Kreuzberg ski area
The cross ski area is located on the north side of the Bavarian part of the Rhön at Bischofsheim located Kreuzberg ( 928 m ). It ranges from around 600 to 900 meters in height. There are four ski lifts with lengths from 250 to 1408 meters, which open up eleven slopes with different levels of difficulty. The runs have lengths of 250 to 3000 meters and are around 15 kilometers long. It is the largest ski area and, due to the length and steepness of the slopes, one of the most demanding in the Rhön. Due to their altitude and north-facing position, the two upper ski lifts (Rothanglift and Blicklift) are among the most snow-sure ski lifts. The Dreitannenlift is the longest ski lift in the Rhön, it is also the longest drag lift with the greatest height difference in Germany outside the Alps.
The area with slopes is followed by a ski jumping facility with three ski jumps that can also be used in summer ( plastic covered jumps ), several cross-country ski trails and winter hiking trails.
location
The Kreuzberg ski area is located in the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park and the Rhön Biosphere Reserve , which belong to the Lower Franconia administrative region . The ski area is therefore subject to nature conservation requirements, some of which do not exist in the Hessian winter sports areas of the Rhön. In the north-northeast of the ski resort town Bischofsheim is located in Rhon and in the southeast the town Sandberg , both in the district of Rhön-grave field , west of the market Wildflecken , Bad Kissingen district . The northern slope of the Kreuzberg, which is mainly occupied by the ski area, has a steep slope and falls to the upper reaches of the Brend , a tributary of the Franconian Saale , to about 400 meters above sea level. At a horizontal distance of around three kilometers, over 500 meters of altitude difference is overcome.
description
Ski lifts
The ski area includes the Blicklift, Rothanglift, Dreitannenlift and fish farm lifts, which have an hourly transport capacity of around 3600 people. There are refreshment stops near the slopes in the Drei-Tannen-Alm and in the Gemündener Hütte. The restaurant in Kreuzberg Monastery , where home-brewed beer is served, is also part of the area around the lifts.
Three of the ski lifts, the Dreitannenlift, the Rothanglift and the Blicklift, operate under the name Skilifte Kreuzberg. The Willert family owns the lifts, which are open daily when there is enough snow, and Thomas Fuß from Haselbach is the tenant. These ski lifts end at a similar altitude and a short distance from each other, so that you can switch from one lift to another. This means that it is possible to gradually ski on all slopes from the same entry point. The fourth ski lift, the fish farm lift, is independent and, depending on the snow conditions, is open on weekends and during the Christmas holidays. The Enders family is the tenant of the ski lift.
Eye lift
The Blicklift from Doppelmayr , built in 1958, is the oldest surface lift in the Rhön and northern Bavaria. With a total length of 600 meters, it overcomes a height difference of 110 meters (780 to 890 meters above sea level) with four portal supports - two standing profiles each, which are connected horizontally at the top and guide the rope. The lift is located on the northern slope of the Kreuzberg and serves three runs with lengths of 620 to 940 meters and easy to medium levels of difficulty. The ski lift leads to the hilltop at Bischofsheimer Blick , from which the name is derived. It is powered by a diesel engine in the valley station. People are transported with double long brackets made of plastic - hangers with long brackets with handles for two people.
| Surname | length | difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| View of the Haflinger Alm | 620 meters | medium |
| View II | 630 meters | medium |
| View family run | 940 meters | light |
Rothang lift
The Rothanglift from Doppelmayr, built in 1963, overcomes a total length of 580 meters with six portal supports a height difference of 100 meters (around 775 to 875 meters above sea level). The lift is located on the northwest slope of the Kreuzberg and serves three runs with lengths of 580 to 890 meters and easy to medium levels of difficulty. It is powered by a diesel engine in the valley station. The lift users are transported using double long brackets made of plastic.
