Schönberg (Ebringen)

Schönberg (Ebringen)
Aerial view of Schoenberg, looking from the north
Highest point
Elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)
Geography
Location	Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Schönberg
Contour map of the Schönberg, 10m-gaps
Elevation	645 metres (2,116 ft)

The Schönberg (earlier known as Schirnberg) is located on the southern outskirts of Freiburg im Breisgau and at 644.9 meters above sea level the Hausberg (a prominent mountain) of the municipality of Ebringen.Coordinates: 47°57′17″N 7°48′20″E / 47.95472°N 7.80556°E / 47.95472; 7.80556

The mountain belongs to Ebringen but the slopes also form part of the districts of Schallstadt, Merzhausen, Au, Wittnau, Sölden, and Sankt Georgen (a suburb of Freiburg).

Together with the Black Forest and the Rhine plain,the Schönberg forms the third prominent area of land around Freiburg, the foothills of the Black Forest. To the east, the Schönberg is separated from the Black Forest by a valley called the Hexental, to the south by the Staufen Basin, to the north the Bay of Freiburg (Freiburger Bucht) and to the west lies the Rhine Plain . The area thus enclosed is 8 km long and 4 km wide.

Together with the Hohfirst (493.6 meters) in the south and the Ölberg (416.4 meters), which is the southern most spur, the mountain forms the Schönbergmassiv (Schönberg massif), a promontory of the Black Forest, which itself is part of the Upper Rhine Plain. Due to geological disturbance and rift valleys the surface provides evidence from all periods of the Mesozoic era, as well as signs of volcanic activity of the tertiary era.