Blue Stone (Rennsteig)
The Blue Stone is a rock formation west of the Great Finsterberg below the Mordfleck on Rennsteig near the places Suhl Goldlauter and Gehlberg in Thuringia at about 770 m above sea level. NN . Today the rock is a destination for hikers and climbers. The name could come from its coating of sulphurous and bluish rock lichens.
Petrology
The blue stone is made of rockite porphyry .
History and legends
In the 16th century, when superstition was still very widespread, people in this area also believed in the devil and witches. So you believed that the devil was often seen in the depths of the small cave on the blue stone. Others claimed that it was not the devil but a hermit who lived in the cave.
Around 1813 around 15 miners were digging for coal in the pits at Stein. All came from Gehlberg.
The hut at the Blauer Stein, a remnant of the local mining industry, was the changing room for the miners who had driven a tunnel for digging for coal and was used to store tools. The coal that arose on the Great Finsterberg was black and shiny, but didn't burn particularly well. So it came about that the mining was stopped after some time because of the low yield. When the mine was closed, the miners buried the pit entrances. They left the hut. Woodworkers and herb collectors found shelter here when they were surprised by rain and storms.
Shortly before Christmas 1806, forest workers from Gehlberg discovered that the hut was apparently inhabited. A citizen of Ilmenau who owned the dilapidated mine house allowed the hermit Christian Heergesell to live in the mountain house if he got it in a somewhat habitable condition. Heergesell, who came from Brandenburg, was a Beutler (weaver) by profession. He deserted in 1806 from Prussian military service after the battle of Jena. In the lonely mountain valley he lived mostly on herbs, sponges and some kitchen spices that he grew himself. He seldom left his home. In the autumn of 1826 the hermit Hergesell was found dead in his hut. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Gehlberg.
Climb
The Blue Stone is approved as an official climbing rock and offers routes from III. until the IX. Level of difficulty.
Web links
- DAV Felsinfo Blauer Stein
Individual evidence
- ↑ w + h GmbH- buchfreund.de: The hermit. - novel of an unusual life. Duke, Paulus :. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Source and inspiration of the article: an information board of the Regionalverbund Thüringer Wald eV at Mordfleck
- ↑ German Alpine Club: DAV Felsinfo: Blauer Stein. DAV Felsinfo, accessed on May 20, 2020 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 17.4 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 16.1 ″ E