Blauen (Badenweiler)

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Blues
Blue from the south

Blue from the south

height 1165.4  m above sea level NHN
location Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Mountains Black Forest
Dominance 5.6 km →  Köhlgarten
Notch height 242 m ↓  Müllheimer Egerten
Coordinates 47 ° 46 '39 "  N , 7 ° 42' 4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '39 "  N , 7 ° 42' 4"  E
Blauen (Badenweiler) (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Blauen (Badenweiler)
rock Malsburg granite , gneiss
particularities Hochblauen observation tower , Blauen transmitter

The Blauen or Hochblauen is 1165.4  m above sea level. NHN high mountain on the western edge of the southern Black Forest . The summit lies at the intersection of the districts Schliengen and Malsburg-Marzell in the district of Lörrach and Badenweiler in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald . The Blauen is a panoramic mountain and is considered the local mountain of the Markgräflerland , which it towers above. The summit is about three kilometers away from the spa town of Badenweiler at its northern foot and can be reached via a road. The core of the Blauenmassiv forms asub-carbonic Malsburg granite . The blue summit consists of gneiss . The forest reaches below the summit on the mountain with lots of precipitation.

Names

In the 14th century the mountain is mentioned in a document as Blauwen or Blawen . In the middle of the 17th century, Matthäus Merian's Topographia Sueviae referred to him as Hoche Blawen . The district plan of the first Baden state survey of 1769/1770 differentiates between the high blue and the rear blue , a 1087 m high secondary peak 700 m north-northeast of the main peak. The mountain is entered in the Black Forest map of the St. Blasien monastery from 1788 as the Blue M [ons] . Also in the Topographic Atlas by the Grand Duchy of Baden it is 1845 Blue called, as in other geographical publications of the 19th century. In addition, travel literature from the 19th century also repeatedly used the term Hochblauen , sometimes with the explanation that this was used to distinguish it from the Zeller Blauen, twelve kilometers away . However, the name Hochblauen was also common for the latter and noted on maps, while the mountain near Badenweiler can still be found as blue in the maps to this day.

Various mountains and places in Germany and Switzerland bear the name Blauen . In his Upper German field name book , the cultural historian Michel Buck established a connection to the historical mining industry on the Blauen in 1880 by suggesting the origin of the name from 'Bla' = smelter . Another name interpretation takes the blue color of fir forests or the bluish appearance of a mountain from a distance as a starting point.

Landscape protection areas

Three conservation areas meet at the Blauen :

The Blauen landscape protection area on the south side of the mountain was designated on August 22, 1983 with the protection area number 3.36.018 in the areas of the municipalities of Kandern, Schliengen and Malsburg-Marzell. It covers 4,119 hectares with predominantly mixed forest communities and larger pastures, which were created through medieval clearing. It is described as a "unique recreational landscape".

In the north it borders on the landscape protection area Markgräfler Hügelland and the adjoining western southern Black Forest . This is 5,840 hectares and was designated in 2005 in areas of the municipalities of Auggen, Badenweiler, Müllheim and Sulzburg.

With 399 hectares, the smallest of the three landscape protection areas, Lipburg , is located in the west of the Blauen and belongs to Badenweiler. It encompasses a typical valley landscape in the transition area from the foothills to the Black Forest and has an important recreational function for the Badenweiler / Müllheim area.

Development

Aerial view Hochblauen August 2016

Road and other infrastructure

The Hochblauenstraße , a junction of the western ramp of the Lipplepass , was opened for private car traffic in 1928. The Berg-Stichstraße leaves the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald about halfway along the route, which is why it is designated K 4948 in its north-western part, whereas in the south-eastern part it is listed under the number K 6314, where the Wollbach road maintenance authority is responsible. The Müllheim road maintenance depot will clear the entire route in winter due to an agreement between the districts. The road leads up to the summit. Since 2011 there has also been a bus line during the summer months that connects the summit with Basel via Marzell and Kandern on Sundays and public holidays. In addition, the Westweg , a long-distance hiking trail of the Black Forest Association , runs on the 280-kilometer route from Pforzheim to Basel in variant A over the blue.

Between 1957 and 1980 a land consolidation was carried out in the mountain forest, during which 42 small plots were merged into twelve larger plots after extensive and time-consuming surveying work. A memorial stone was erected to commemorate this and has been showing the names of all those involved on a brass plaque since 2007.

