Keilberg (Schneeberg)
| Wedge Mountain | ||
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 View from the Bismarck Tower (Keilberg Tower) |
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| height | 558.9 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Ore Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '49 " N , 12 ° 37' 50" E | |
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| particularities | Bismarck Tower ( AT ) | |
The Keilberg is a mountain in the western Ore Mountains . It extends northwest of the city center of Schneeberg . At its summit there is an observation tower built in 1893 and a mountain restaurant.
geography
It covers an area of around 900,000 square meters. Its northern flank is mostly overgrown with spruce and birch up to the top. In measurements in the 19th century, its height was given as 551.9 meters, newer measuring methods led to the current height. There are four ponds on the west flank about halfway up the mountain. The largest, the brick pond, served as a drinking water reservoir . In the 1970s, the peace settlement was built on the lower southern slopes in prefabricated construction, which offers 400 apartments. A school, a pharmacy, doctor's offices, several allotment gardens, a sports field and social facilities were located in the vicinity. The traffic development up to the hilltop was done by a network of paved roads. The area between the settlement and the mountain restaurant is used for agriculture.
A panorama hiking trail leads from Schneeberg over the Gleesberg , the Sandberg, the Keilberg and the Hammerberg. The Keilberg is part of the local recreation area Am Keilberg , which also includes bike paths.
Observation tower
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The Erzgebirgszweigverein Schneeberg, which in accordance with its statute took care of the development of the Erzgebirge homeland, had collected money in the 19th century to ensure that in addition to the observation tower built by the Erzgebirgszweigverein Neustädtel on the Gleesberg on the Keilberg, an observation tower could also be built. Master builder Görling from Schneeberg designed a 21-meter-high stone tower, the prism-shaped square tower shaft of which is made of coarse sandstones and the octagonal structure of red clinker bricks . The open viewing platform can be reached via a wooden staircase inside with exactly 101 steps, the boundary of which is reminiscent of a crenellated tower. The construction costs amounted to 4,500 marks. The tower was inaugurated on August 31, 1893 and was named Keilbergturm . On the occasion of Bismarck's 84th birthday on April 1, 1899, a medallion with a Bismarck profile was placed above the entrance area and the tower was named the Bismarck Tower .
After the Second World War, the lookout tower was renamed Keilbergturm again. It had to be closed in 1980 due to dilapidation. It was not until 1993 that the Schneeberg city administration financed a reconstruction. Remnants of the Bismarck relief were removed and the inscription Keilberg Tower was added . On August 29, 1993 the renewed tower was made accessible to the public again by the then mayor Karl Henselin in a ceremony. The building is again referred to as the Bismarck Tower on the explanatory board put up by the Schneeberg city administration .
Inn
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The Erzgebirgsverein had a one-story house built next to the tower by 1900. The accommodation was demolished in later years and replaced by a new mountain inn that offered space for 60 people. It is also a low-rise building, but has a covered terrace and, thanks to its L-shaped floor plan, a sheltered courtyard. The inn also served as a venue for celebrations, as stated in an advertisement in 1909: “Meeting place for summer fun on the Keilberg with childcare”. The building was privately operated for several generations. The following are named as owners: the Barth family (1900–1902), Carl Hunger (1902–1911), Emil Schellenberg (1912–1930), chief forester Fritz Baumann (1930–1935), Curt Böhm (1935–1955). In 1913, for example, Emil Schellenberg advertised a visit in local newspapers next to a drawing of the house and the observation tower with the following advertisement:
“I am bringing my renovated rooms to an honored audience. Use in recommending memory. Draft-free veranda. Open daily (with the flag raised). Excellent cuisine and well-tended beers. About 30 minutes from Schneeberg. "
Even during the GDR era, the inn remained privately owned or was leased by restaurateurs: Karl Hirsch (1955–1964), Dietrich Neubert (1964–1967), Dieter Boege (1968–1971), Siegfried Hahn (1971–1980). In 1959, Hirsch published the following advertisement in the newspaper " Freie Presse ":
“Keilberg” excursion restaurant. Wonderful excursion restaurant, located by the forest, with 2 guest rooms and a veranda for 50-60 people (heatable in winter). Prior registration for travel companies. Panorama observation tower. "
In 1980, next to the tower, the restaurant was also closed because there was no money for renovation. However, the inn was able to reopen until February 1987 through a reconstruction organized and financed by the city council and supported by volunteers (the tower remained closed, however). Relatives of a previous operator leased the inn and also ran it into the market economy : the families Bernd Böhm, Wolfgang Böhm and Hofmann. After the tower was reopened in 1993 with the support of many companies, both the tower and the inn are now available to guests from near and far. In July 1991 the landlords received Björn Engholm as a prominent guest and served a festive menu with specialties from the Ore Mountains. Visitors who want to climb the tower can get the key from the innkeeper.
Trivia
Before 1973 the head of the home group Schneebarger Maad , Erich Schönfelder , composed the following song on the Keilberg in Ore Mountains dialect:
A shining flare in the mountains, this is the Keilbargwald.
As a child, Schu was always my favorite place to stay.
Wu Fichten smell slim and green, the
Haad blooms so reddish, the
rustling forest is melody,
e haamitliches song.
:: Thu is standing Keilbarghaus,
looks out between Baamle.
Not over at Waldessaam
is the tower right next to it. ::
Zengstrüm the blackberry blossoms, the
black
sheet sings its song, when ahmd de Sonn su schie
su golden unnergieht.
I climb mol of the Keilbargturm,
look far into the mountains,
saw a Kuhbarg, Staabarg and Schneebarg with the church
Ho I mol luck, then I saw a Fichtelbarg oops, then the
athlete's barg in the Arzgebirge. Unnecessarily with in the green,
it stands Keilbarghaus.
:: Th is there is Keilbarghaus, ... ::
Net far from Keilbarg, well hidden
between Busch and Baam,
lies
the brick pond, the “forest rest”.
Many a deer jumps in the spruce forest,
many a roe rushes to it.
O Keilbargwald, O Hamitwald,
do not find e there is peace.
: There is a Keilbarghaus, ...
On the Keilbarghang many a house never looks into Haamitland, the
"Friedenssiedlung" has certainly
long been known.
Un peace may aa always be
over our Keilbargwald, so that we can sing
boldly , exercise un aa whether old.
:: Th is the Keilbarghaus, ... ::
literature
- Reinhart Heppner and Jörg Brückner : Saxon-Bohemian panoramic mountains of the western Ore Mountains in words and pictures with tourist information. Horb am Neckar 2001, pp. 42-43.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Tourist information brochure of the city of Schneeberg; pdf, as of 2009 ( Memento from January 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Homepage of the "Wanderzentrale" in Bad Schlema; Retrieved January 12, 2009
- ^ Homepage of the Bergstadt Schneeberg housing association ( Memento from February 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ); accessed January 12, 2009; from the web archive updated September 20, 2012
- ↑ Bismarck Tower Schneeberg: From Keilbergturm to Bismarck Tower on bismarcktuerme.de
- ↑ a b c Information on the Keilberg from the “Freundeskreis Stadtarchiv” homepage (PDF; 8.1 MB); Retrieved January 12, 2009