| Surname | length | difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Rothang I | 580 meters | medium |
| Rothang II | 580 meters | medium |
| Rothang family run | 890 meters | light |
Dreitannenlift
The Dreitannenlift from Doppelmayr, built in 1964, is the longest ski lift and with a total length of 1408 meters on 13 portal supports with 318 meters (from 575 to 890 meters above sea level) overcomes the greatest difference in altitude in central Germany . The lift is located on the northeast slope of the Kreuzberg and serves four easy to difficult runs with lengths of 1460 to 3000 meters and, according to DSV, over 40 percent longitudinal and transverse slopes in places. The slopes are the longest and most demanding in the Rhön. It is powered by a diesel engine in the valley station. Double short bars made of wood, which are passed to users by the lift staff, are used to transport people.
| Surname | length | difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Fish farming | 1700 meters | medium to difficult |
| Obviously | 1460 meters | heavy |
| Cannon barrel and Käuling | 1800 meters | medium |
| Great family run | 2600 meters | light |
| Steep clown | 3000 meters | medium to difficult |
Fish farm lift
The fish farm lift, built in 1970, overcomes a total length of 250 meters and a height difference of 50 meters (590 to 640 meters above sea level). The valley station of the lift is above the Dreitannenlift valley station, at the second portal support. Passengers are transported without portal supports with a low rope guide, the rope running at the height of an adult's buttocks, to which holding bars are attached. It is run independently of the Kreuzberg ski lifts. The associated ski slope leads over the lower part of the Kanonenrohr descent.
Ski jumps
The Kreuzbergschanzen , which has been used for jumping since 1952, are located in the ski area at around 600 meters above sea level . The ski jumping facility , which was rebuilt in 1997, consists of three plastic covered hills ( K-points : 16, 30 and 50 meters), which correspond to the latest FIS standards and are mainly used by young ski jumpers. The Kreuzbergschanze is the only ski jump in the Rhön and Lower Franconia. The three jumps are listed with a certificate from the German Ski Association (DSV) valid until December 4th, 2012 with the certificate numbers DSV 190 (K-16), 191 (K-30) and 192 (K-50). The biggest event on the ski jumps took place from January 24th to 26th, 1964 with the Nordic Winter Games of the Bavarian Ski Youth. Henrik Ohlmeyer from SC Bischofsgrün achieved the greatest distance, albeit a fall, with 74 meters .
Cross-country trails
The ski area is criss-crossed by two trails for classic cross-country skiing techniques. The Neustädter Haus circular trail (also known as the Little Loop) is seven kilometers long and is 630 to 750 meters above sea level. The level of difficulty is "difficult" and 130 meters in altitude are overcome. The Kreuzberg circular trail (also known as the Great Loop) is 750 to 820 meters above sea level. The length is nine kilometers, the degree of difficulty is "medium" with an altitude difference of 130 meters. The entry points to the cross-country ski trails are at Kreuzberg Abbey and at Neustädter Haus.
Toboggan slopes
There are two toboggan slopes in the ski area . A run with a length of 300 meters at about 840 meters above sea level is at the Gasthof Roth at the end of the Kniebreche hiking trail , next to the access road to the Kreuzberg monastery, another toboggan slope below the monastery garden at Kreuzberg monastery at about 880 meters above sea level with a length from 250 meters.
Winter hiking trails
The ski area is criss-crossed by several winter hiking trails. One leads from Haselbach over four kilometers over the Kreuzbergschanze to the summit, another, 4.5 kilometers long, from Haselbach over the Neustädter Haus to the Kreuzberg transmitter on the summit plateau. Another 4.5 km long winter hiking trail connects the Arnsberg with the Kreuzberg monastery. In the lower area of the ski area there is a circular hiking trail with a length of 4.1 kilometers that leads from Haselbach via the guest houses and the Caritas home back to Haselbach.
