Orensberg
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The Orensberg
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 581.2 m above sea level (NHN) (1,907 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°13′48″N 8°01′39″E / 49.23°N 8.0275°ECoordinates: 49°13′48″N 8°01′39″E / 49.23°N 8.0275°E |
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 Orensberg
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| Parent range | Haardt (Palatine Forest) |
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| Type of rock | Bunter sandstone |
The Orensberg, also known in the region as the Orensfels(en) due to the striking rock formations on its summit plateau, is a hill, 581.2 m above sea level (NHN), near Frankweiler in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The hill is part of the Haardt mountain range that forms the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest.
At the summit is an ancient circular rampart, now designated as a cultural monument, and the natural monument of the Orensfelsen rocks.
The summit of the Orensberg, which lies within the Palatine Forest Nature Park, rises within the forest estate belonging to Frankweiler, a village 2.8 kilometres to the southeast; the northern slopes of the hill are part of the woods of Böchingen, a settlement 4.7 km east-southeast. Higher mountains and hills nearby include the Roßberg (637 m), 2 km north, and the Teufelsberg (597.6 m), 2.1 km (both as the crow flies) northeast. Three streams flow past the Orensberg: the Dernbach to the west, the Queich to the south and the Hainbach to the east.
The Orensberg used to be called the Urlesberg. This was derived from the Old High German word Urlaß, which means "pasture hill" (Weideberg.
see also Urnsburg
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