southeastern part of the Süntel with the High harrow consists mainly of Wealdensandsteinen the lower Cretaceous period with low coal deposits. The northwestern area with the Hohenstein and its 350 m long and 50 to 60 m high rock wall part consists of limestone of the Upper Jurassic, the Korallenoolith. The lower slopes consist of little stable Heersumer layers, which are covered by gravels spread of the inland ice of the Saale glaciation.

Special

Geological features of the Süntel are:

  • Giant mountain cave near Langenfeld, largest stalactite cave of Lower Saxony
  • Schillat cave, opened as a show cave for visitors
  • In the valley of the rocky hell reason the two highest natural waterfalls of Lower Saxony to hell mill at Langenfeld ( see also: Waterfalls in Germany )
  • Hohenstein Plateau north of Hessian Oldendorf with rock walls and deep Zerrspaltensystem.

History

  • Of historic interest is the Dachtelfeld, over 100 hectares and up to 350 m above sea level. NN high plateau. Saxony insurgents destroyed here in the year 782 a part of the Frankish occupation troops, which was avenged in the same year by Charlemagne through the blood Court of Verden.
  • The Hohenstein is considered old Germanic place of worship, which was dedicated to the god Thor. To this mountain and its cliffs Hirschsprung, Green Altar and Devil's Pulpit is shrouded in numerous ancient legends.
  • On the Amelung Mountain to find the remains of prehistoric to medieval ramparts Amelung castle and a stone-age megalithic grave.
  • Above Rohden is the castle stables of the castle Roden.
  • From the recent past come traces of coal mining in the southeastern part of the Süntel in Bad Munder.
  • Between 1933 and 1938, was the former Horst Wessel memorial on behalf of the town of Hamelin.
  • In Süntel there was a U.S. radar station on the High harrow and a NATO depot at Hülsede.

Say

Like many other forest areas, there are numerous predictions for the Süntel. One of the best known is the legend of Baxmann, after which the villain is still staying at the Baxmannquelle near the Baxmann - cottage, where he was exiled to exploit the source with a thimble.

Flora and Fauna

The Süntel is a mixed beech forest in which there is beside the dominant beech, many other tree species such as oak, spruce, Douglas fir and Hornbeam and rare as yew and wild service tree. A botanical rarity represent the Süntelbuchen, of which there are ( Dachtelfeld and Bleeksgrund ) are still nearly a dozen older plants in Süntel. The last major Süntelbuchenwald on the Westeregge 1843 almost completely cleared. In addition, you can still find numerous rare species of flowers such as cowslip, daffodils, horseshoe vetch, Hart, Asplenium, lady's slipper and spotted orchid, etc.

In addition to deer and wild boar are also mouflon in Süntel. Rarely show barn owl, kestrel, black woodpecker and pine marten. On the southern slope of the black stork is sighted occasionally.

Economy and Tourism

In addition to the forestry and tourism in Süntel takes the quarrying an important position.

The Süntelsandstein has been used for many famous buildings around, such as the Pied Piper in Hameln, Barntrup Castle, castle and castle Schwöbber Hämelschenburg. The limestone is used in quarries near Pötzen, Segelhorst, Langenfeld and Hamelspringe for road construction.

The city mouths has operated from 1809 to about half a century of coal mining in the Süntel.

In Süntel there are many hiking with views into the valleys and long, straight, somewhat monotonous rural roads without signage. The Hohenstein rock climbers and alpinists serves as a training ground.

In Hülsede is a ski lift at Kehen Brink

Hills and Valleys

Mountains

Mountains and elevations of Süntel - with the height in meters above mean sea level ( MSL ):

  • High Harrow ( well 440 m) with Süntelturm (south) and transmission tower ( north, 435.2 m); in Süntel center
  • Bakeder mountain ( about 375 m); southwest of Bakede
  • High neck (or: High neck, about 375 m); northeast of Pötzen
  • Dachtelfeld ( 356.0 m); in Süntel center
  • Cat nose ( 352.7 m); northeast of Hessian Oldendorf - Haddessen
  • Südwehe ( about 350 m)
  • Hohenstein ( 340.5 m); with " green altar ", " Devil's Pulpit ", " Hirschsprung " and near " Cross Stone "; between Langenfeld and Zersen
  • Amelung mountain ( about 325 m); northeast sailing Horst
  • Borberg ( about 320 m), with cliff Red Stone; north-northeast of Hessian Oldendorf - Bensen
  • Ramsnacken ( about 320 m), with "Moss heads cliffs "; southwest Langenfelds
  • Giant mountain ( about 310 m), with a quarry; south Langenfelds
  • Schrabstein ( " Schrabst ", 300.2 m); between Rohdental and Langenfeld
  • Iberg ( about 300 m); between Auetal - Rannenberg and Hessian Oldendorf - Langenfeld
  • Moss heads ( about 300 m); southeast Langenfelds
  • Mittelberg ( 297.0 m); north of Hessian- Oldendorf - Barksen
  • Matt Berg ( 288.6 m); west of Hamelspringe
  • Hasseln ( 286.5 m)
  • Osterberg ( 260.1 m); northeast of Hessian Oldendorf - Bensen
  • Hünenburg ( 251.7 m); between Rohdental and Rannenberg
  • Westerberg ( 249.2 m); north of Hessian Oldendorf - Bensen
  • Baumgartenberg ( 232.1 m); north of Hessian Oldendorf - Segelhorst
  • Hülsebrink ( 227.2 m); north of Klein Süntel
  • Wendgeberg (or " Wenchenberg ", about 223 m ) north-northeast Hessian Oldendorf - Zersens

Valleys

The valleys of the Süntel include:

  • Bleeksgrund
  • Hell reason
  • Long Föhrtal
  • Schneegrund
  • Totental
  • Weller reason
  • Fischertal

Towns

Towns and Cities Süntel are:

  • Community Auetal
  • Community Hülsede
  • Town of Bad Munder am Deister
  • City Hessian Oldendorf
  • Hamelin

Restaurants

Among the forest restaurants in and around the Süntel include:

  • Krackes Ruh, at Hülsede
  • Bergschmiede in Bad Munder am Deister
  • Süntelturm on the Hohe Egge, in Bad Munder am Deister
  • Pappmühle in Zersen
  • Baxmann - Baude at Zersen
  • Weinschänke in Rohdental
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