history
Skiing on the Kreuzberg began in the first decades of the 20th century. The ski tourists came on Sundays with a special train of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , the Ski Express , from Schweinfurt and Würzburg to the train station in Bischofsheim. From there it went by bus or on foot to the ski area on the Kreuzberg. On busy days, up to seven buses commuted between Haselbach and Kreuzberg. The skiers drove down the valley on unprepared slopes and narrow, steep forest meadows, called Wieslich , to Haselbach. Until the 1950s, skiers were transported from Haselbach to the ski area by bus. Sometimes, after the descent, it was possible to walk back up with shouldered skis, so that hardly more than three descents a day were possible. In 1932 and 1933 the first ski jump was built in the ski area at the fish farm, which was renewed after the Second World War . In 1952 the construction of the Große Kreuzbergschanze began , which at that time was one of the largest ski jumps in Germany with a K-point of 75 meters. The Kleine Kreuzbergschanze with a K-point of 38 meters was built between 1953 and 1954 right next to the large one.
In the summer of 1958, the pen manufacturer Otto Willert from Neuendorf near Lohr am Main built the first ski lift on Kreuzberg with the Blicklift , one of the first in Germany outside the Alps. The ski lift, which takes two and a half minutes to go uphill, originally had wooden hangers to transport people. The lift was later fitted with plastic brackets. Regular skiing began on December 4, 1958. The lift could be reached on foot from Haselbach. Back then, the slope was prepared by stepping on the snow with skis. The winter of 1958/1959 was poor in snow on Kreuzberg, so that the lift was only in operation on 44 days in the first season. On the operating days it was well attended, the guests came from the surrounding area such as Aschaffenburg , Lohr am Main and Wertheim . In 1963, the Rothang lift became the second ski lift on Kreuzberg with the valley station near the access road to the Kreuzberg monastery. A parking lot was created below the valley station, and now the skiers could drive directly into the ski area by car. In 1964, the Dreitannenlift was the longest ski lift in the Rhön. A snowcat was used for the first time in 1968 to prepare the slopes.
The winter of 1969/1970 was the snowiest so far in the history of the Kreuzberg lifts. The first snow fell in mid-November 1969 and remained there until early April 1970. The lifts ran 143 days this winter. In 1970, the fish farming lift was opened as a family business above the valley station of the Dreitannen lift . The RWV Haselbach , on 9 and 10 September 1978, the Grasski Championship with the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom , and participants from seven countries at Kreuzberg. In February 1988 the last competition took place on the Kleine Kreuzbergschanze. Jumping on the Große Kreuzbergschanze had been stopped several years earlier.
In the winters of 1981/1982 and 1983/1984, the Kreuzberg lifts with 116 and 117 were last able to record over 100 operating days in one season. In 1986 Thomas Fuß leased the ski lifts. At the end of the 1980s, the winters on the Kreuzberg became increasingly snowless. In the winter of 1988/1989 the lifts ran on six days and in 1989/1990 on 19 days. In 1997 new ski jumps with construction points of 16, 30 and 50 meters were built. The two smaller jumps were covered with plastic matting so that jumping was possible in summer. From summer 2005 to spring 2006 the 50 meter hill was also covered with plastic mattings. The winter of 1998/1999 allowed the longest operating time since the late 1980s with 57 days. In January 2005 a fun park for snowboarders with various jump elements was opened at the Blicklift and in 2006 a new snowcat with a flexible tiller and a wide track was purchased. This means that three snow groomers are available. The winter 2005/2006 was one of the snowiest in the history of the Kreuzberg lifts. The first snow fell in mid-November and stayed until April. However, the amount of snow did not come close to that of the winter of 1969/1970. In winter 2006/2007 the lifts were not in operation at all because there was not enough snow. The winter of 2008/2009 was snowy in the Rhön. The Rothang and Blick lifts were already running in November and with interruptions until the end of winter. Compared to previous years, the Dreitannenlift also had many operating days.
