Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland

The Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland was a tourist association that existed from 1877 to 1943/45 and played a key role in opening up the Elbe Sandstone Mountains for broad sections of the population.

history

The association was founded on October 15, 1877 in Schandau . The association was called "Mountain Association for Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland" until the Bohemian members split off in 1890, because it was to be responsible for both the Saxon part and the Bohemian part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains . Sophus Ruge from Pirna took over the chairmanship of the association . The publication of the association newspaper “Über Berg und Thal”, the first issue of which appeared on March 17, 1878, is also thanks to him. The booklets were published by H. Ostermanns Erben in Pirna. The large Dresden section also published some of its annual reports of the Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland in print. There was also a yearbook of the mountain association for Saxon Switzerland for a few years .

Sophus Ruge was the first chairman of the association until 1885, then the local researcher Oscar Lehmann took over the leadership of the association until 1905 . He was followed by Alfred Meiche , who was also the editor of the club's magazine, by 1913 , by Arthur Wallenstein by 1920, and finally by Karl Lampe . The last issue of the club magazine was published in March 1943.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the mountain association consisted of 44 sections with over 3500 members.

Buildings (selection)

• Lookout tower on the Papststein
• Path through the Schwedenlöcher from the Bastei to the Amselgrund near the health resort of Rathen
• Wildschützensteig
• Hiking trails on Gamrig , Gohrisch and Rauenstein
• Betting column on the Lilienstein
• Götzinger memorial plaque in the thieves' cellar on Kleines Bärenstein
• Baude on the Wilisch (derelict)
• Restaurant on the Augustusberg between Gottleuba and Berggießhübel

Honorary members

• Carl Eschebach (1842–1905), secret councilor from Dresden
• Sophus Ruge (1831–1903), geographer

literature

• Joachim Schindler: Chronicle and documentation of the history of hiking and mountaineering in Saxon Switzerland as well as the development of tourism organizations in Saxony. Part 1 1864-1918 .
• Joachim Schindler: Chronicle and documentation of the history of hiking and mountaineering in Saxon Switzerland as well as the development of tourism organizations in Saxony. Part 2 1919-1932 .
• Dresden and Saxon Switzerland: Association book of the mountain association for Saxon Switzerland , Leipzig; Bibliogr. Inst., 1891, SLUB digital collections .
• Annual reports of the Dresden Section of the Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland: over the years 1889/90 (1891); 1891 (1892) -1901 (1902); 1902/03 (1904), SLUB digital collections .
• Annual reports of the Dresden local group of the mountain association for Saxon Switzerland: over the years 1904/05 (1906) - 1908/09 (1910), digital collections of the SLUB .

Web links

Commons : Mountain Association for Saxon Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the club

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For eastern Bohemian Switzerland there was also the mountain association for northernmost Bohemia since 1885 .
2. ↑ Brigitte Emmrich: Sophus Ruge . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .