Birch head
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 The birch head (top center); Viewing from Eugenplatz; the left ridge is the Hasenberg |
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| height | 509.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Stuttgart , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 '55 " N , 9 ° 7' 54" E | |
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| Type | Mountain of rubble | |
The Birkenkopf is 509.4 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the city of Stuttgart . It is the highest point in the inner city area and rises almost 300 m above the level of the Neckar . It is located south of the Stuttgart-Botnang district and still belongs to the Stuttgart-West district . The Birkenkopfverwerfung natural monument is located at the foot of the eastern slope . Between 1953 and 1957, the mountain grew by around 40 meters, as over 1.5 million cubic meters of rubble from the Second World War , which was created in the nights of bombing during the " aerial warfare ", were deposited on its hill . Many remains of the facade of destroyed buildings can still be seen on the summit. This is why the mountain is popularly called Monte Scherbelino . A plaque attached to the rubble reminds of their origin with the inscription:
- This mountain, piled up from the rubble of the city after the Second World War, stands as a memorial to the victims and the living to a warning.
From the top, the view from which the Karlshöhe concealed South Stuttgart apart, over the entire inner city and on a clear day to the Swabian Alb , to the Black Forest and in the lowlands . The summit had had a wooden cross since 1953, which was replaced by a steel cross in 2003. There morning devotions of the evangelical parish take place every Sunday from Easter to the beginning of September at eight o'clock regardless of the weather.
Landfill phase
View of Stuttgart
Birch head with summit cross
View from Berliner Platz to the Birkenkopf
Memorial plaque on the birch head
Debris from the Second World War on the Birkenkopf
Aerial view from the Birkenkopf
literature
- Adrienne Braun: In the middle and outside. Stuttgart's quiet corners. Südverlag, Konstanz 2014, ISBN 978-3-87800-054-9 , pp. 120-127.
- Hendrik Leonhardt, Ulrike Plate: Birkenkopf memorial. In: Architecture of the 1950s. Monuments in Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart 2012, pp. 210-211.
- Sybille Neth: A memorial with a beautiful panorama. The birch head is also called Monte Scherbelino because it was piled up from rubble after the war . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten No. 70 of June 20, 2012, p. II.
Web links
- Stuttgarter Zeitung: Der Birkenkopf ( Memento from April 18, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- Panoramic pictures (also 360 °) of the birch head
- Church website www.birkenkopf-stuttgart.de with some pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Stone tablet at the foot of the mountain ( photo on Google Maps ).