Lotterberg
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View of Lotterberg from Altenbrunslar
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) Normalhöhennull |
| Prominence | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Isolation | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| Coordinates | 51°11′6.72″N 9°25′15.99″E / 51.1852000°N 9.4211083°ECoordinates: 51°11′6.72″N 9°25′15.99″E / 51.1852000°N 9.4211083°E |
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 Lotterberg
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| Parent range | West Hesse Depression |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Miocene |
| Mountain type | extinct volcano |
Lotterberg is a 305 m (1,001 ft) (NHN) high hill between the villages of Wolfershausen and Deute in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
The hill is composed of basalt that fills the neck of a now-extinct volcano. The volcanic activity was during the Miocene (Neogene), that is it started 20 million years ago and ended 7 million years ago. This volcano was one of many in the West Hesse Depression. The alkali basalt has a silica (SiO2) volume percentage of 45-55%. The main minerals in the rock are plagioclase, augite and olivine.
On the west side of the Lotterberg is a deposit of loess, which formed after the last Quaternary glaciation.
Lotterberg is covered by a mixed forest and is used for forestry. The rare Turk's cap lily grows on the summit. The plant is protected under German conservation law.
There is evidence that the area around Lotterberg was populated at least from the Late Paleolithic onwards, as has been shown for the Felsberg area in general, e.g. by the existence of The Rhünda Skull. A single find of an asymmetrical, facetted, Neolithic axe on Lotterberg collaborates this.
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