See also
- Ski areas in the Rhön
- Wasserkuppe ski and toboggan arena
- Rotes Moor cross-country ski center
- Simmelsberg winter sports area
literature
- S. Dehler: trail map; Cross-country ski trails, winter hiking trails, ski lifts, toboggan runs (= The Rhön - simply uplifting ). 3. Edition. Petersberg, Fulda 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-014566-7 .
- Winter: Cross-country skiing - lifts - jumps - ski schools - tobogganing - ice skating - rental (= The Rhön - simply uplifting ). OCLC 179946574 .
- Heribert Kramm: The Kreuzberg . 2nd Edition. Printing house Parzeller, Fulda 1990, ISBN 3-7900-0201-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian Rhön Nature Park . In: Topographic Special Maps Bavaria / Topographic Surrounding Maps 1: 50000 . Bavarian Land Surveying Office, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89933-287-2 .
- ↑ From the bet to the roller: How the Kreuzberg got its ski lifts! osthessen-news.de, February 5, 2009, accessed on December 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Rhön. (No longer available online.) In: Ski-Atlas. DSV, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 28, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c departures. Kreuzberg ski lifts, accessed on January 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Eye lift. Lift-World.info - ropeway technology moves us !, February 3, 2008, accessed on January 25, 2009 .
- ↑ Rothang lift. Lift-World.info - ropeway technology moves us !, February 3, 2008, accessed on January 25, 2009 .
- ↑ slope signage. Alpine Safety, accessed May 27, 2009 .
- ↑ Kreuzberg ski lifts - the largest ski area in the Rhön: Dreitannen lift, Rothang lift, Blick lift and fish farm lift. rhoen-tourist.de, accessed on May 27, 2009 .
- ↑ Dreitannenlift. Lift-World.info - ropeway technology moves us !, February 3, 2008, accessed on January 25, 2009 .
- ↑ Haselbach fish farm lift. Retrieved January 25, 2009 .
- ↑ List of ski jumps in the area of the Bavarian Ski Association. Accessed October 30, 2017.
- ^ Chronicle of RWV Haselbach
- ↑ Cross-country skiing on groomed trails in the Rhön. rhoentourist.de, accessed on January 31, 2009 .
- ↑ trail map; Cross-country ski trails, winter hiking trails, ski lifts, toboggan runs (= The Rhön - simply uplifting ). 3. Edition. Petersberg, 2007, ISBN 3-00-014566-4 .
- ↑ Winter hiking trails in Bischofsheim and districts. Bischofsheim an der Rhön, accessed on February 25, 2009 .
- ↑ Barbara Enders: Kreuzberg: One elevator instead of seven buses. In: Main-Post. December 4, 2008, accessed February 23, 2009 .
- ↑ Blicklift celebrates its anniversary - skiing on the Kreuzberg for 50 years. (No longer available online.) Bayerischer Rundfunk, December 4, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 25, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Niklas Steige: Winter sports in the Rhön over the past 25 years, depending on the weather. Technical work at Jack Steinberger Gymnasium Bad Kissingen, 2004.
- ↑ Nostalski: 1968. Skilifte Kreuzberg, accessed on February 25, 2009 .
- ↑ The club for sport by tradition. RWV Haselbach, accessed on January 31, 2009 .
- ↑ Nostalski: fundamentals. Kreuzberg ski lifts, accessed on February 25, 2009 .
- ↑ The Kreuzbergschanzen. (No longer available online.) Haselbach cycling and winter sports club, archived from the original on April 21, 2005 ; Retrieved February 25, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fun park. Kreuzberg ski lifts, accessed on October 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Renewals. Kreuzberg ski lifts, accessed on October 30, 2017 .
Remarks
- ↑ According to other information, 540 meters long with a height difference of 114 meters.
- ↑ According to other information, it is 470 meters long with a height difference of 103 meters.
Web links
- Kreuzberg ski lifts
- Kreuzberg - One elevator instead of seven buses at Mainpost.de
- How the Kreuzberg got its ski lifts from Osthessen-News
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 35 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ E
