Wartberg (Niedenstein)

Wartberg, with the valley of the Ems in the foreground (from the south )

The Wartberg is 306 m above sea level. NN high hill at Niedensteiner Kirchberg district in northern Hesse Schwalm- Eder-Kreis.

Because of the local main discovery site was named a Neolithic culture of the Neolithic period after Wartberg - the Wartberg culture.

Geographical location

The Wartberg, which is located in the Fritzlarer flange just outside the southern border of the nature park Hawk Forest, is a freely towering typical basalt cone just south of the village of Kirchberg, a südsüdwestlichen district of Niedenstein. West past the Wartberg, which is partially wooded and is occupied by a nature reserve, such a little EMS influent flows Matzoff a portion of the Eder- inflow Ems, north past.

On the southern slopes of the Wartberg is the house Rubezahl, from a realistic - Sudeten German painter and commercial artist Max Barta (1900-1990) designed and equipped cottage, where he lived from 1945 to 1990.

History

In the early days of Wartberg was a settlement site of Wartberg culture, followed by numerous archaeological finds - such as human and animal bones - from the period 2000-1800 BC can close.