Blumenthal (Selb)

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Blumenthal
Municipality of Selb
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 25 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 9 ″  E
Postal code : 95100
Blumenthal (Bavaria)
Blumenthal

Location of Blumenthal in Bavaria

The wilderness of Blumenthal is a district of the city of Selb in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains (northeast Bavaria) in the valley of the Eger . Access is via the state road 2178 Selb - Hohenberg, Wellerthal exit.

history

In 1749, the blast furnace master Benjamin Opp built an iron cutting mill above the Wellerthal factory at that time on the Eger. Since the Wellerthal operation came to a complete standstill at times, the iron cutting mill was no longer able to operate profitably from 1753. The plant was converted into a sawmill by the owner and was granted the concession in 1758. The mill was now called "Oppenmühle", in 1827 it was no longer mentioned.

In 1833, Kommerzienrat Johann Michael Zeitler acquired Gut Blumenthal, in 1895 Eugen Hutschenreuther, a son of Lorenz Hutschenreuther , bought Gut Blumenthal and built a brick villa next to the farm buildings. In 1973 the Hutschenreuther AG porcelain factory became the owner of the entire area, including buildings and fish ponds, and set up a holiday home for employees and jubilees looking for relaxation. Until 1991 there was an inn and a small porcelain museum. Today there is an educational institution there.

Monument protection

The city fountain, which once stood on Selber's market square, is located in the garden of the former economic building. It is entered in the list of monuments of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation. The octagonal stone basin with a neo-Gothic top with two spouts dates from the 18th century. It is not known when the well came from Selb to Blumenthal.

Sour well

To the southwest and west of the former manor building there is a series of artificially created ponds with biotope areas in two valley cuts. Species of large reed grow in the silting zones of the ponds, and the kingfisher has been sighted.

In the middle of the second pond there is a brick well tower with a wooden structure. A “sour well”, an iron and carbonated source, bubbles under the house. It is not known when the mineral spring was discovered. The Sauerbrunnen belongs to a series of springs whose center is near Františkovy Lázně in the Czech Republic. A wooden walkway used to connect the pond bank with the well house. After 1918 the fish pond was drained. From around 1920 to 1936 the medicinal water was bottled and sold. Mineral water was served to hikers and guests in a drinking hall next to the Blumenthal estate building. The popular Säuerling lay in the middle of the meadow and was visited by many guests in summer. This caused the landowner to dammed the pond again as it had caused considerable damage.

literature

  • Dieter Arzberger: Mühlen und Müller im Sechsämterland, Volume 10 of the series “Selber Heft” 2006, pp. 167–168
  • Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .
  • Reinhard Höllerich : Historical place names book of Bavaria-Upper Franconia, Volume 3 Rehau-Selb

Web links

  • Blumenthal (PDF file) at bayern-fichtelgebirge.de