Manhartsberg is a low, flat-lying mountain

ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

in Lower Austria. It rises to a maximum height of 537 m. It is the southeastern flank of the granite Bohemian massif. The ridge runs from the Thaya river up to the Wagram mountain range and is partly overlaid with

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sediments, primarily clays, sands and gravels of the Vienna Basin formations. This ridge continues to the northeast into Moravia in the area near Znojmo. The Manhartsberg forms the southeastern edge of the Bohemian massif and constitutes the boundary between two parts of Lower Austria, the ''upper quarter above the Manhartsberg'' ( Waldviertel) and the ''lower quarter under the Manhartsberg'' ( Weinviertel). On its west side runs the Kamp river. The western slopes of the Manhartsberg are part of the Kamptal-Schönberg nature park, which has been recognized by UNESCO as an international geopark, the Kamptal Geopark. Above the town of Maissau, rich veins of

amethyst Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος ''amethystos'' from α- ''a-'', "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) / μεθώ (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that t ...

have been found in the Manhartsberg. Next to one of the highest points on the ridge are the remains of a World War II secret radar installation, whose

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was ''Zangendorf 4''. Kamp krems

References

* Klein, Eugen and Jurasky, Josef (2003) ''Botanische Wanderung von der March zum Manhartsberg: ein Bilder-Buch'' Ed. Weinviertel, Gösing/Wagram, , in German * Vogel, Alois (1985) ''Beobachtungen am Manhartsberg: Gedichte'' Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten, Austria, , in German * Rausch, Wilhelm (1990) ''Durch die Wachau zum Manhartsberg: eine Städteexkursion'' Österreichisch Arbeitskreis für Stadtgeschichtsforschung, Linz, , in German * Tollmann, Alexander (1977) ''Geologie von Österreich: Ausserzentralalpiner Anteil'' Deuticke, Vienna, , in German * Hartmann, Helga and Hartmann, Wilhelm (eds.) (2000) ''Die Höhlen Niederösterreichs'' Landesverein für Höhlenkunde in Wien und Niederösterreich, Vienna
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(Science supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle") in German

External links

"Simplified Geological Map of the Weinviertel region"
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