Breiteberg
| Breiteberg | ||
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 Breiteberg from the Sängerhöhe in Waltersdorf |
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| height | 510.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '33 " N , 14 ° 42' 17" E | |
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| rock | Phonolite + basalt | |
| particularities | Dr. Curt Heinke Tower ( AT ) | |
The Breiteberg ( 510.1 m above sea level ) is a mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland in Saxony . He is considered the mountain of Hainewalde and can be reached from there in about 30 minutes.
Location and surroundings
The Breiteberg is located in the transition area between the Zittau Mountains and the Lusatian Mountains between the villages of Hainewalde , Großschönau and Bertsdorf . The Katzenhöhe plateau extends at the southern foot of the mountain. North-east, the rising Scheibenberg , in the southeast of Seidelberg and south of Steinberg .
geology
The Breiteberg is a phonolite dome on a base made of basalt rock. It originated in the Tertiary when there was great tectonic and volcanic activity in the area.
history
The Breiteberg has been known for a series of legends for many centuries; the legend of the " Querxen vom Breiteberg", a kind of dwarf who live in the mountain, "The Wild Hunter on the Breitenberge" and "The Dragon on the Breitenberge". In 1619 the mountain was also referred to as the "dwarf mountain" in Bertsdorf's church book.
In 1467, the Hussites suffered great losses on the Breiteberg when they wanted to move to Bohemia with rich booty. They were attacked here by hidden tremors who killed 150 Hussites.
Lookout tower and summit area
1880 was a wooden observation tower and Johann Franz Vorknecht on the top of a cottage opened as a summer restaurant. It is one of the oldest mining towns in the area. The original wooden tower had a total height of 12 m. In 1898, however, the tower had to be removed after a storm damage. In 1936 the 13 m high Dr. Curt Heinke Tower was built according to a design by the Zittau architect Richard Schiffner with a square base size of 5 mx 5 m - this time from stone that was extracted in a smaller quarry on the south side of the Breiteberg. He is reminiscent of a "meritorious connoisseur of southern Upper Lusatia", local researcher and geologist Curt Heinke (1890–1934).
On September 2, 1891, a 5 m high monument to Emperor Friedrich III was erected on the north side . with the inscription “Learn to suffer without complaining”. The bronze figure on a stone plinth reached a height of five meters and was created by the renowned Berlin foundry Gladenbeck & Sohn . In 1947 the monument was overturned, the bronze sculpture has been lost since then, only the stone base can still be seen.
At the end of the 19th century, the Bertsdorf-Hainewalder Gebirgsverein erected two memorial stones on the Breiteberg. one in 1884 in honor of the researcher and pastor Karl Wilhelm Dornik from Hainewalde. This Dornikstein is now placed inside the tower. The second memorial stone honored Carl August Zöllner. This tax collector's stone has long been considered lost.
The tower was repaired between 1966 and 1969. Since the renovation of the Dr. Curt Heinke Tower by the municipalities of Bertsdorf-Hörnitz and Hainewalde in 2003/2004, there is a closed glass dome on the tower and a small geological exhibition inside.
view
The summit is forested, but from the observation tower on the summit you have an excellent all-round view of the Lausitz and Zittau mountains , the Lausitz mountains , the Landeskrone near Görlitz , the Jizera Mountains , the Giant Mountains and the Jeschken . Orientation boards are attached to the parapet of the viewing platform. The key to the tower can be obtained from the mine.
Paths to the summit
Three paths lead to the summit, two of which are illuminated. A road leads up from Bertsdorf to supply the Breitebergbaude. The "Martin-Köhler-Weg" leading from the Hainewald side to the summit is reserved for hikers.
Worth seeing
- Querxloch (cave-like crevice)
- Tschoarschlsteen (phonolite slab for children to slide on)
- Querxenbrunnen or Querxborn (enclosed source)
- Phonolite quarry
literature
- Meyer's nature guide Upper Lusatia; Meyers Lexikonverlag Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich; ISBN 3-411-07161-3
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 150–151.
- Peter Rölke (Ed.): Hiking & Nature Guide Zittauer Gebirge , Berg- & Naturverlag Rölke, Dresden 2006, ISBN 3-934514-17-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Height and location on the Saxony Atlas geoportal