The Kleiner Knollen is a 631 metre high mountain in the southwestern part of the Harz in the German state of Lower Saxony.
| Kleiner Knollen | |
|---|---|
  Kleiner Knollen | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 631 m above sea level (NN) (2,070.2 ft) |
| Prominence | 41 m → Großer Knollen |
| Isolation | 0.8 km → Großer Knollen |
| Coordinates | 51°39′42″N 10°25′12″E / 51.6617°N 10.4199°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Parent range | Harz Mountains |
Geography edit
The Kleiner Knollen is located east of Herzberg am Harz, northeast of Scharzfeld, northwest of Bad Lauterberg im Harz and south of Sieber. It is dominated by the Großen Knollen (687 m), about 1 km to the northeast. The Kleiner Knollen is afforested by spruce.
Forest edit
Today the lower slopes of the Kleiner Knollen are predominantly covered by beech trees and its upper slopes by spruce. In 1596 it was entirely covered in beech trees, in 1630 also partly with sycamore.[1]
References edit
- ^ Begemann, Ina (2003). Palynologische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte von Umwelt und Besiedlung im südwestlichen Harzvorland (unter Einbeziehung geochemischer Befunde), Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Göttingen, p. 46, Weblink Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (pdf, 2890kB)
Sources edit
- Topographische Karte 1:25000, No. 4328 Bad Lauterberg im Harz
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