The catering business on the Blauen began in 1872 when a covered forest tavern was built. In June 1875 the first house to be called the Crown of the Blue was opened. It was expanded in 1890 and again in 1965–1966 to take account of the increasing tourism.

The aqueduct from 1898 to the spring 150 meters below is still in use today. Since 1925, when a cable was brought here from Marzell , there has also been electricity on the summit. Three years later the first motor vehicles drove up the mountain road.

Berghaus Hochblauen

On the summit is the Berghaus Hochblauen (also called Blauenhaus ), a restaurant with overnight accommodation. The inn has been closed since spring 2013. It was rebuilt in 2015 and reopened in 2016. After a tenant change in 2019, it closed indefinitely in 2020.

To the north-east of the Hochblauen, at an altitude of 1074 meters, is probably the highest castle in Baden-Württemberg, Stockburg Castle .

Since the summer of 2011 there has been discussion about installing a wind turbine with three wind turbines to generate electricity on the Blauen.

Observation and transmission tower

The Blauenturm or Hochblauen tower of the Black Forest Association was built in 1895 as a lookout tower instead of a slightly lower wooden tower from 1875 . As with the similar Roßkopfturm , the Freiburg company Ph. Ant. Fauler was responsible for the manufacture of the steel lattice tower . It was inaugurated on August 30, 1895 and, in 1984, was thoroughly restored with financial support from the Bundespost . The originally 14 meter high tower now has a total height of 21 meters with antenna. The tower was renovated in the summer of 2016, the wooden coverings on the steps and platforms were replaced with iron bars, and it has been accessible again since October 6, 2016.

In 1985 the transmitter Blauen telecommunications tower was built less than a hundred meters south-southeast of the observation tower , against which there were protests. These could at least achieve a height reduction from the planned 120 to 96.5 meters. It is not open to the public and impairs the view of the Alps from the observation tower.

  • Observation tower in winter

  • Wintry view from the observation tower to the south

outlook

The Hochblauen offers vantage points with a view of the Black Forest with the bald summit of the Belchen , the Vosges with the Großer Belchen , the Swiss Jura and the Alps .

Before the Jura you can see Basel on a clear day .

Due to its location on the edge of the Black Forest, the Hochblauen enables remarkable views of the Rhine plain with the Kaiserstuhl .

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View from the terrace of the Blauenhaus to the south of the Alps .

Sports

The Blauen is a popular destination for hikers, mountain bikers and paragliders , who can often be seen on its southern ramp.

Since 1993 there has been the Hochblauen Mountain Run , which takes place every year in June and several hundred athletes take part.

In 1933 a ski jumping hill was built on the Blauer . Until 1939 the blue ski jumping was held on it. Oskar Faller from Breitnau held the record in the not harmless sport, who jumped 35 meters “with skis made of wood with leather bindings”. In addition, both alpine and Nordic skiing had been done.

art

The artists who have processed their impressions and experiences with the blue in their work include the painters Emil Bizer , Adolf Strübe , whose pictures are reminiscent of the depiction of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire at Cézanne , and Hermann Daur, more recently also Roland Franke. Some pictures can be seen in the Markgräfler Museum . August Macke lived temporarily in Kandern and mentioned the Blue in letters to his future wife Elisabeth. The writers who wrote about the Hochblauen include Johann Peter Hebel , the dialect poet Lina Kromer , the Kandern native poet Ida Preusch-Müller, Manfred Marquardt, Gustav Schwab , René Schickele and the Basel writer Rainer Brambach .

literature

  • Otto Reinacher (Ed.): Markgräfler Land. Hiking books of the Black Forest Association. Rombach publishing house. 2nd edition 1971, ISBN 3-7930-0522-4 .
  • Art.Therms.Wine. Voyages of discovery through the Markgräflerland. Art publishing house Josef Fink. 1st edition 2006, ISBN 3-89870-273-1 .
  • Fred Wehrle: The Hochblauen - the local mountain of the Markgräflerland. In: The Markgräflerland. Volume 2/2006, pp. 80-89 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).

