Adršpach-Weckelsdorf rock town
The Adršpašsko-Teplické skály (German Adersbach-Weckelsdorfer Felsen ) is a grouping of sandstone rocks . It is located near Adršpach (Adersbach) and Teplice (Weckelsdorf) in a nature reserve in the Braunauer Bergland ( Broumovská vrchovina ) in the Czech Republic , about 500 meters above sea level. The Johnsdorfer Wolfsschlucht ( Janovická Vlčí rokle ), through which the Metuje flows, separates the Weckelsdorf rock town from the smaller Adršbach rock town.
The area of the rock city covers an area of 17.7 square kilometers. Was formed in the course of Cretaceous a uniform sandstone plate on older sandstones, conglomerates and shales from permokarbonischer time and arkose the triad of Innersudetischen sink rests (Vnitrosudetská pánev). Due to the erosive influence of water, sun, frost and wind, this was gradually broken up and in this way gorges and ravines formed that are up to 100 m deep. This is how many pinnacles , terraces and hollows with steep walls or caves were created. The highest mountain is the Starozámecký vrch ( Althausberg , 681 m nm ). The Metuje is dammed at the lower exit of the Johnsdorfer Wolfsschlucht in Adršpašské jezirko ( rock pond) and then falls over the Great Adršpach Waterfall ( Velký Adršpašský vodopád ) 16 m deep into a gorge; Below is the Little Adršpach Waterfall ( Malý Adršpašský vodopád ) with a height of four meters. Other waterfalls are the vodopád Vlčí rokle at Rosnerův potok above the rock pond, the Vlčí vodopád in the Ledová rokle and the Vodopád v Anenském údolí .
history
Two castles were built here at the end of the 13th century: Střmen and Adersbach , later the castle and today's ruins of Bischofstein (Skály in Czech). Many rock formations were given imaginative names, such as the Spanish wall , grandfather's chair , mug with handle , sugar loaf , mayor , lovers , Rübezahl organ , Rübezahl's toothpick , etc. The population only dared to go to the rock city when they felt threatened. The first nature lovers from Silesia came to the rock city around 1700. It has been accessible since then. In 1790 she visited Goethe . In 1824 a forest fire broke out in the rocks that lasted for several weeks and destroyed the entire forest. At the beginning of the 19th century, the first paths were laid to better develop the rocks. The rock city has been under nature protection since 1933.
Climb
The area is a climbing area. But it was not until the twenties of the twentieth century that climbing from a sporting point of view began in this area . For the most part, these were first ascent by German climbers from Dresden and Saxony who had already gained experience in Saxon Switzerland . By the beginning of the Second World War , around 40 peaks had been climbed in this rocky area. After the war, the golden age of climbing began here. This was followed by the first ascent of hundreds of towers and climbing increasingly difficult paths. The main developers of the area Stanislaw Lukavsky and Petr Mocek and the German Herbert Richter should be mentioned here . At the moment around 2,000 towers and massifs have been climbed.
The most famous rock formations in Adršpach (Adersbach) are the lovers , mayor and mayoress and the rock crown in Teplice (Weckelsdorf). The hardest summit ( difficulty Xc Saxon ), the Sugar Loaf (Homole cukru), was climbed for the first time in an athletic manner for the first time, although it is right on the main hiking trail.
With a few exceptions, the Saxon climbing rules apply to climbing . The fact that rings (safety hooks) are even rarer and, in contrast to those in Saxon Switzerland, are sometimes in poor condition, makes it even more difficult to do without securing devices commonly used in other areas.
The Adršpach rock city as a film set
- Essential parts of the 1982 Czech fairy tale movie The Third Prince used the Adršpach rock town as a backdrop.
- The Polish death metal band Behemoth shot their music video for the song "Bartzabel" in the rock city.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stanislav Čech, Elżbieta Gawlikowska: Adršpašsko-Teplice Rocks. Geologická mapa pro turisty 1:50 000 . Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny, Český geologický ústav, Warszawa / Praha 2000, ISBN 80-7075-344-7 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 40.8 " N , 16 ° 6 ′ 54.1" E