Březník (Bohemian Forest)
| Březník | ||
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 Summit cross |
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| height | 1006 m nm | |
| location | Plzeňský kraj , Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Bohemian forest | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 9 '4 " N , 13 ° 25' 31" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
 Vintířova skála |
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The Březník (German St. Guntherberg , also Guntherberg or Gunthersberg ) is a 1006 m high mountain in the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers southwest of Hartmanice in the area of the Prášily commune .
Location and description
The Březník, lined with spruce trees, forms a ridge consisting of two rubble peaks. The main peak is the northern one, the southern one has a height of 998 m above sea level. m. Below the main peak are the Vintířova skála ( Gunther rock ) and the Gunther chapel. The Březník lies on the Bavarian-Bohemian Gunthersteig hiking trail , and the green hiking trail from Radešov to Zhůří leads over the mountain.
To the north rises the Bezděkovský kopec (818 m), in the northeast the Jakubice (853 m) and the Hamižná ( Hamischberg , 853 m), to the east the Radkovský vrch ( Rogauer Berg , 907 m), in the southeast the Křemelná ( Kiesleiten , 1125 m) ), in the southwest the Slunečná ( Sonnberg , 995 m) and the Dřevěná hůl ( Hohenstock , 1206 m), to the west of the Hůrecký vrch ( Hurkenberg , 1099 m), the Sklářský vrch (1194 m) and the Pancíř ( Panzer , 1214 m) and in the northwest the Gerlova paseka (996 m) and the Vysoký hřbet (1078 m). State road II / 190 runs between Hartmanice and Železná Ruda at the northern foot of the mountain . The Radešovský creek rises on the eastern slope of the Březník. To the north lies the Volšovka valley , to the southwest that of the Křemelná .
Surrounding towns are Karlov and the deserted village Rovina in the north, Dobra Voda in the Northeast, Jakubice and Pustina in the east, the deserted village Malý Babylon in the southeast, the deserted villages Souš ( Zusch ) and Stodůlky ( Stadln ) in the south, the deserted villages Filzhäusel and Šerlův Dvur in Southwest, the Weberhäusel, Glasermühle and Paseka deserted areas in the west and the Skelná deserted areas in the northwest.
Geomorphologically, the Březník in the Bohemian Forest is assigned to the sub-unit Šumavské pláně (IB-1A), the district Kochánovské pláně (IB-1A-1) and the sub-district Javorensko-vysocký hřbet (IB-1A-1a). There is a geodetic point on the Březník .
history
The Benedictine monk Gunther left the Rinchnach monastery he founded and ran in 1040 in order to spend the end of his life as a hermit again. He settled in the Bohemian Forest and built his hermitage above an old trading path on a rock, where he died on October 9, 1045. The Bohemian Duke Břetislav I had the remains of Gunther transferred to the Břevnov monastery .
The hermitage was later inhabited by other hermits. After Gunther was venerated as a saint, the landlord Čejka von Olbramovice had a wooden chapel built on the Gunther rock and a stone chapel in Gutwasser at the beginning of the 17th century, both of which were consecrated to St. Gunther. Gutwasser, which was also called St. Gunthersbad, and St. Guntherberg developed into one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the Bohemian Forest.
After the Second World War, the Dobrá Voda military training area was built in the 1950s. The chapel was destroyed. After the military training area was closed, a new stone chapel was built on the Guntherfelsen in 1992.
Attractions
- Guntherkapelle, it was rebuilt in 1992. There is a cast-iron cross in front of the chapel. Inside there is a figure of the Madonna and an altar painting of St. Gunther.
- Summit cross
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Böhmen, Vol. 8, Prachiner Circle , 1840, p. 262