Web links

Commons : Blauen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ↑ a b mm: "Mountain for the whole tri-border region". BZ series: The blue one. Fred Wehrle grew up with a view of the summit. In: Badische Zeitung. August 5, 2011, accessed August 13, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b c Dorothee Philipp: The Hochblauen share two districts. A puzzle of district boundaries. In: Badische Zeitung. September 2, 2011, accessed September 3, 2011 .
  4. ^ A b Fred Wehrle: The Hochblauen - local mountain of the Markgräflerland. In: The Markgräflerland. Volume 2/2006, pp. 80-89 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  5. ↑ Albert Krieger, Baden Historical Commission (ed.): Topographical Dictionary of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 2nd Edition. 1st volume. Heidelberg 1904, column 213 ( digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de ).
  6. ↑ Matthäus Merian: Topographia Sueviae. Frankfurt am Mayn: Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1643/1656 (facsimile reprint 1925), page T12. Digital full-text edition in Wikisource ( online , version from May 20, 2010)
  7. ^ Map of the bailiwick of Badenweiler, Niederweiler, Oberweiler, Zunzingen, Lipburg, Sehringen, Schweighof and Sirnitz ( online at the Baden-Württemberg State Archives)
  8. ↑ Latin mons = mountain
  9. ^ Mappa geographica ad Historiam Nigrae Silvae Martini Gerberti SRIP Monasterii & Congreg. S. Blasii abbatis / del. P. Bonifac. Grüninger ...; engraved by Johann Bap. Haas. Sankt Blasien, 1788 ( ub.uni-freiburg.de )
  10. ↑ Muellheim. Sheet XI.1 in: Topographical Atlas over the Grand Duchy of Baden. Karlsruhe 1845 ( ub.uni-freiburg.de )
  11. ↑ cf. for example Wilhelm Friedrich Volger : Handbuch der Geographie. 2nd Edition. Hanover, 1830, p. 126 ( books.google.de ).
  12. ↑ cf. for example Aloys Schreiber : Handbook for Travelers on the Rhine. Heidelberg, 1816, p. 53 ( books.google.de ); on p. 52 but also blues .
  13. ↑ cf. Samuel Pletscher: Guide through the Black Forest, Odenwald, Kaiserstuhl, Randen Mountains, Hegau, Donauthal. Zurich, 1883. ( digitized extract )
  14. ↑ Todtnau. Sheet XI.2 in: Topographical Atlas over the Grand Duchy of Baden. Karlsruhe 1846 ( ub.uni-freiburg.de )
  15. ↑ Geoportal Raumordnung Baden-Württemberg , accessed on November 21, 2018.
  16. ↑ Michel Buck : Upper German field name book. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1880, p. 29 f. ( archive.org ).
  17. ↑ Portrait. Blauen municipality (Switzerland), archived from the original on July 22, 2012 ; accessed on November 13, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Map service for protected areas in Germany , Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  19. ↑ Protected area profile : Landscape protection area Blauen , accessed on July 18, 2013.
  20. ↑ Protected area profile : Landscape protection area Markgräfler Hügelland and the adjoining western southern Black Forest , accessed on July 18, 2013.
  21. ^ Protected area profile : Landscape protection area Lipburg , accessed on July 18, 2013.
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  23. ^ Gabriele Babeck-Reinsch: Blauen-Wirt - no easy business. BZ series: The high blue. The gastronomy at the summit is characterized by hard work. In: Badische Zeitung. August 10, 2011, accessed August 13, 2011 .
  24. ↑ Michael Behrendt, Gabriele Babeck-Reinsch: Berghotel Hochblauen is closed again . In: Badische Zeitung. May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  25. ↑ Southern Black Forest: Life is moving into Berghaus Hochblauen - investor found - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved March 18, 2015 .
  26. ↑ BZ editorial team: Blauenhaus closes for an indefinite period. Badische Zeitung, December 29, 2019, accessed on January 23, 2020 .
  27. ↑ a b Andrea Drescher: The world from above. In: Badische Zeitung. September 10, 2011, accessed September 12, 2011 .
  28. ↑ Blauen observation tower at www.structurae.de , accessed on September 12, 2011
  29. ↑ Birgit-Cathrin Duval: Badenweiler: Renovation: Blauenturm remains closed until mid-August. Badische Zeitung, July 16, 2016, accessed on July 16, 2016 .
  30. ↑ Rolf-Dieter Kanmacher: The radio tower on the blue will be 18 meters shorter. Badische Zeitung, January 22, 2020, accessed on January 23, 2020 .
  31. ^ Hang gliding club Regio Blauen: Website of the club. October 10, 2008, accessed August 13, 2011 .
  32. ↑ umi: Hochblauenlauf is canceled for this year. In: Badische Zeitung. May 25, 2011, accessed August 13, 2011 .
  33. ↑ umi: There have never been any serious falls. Herbert Stabwasser remembers the time when there was still a ski jump on the Blauen . In: Badische Zeitung. October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
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