Buchberg (Fritztal Mountains)

Buchberg (Hörndl)
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height	1154  m above sea level A.
location	near Bischofshofen , State of Salzburg
Mountains	Fritztal Mountains , Salzburg Slate Alps
Dominance	0.74 km →  Breitspitz
Notch height	37 m ↓  mountain ridge east of Ronach
Coordinates	47 ° 24 '26 "  N , 13 ° 14' 49"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '26 "  N , 13 ° 14' 49"  E
particularities	historical copper mining, mountain chapel

The Buchberg (summit actually Hörndl ,  1154  m above sea level ) is an elevation near Bischofshofen in the province of Salzburg , Austria .

Location and landscape

The Buchberg is a foothill of the Hochgründeck , on the right in the Salzach Valley to the east via Bischofshofen. It is a wooded ridge that stretches from the Hochgründeck summit ( 1,827  m above sea level ) northwest, separated from the main massif by the Raidlgraben , a small tributary of the Fritzbach west of Pöham . On its flank, on the shoulder of the valley, lie the Bischofshofen villages of Buchberg , Kreuzberg and Winkl, as well as the old Buchberg church with a beautiful view; at Sankt Rupert it runs out over the Kreuzberg into the Sinnhubschlössl peninsula between Salzach and Fritzbach.

The spur elevation is actually called Hörndl , while Buchberg is officially the secondary summit 200 m to the west that can be seen from the valley ( 1124  m above sea level  ⊙ ).

Mining Buchberg

The geological boundary between the Grauwackenzone and Werfener layers runs over the north-western flank of the Buchberg , from the valley between the town of Bischofshofen and Mitterberghütten via Stein, Reit, and Oberberg to Alpfahrt , passing below the Sporn summit. This forms the actual border between the Central Alps and the Limestone Alps . The zone is one of the richest in natural resources in the entire Alpine region. Copper mining is important here in this area .

Copper was mined on the Buchberg as early as prehistoric times, as studies on a row of pings south of the Hördlkapelle in the summit area have shown. This certainly includes the Sinnhubschlössl processing site at the foot of the mountain.

The Schurfbau fiefs above in a remnant of medieval mining. The farm name Arzberg ('Erzberg') south of Oberbichl also shows well-known sites.

Late 19th century was at Mitterberghütten (Mitterberger main course) the continuation of the Mühlbacher occurrence developed ( North and Südrevier ). In 1952, the continuation on the other side of the Salzach, on the Buchberg, was started (Buchberggang) . Here the ore vein has a thickness of about 20 cm. Were chipped in the room Laubichl the Upper (878 m) and the Lower Buchenberg tunnel (715 m), where a treatment plant was built, as well as 3 km further south in Naglgraben at Oberbichl the Schurfbau Arzbergstollen (868 m). Mining began on May 1, 1952. Here, 76–80 t of copper ore were extracted daily, up to the point of discontinuation a total of 175,000 t of stone (metal content around 1% Cu). Overall, however, the quality was unsatisfactory, on November 30, 1959, the Buchberg mine was shut down again. The workforce was then deployed in Mühlbach.

Mining should not have been easy, for the leather jump, the admission ceremony for young miners, the saying “Buchberg is purgatory, Mühlbach is hell” was said in Mühlbach.

Today the dumps are largely overgrown, the processing plant, which was closed down in 1960, has been completely renatured. Existing remains, such as the Schurfbau fiefs, the Maximiliansgrotte and the Stollen und Pingen Edt, are to be made tangible within the planned Ore of the Alps Geopark .

Hörndl Chapel

The Hörndlkapelle , also Hörndlfraukapelle , is a small mountain church on the summit of the Hörndl summit. She stands in the forest, hard on the eastern edge of the terrain. The mother of God , the farm maid Elisabeth Pilzegger, is said to have appeared here in 1851 . A votive chapel was then built.

