Bare stick

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View of the Affensteine ​​with the bare stick in the center of the picture, the Schrammsteine and the Falkenstein in the background
The bare stick from the lower Affenstein promenade, to the right of it cross tower and Morsche Zinne

The Bloßstock (also Bloszstock ) is a striking rock and climbing summit in the Affensteinen in Saxon Switzerland . It forms the northernmost elevation of the Affensteine ​​and is separated by a deep notch from the cross tower adjoining it to the south and the adjoining rock reef of the Long Horn . The over 90 m high north wall drops almost vertically, the rock forms a landmark in the rear of Saxon Switzerland and is described as one of the most imposing rock towers in the area.

The rock on the bare stick is mentioned as early as 1592 in the map series of the First Electoral Saxon State Record created by Matthias Oeder . The meaning of the name is derived from this: Bare stick for free (standing) rocks . In the 19th century it was sometimes etymologically incorrectly referred to as Blauer Stock or Bluustock .

Heinrich Wenzel, Robert Püschner and Fritz Gerbing climbed the rock for the first time in 1899, during the first development period of the Saxon Switzerland climbing area . These overcame the Schartenkluft with the help of a tree trunk in order to then reach the summit in free climbing over a chimney (crevice). Today the Wenzelweg is classified as V according to the Saxon difficulty scale . Before the First World War, other routes followed, such as today's Fehrmannweg (VI) by Rudolf Fehrmann in 1906 or the Gipfelstürmerweg (VI), which was first started by Max Matthäus in 1911 . Since then, a good 30 more climbing routes have been developed on the Bloßstock. Various well-known climbers in Saxon Switzerland have first climbed paths in the almost vertically rising north face, such as Herbert Richter as early as 1958 on the north face classified as VIIIa (IXa) or Bernd Arnold in 1977 on the central north face (IXa). Karlheinz Gonda ( south face, VIIb, 1948) and Matthias Gäbler ( extension , IXa, 1984) are also well-known first-time climbers of trails on Bloßstock .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of September 17, 2008: Climbing in Saxon Switzerland (accessed on December 29, 2012)
  2. ↑ Hans Pankotsch, Dietmar Heinicke: The names of our climbing peaks . Saxon Mountaineering Association, Dresden 2013, p. 61
  3. ↑ Overview of climbing routes on the Bloßstock at db-sandsteinklettern.gipfelbuch.de (accessed on December 29, 2012)

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '12.4 "  N , 14 ° 14' 9.2"  E