Wingst (ridge)

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View from the north with the German Olymp

The Wingst in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony is above sea level with a maximum of about 74 m. NHN, the highest ridge of the Weser mouths Geest and in the Elbe-Weser Triangle. It originated as a glacial moraine.

Name

For the origin of the name Wingst ( the Giant Wingis ) see paragraph Sage and Mountain name of the article Silberberg ( Wingst ).

Geographical location

The Wingst is located in the northeast of the district of Cuxhaven, between the Hadeln in the west and Kehdinger country in the east. It lies just south of the mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea and west of the lower reaches of the Oste Cadenberge between the north and Hemmoor in the southeast. In a north-south direction is about 5 km long and in East-West direction and 4 km wide. The ridge is surrounded by the villages of the municipality Wingst. Slightly south-southwest of him is the Balksee; south of it extends the Varreler Moor. South of Wingst passes over the countryside to the ridge Westerberg.

Geology and history

The Wingst is covered with mixed forests, small ridge of which was formed as a glacial moraine. It is surrounded by flat structured marsh and moorland, which is partly less than one meter above sea level. Situated inside the Wingst barrows, such as the megalithic grave Wingst Located close Dobrock, point to early settlement of the area.

Infrastructure

The Wingst can be reached via the federal highway 73, which she affected to the east, and their side streets and on the Green Coast road that passes through the ridge to the northwest. The Wingst is crossed by the European long-distance hiking trail E9 and regional trails. Just on the western foothills of Wingst passes the running in a north-south direction Neuhaus- Bülkauer channel. At the northeast edge of Wingst is the Wingst zoo.

Surveys

The highest elevation in the Wingst is the silver mountain ( about 74 m). For their part, the German hills Olympus ( about 62 m), on which the correspondent lookout tower. These and other surveys - sorted by height in meters ( m) above mean sea level ( MSL ):

• Silberberg (74 m)
• German Olympus (formerly Fahlenberg; 62 m )
• Gretenberg (> 60 m)
• Kraienberg (also Kreienberg; 56 m )

• Fuchsberg ( 32.4 m)
• Mountain hares (32 m)
• Klever Berg ( 25.3 m)
• Falkenberg