The chapel is a simple wooden house in the style of forest and hunting lodges. The old chapel was recently demolished and replaced by a new building.

ways

The mountain can be reached easily from Winkl or Buchberg- Oberberg , the path over the summit connects the two localities and then continues as the normal route to Heinrich-Kiener-Haus with the St. Vinzenz Friedenskirche and the Hochgründeck. This path (in the variant via the Hofersattel, the Friedensweg ) also leads the St. Rupert pilgrim path into the valley to the Buchberg church and the St. Rupert mission house (route 3, stage 17)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Gerhard Feitzinger, Wilhelm Günther, Angelika Brunner: Old mining and smelting sites in the state of Salzburg . State of Salzburg - Department 16 Environmental Protection, Salzburg 1998, Nordrevier-Mitterberg, Südrevier-Bischofshofen-St. Johann , section southern area and processing Buchberg , p. 22 ( online [PDF] chapter from p. 19). online ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} L. Weber, Ch. Reichl: Representation of Austrian mining . (Chapter 5). In: Leopold Weber (Ed.): The Austrian Raw Material Plan . Archive for deposit research (AfL). tape 26 . Federal Geological Institute, Vienna 2012, 5.3.2. The ore mining. Non-ferrous metals. Copper. Sections Mitterberger Nordrevier (Mühlbach / Hochkönig), Mitterberger Südrevier ("Einöden") and especially Buchberg , p. 63 ff . ( online [PDF]).
3. ↑ ^{a b} UNESCO (ed.): Geopark "Erz der Alpen". Application dossier for membership of the global geoparks network . onA 2013, section Mining area of ​​Mühlbach am Hochkönig - Mitterberg (northern district); St. Johann i. Pongau - Brandergang - Bürgstein - Burgschwaiggang and Buchberg at Bischofshofen (southern district) , S. 15th f . ( Online [PDF; 4.5 MB ; accessed on June 21, 2016] Geosites in Bischofshofen: Geosite 2 Buchberg , Geosite 4: Schurfbau Lehen , Geosite 5: Maximiliansgrotte am Buchberg , Geosite 6: Stollen und Pingen Edt , in Geosites, Geopark Info Points and Geopark Experience Points , p. 20 [ff].).
4. ^ Wilhelm Günther, Clemens Eibner, Andreas Lippert , Werner H. Couple: 5000 years of copper mining in Mühlbach am Hochkönig - Bischofshofen . Mühlbach am Hochkönig municipality, 1993, p. 278 .
5. ↑ UNESCO (ed.): Geopark “Erz der Alpen”. Application dossier for membership of the global geoparks network . onA 2013, section Mining area of ​​Mühlbach am Hochkönig - Mitterberg (northern district); St. Johann i. Pongau - Brandergang - Bürgstein - Burgschwaiggang and Buchberg at Bischofshofen (southern district) , S. 15th f . ( Dossier and Appendix 1 [PDF; accessed on May 15, 2018]).
6. ^ Weber, Reichl: Mitterberger Nordrevier (Mühlbach / Hochkönig) . In: AfL . tape 26 , p. 63 , col. 1 .
7. ↑ Weber, Reichl: Fig. 55. Copper ore vein (passage width 20 cm) in the former Buchberg mine (photo: L. Weber). In: AfL . tape 26 , p. 64 .
8. ↑ Mühlbach am Hochkönig catalog of cultural values . 4.2. Lived tradition: Barbara celebration and leather jump , p. 20 ( online at muehlbach.salzburg.at [PDF] p. 10–20, chapter 3.4; download directory at muehlbach.salzburg.at ; in PDF p. 6).
9. ^ ^{A b} Johannes Neuhardt: Pilgrimages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1982, ISBN 978-3-7954-0441-3 , Deanery St. Johann im Pongau: Hörndlkapelle in Bischofshofen , p. 104 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).
10. ↑ an older view see Bischofshofen (Hörndlkapelle), St. Johann district, Salzburg, Austria , denkmalprojekt.org, 2010 (with patent slips)
11. ↑ Figure Hoerndlkapelle , Stock Leonhard on touren.lawinen.at, January 11, 2012.
12. ^ Association St. Rupert Pilgerweg: St. Rupert Pilgerweg , stage 17 From Hochgründeck to Bischofshofen: Hochgründeck - Hofer Sattel - Buchberg - Missionshaus St. Rupert - Bischofshofen , pp. 60/61 ( route 3, stages 11-17 ( Memento des Originals dated May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. [PDF], map ( Memento of the original dated May 29, 2014 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. [PDF], both pilgerwege.at).  
13. ^ Thomas Neuhold: Bischofshofen - Hochgründeck . In: Salzburger Fenster , No. 40 / November 7, 2012, p. 14 ( salzburger-fenster.at ( memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check Original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note (PDF) there p. 16).