Buchberg (Lasberg)
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| height | 813 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Upper Austria , Austria | |
| Dominance | 2.7 km → Sattlerberg | |
| Notch height | 127 m ↓ wayside shrine near Elz | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 '8 " N , 14 ° 34' 2" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
| particularities | Hoh-Haus observation tower | |
The Buchberg is 813 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the market town of Lasberg in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . The wooden observation tower Hoh-Haus (also: Burg am Buchberg ) is located on the mountain top . Many hiking trails run through the wooded mountain up to the observation tower. The mountain was first climbed and inhabited by humans as early as the Neolithic Age. However, it is not entirely clear whether a wooden castle or a wooden house stood on the Buchberg. Researching the finds from the 11th and 13th centuries gave rise to the idea of building a lookout tower called the Hoh House , which is supposed to be reminiscent of the wooden castle of the past.
Location and surroundings
The Buchberg is located in the municipality of Lasberg , about 1.5 kilometers southeast of the village center. The closest hamlet is Grieb , a few 100 meters west of the summit. The Buchberg is forested with conifers and accessed through several forest roads. The furthest extent of the mountain is 1550 meters from Punkenhof towards Grieb. The castle site on the Buchberg is a rock group on the second, northwestern peak of the mountain. It was surrounded by a still visible wall and a ditch with a diameter of around 50 meters.
geology
The Buchberg is characterized by its mighty rock towers. They are boulders that are left over from a rock mass of the earth's crust that cooled down 350 to 310 billion years ago. These are rocks of the Middle Paleozoic , which were formed during the Variscan mountain formation . The mountain formation of the Buchberg is characterized by natural events such as displacement by earthquakes, rock falls, precipitation, mudslides, frost breaks, water discharge, storms and other storms. During the bulging caused by the natural events, deeper-lying masses penetrated the already cooling mass. The somewhat older rock mass became cold more slowly and could form larger crystals in the mass. It is spoken of the coarse-grained Weinsberger granite . At the same time, warm rock mass penetrated into the crevices, but it cooled faster and therefore formed finer crystal structures. The fine-grained Mauthausen granite is used here. The surface structure of the granite is characterized by wool sack weathering . Thus, in the Mühlviertel you can often see fine-grain granite passages between the coarse boulders. Such granite blocks are especially suitable for climbing.
Central Europe, and thus also the Mühlviertel, used to be in a very hot zone. This means that the main weathering of the boulders can be traced. This climate and weathering can still be seen today in southern Africa, especially in the Namib Desert. There is no vegetation there and the rock towers lie around freely. Europe is now in the temperate zone and so the Buchberg is covered with forest and forest roads.
Story of the Buchberg
The history of the Buchberg can be traced back to the Neolithic , because there are already finds from this time, such as the Tüllenbein from the Koppenberg (north opposite the Hoh-Haus) or a stone ax .
The Burgstall Buchberg is a hill fort and is located 100 m below the summit of the Buchberg. On one side the complex was protected by steep cliffs, on the side where there was no cliff, a palisade fence protected the castle. Due to numerous ceramic finds, the complex can be dated to the 11th to the middle of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. The found "key from Hoh 'Haus ob Lasberg" is dated to 1250.
It has been proven that the Buchberg was already being climbed at this time. Old pot shards were found in the black humus soil at the foot of the rocks. According to an investigation in the Landesmuseum Linz, these ceramic remains could be dated to the 11th to 13th centuries. From the amount of broken glass on the north slope it can be concluded that the kitchen of the wooden house was on a small plateau above. The remains of charred posts , which are no longer visible, testified to this . Two bullet points were also among the finds. A spindle whorl was also found, indicating that women lived on the Hoh 'house with their children. The house name Burgholzer for the property below the mountain suggests that the forest of the wooden castle was there. According to the finds, the Hoh 'Haus , which is still called today, was only inhabited until the middle of the 13th century. It was one of the first settlements in Lasberg am Buchberg and was then probably abandoned in favor of Lasberg Castle .
The facility was severely affected by the construction of a broadcasting station. This transmitter was dismantled in 2011 and a “fantasy castle with observation tower” was built at the site. During these activities, the western area of the (wall) ditch, which runs around the castle rock in a semicircle, was largely filled in. The remains of the wall of the "Festes Haus" were also removed.
Origin of name
Linguistically, the name Buchberg can be traced back to Burgberg , because the remains of an early historical wooden castle were already visible before the Hoh House was built. The rock is still popularly called Hoh-Haus . This name comes from the fact that there was already a castle high up on the mountain in the Neolithic Age and people lived there, i.e. Hohes Haus, or Hoh-Haus for short .
Hiking trails / routes
Several hiking trails lead to the Buchberg:
- From Lasberg market square: Past the waste material collection center to Etzltorfer-Häusl , after 100 meters on the Grieb supply road, turn left up over a meadow path, then on a forest path up to the Buchberg.
- From the inn to the stop in Siegelsdorf: On the way next to the train tracks to the Kernland Museum in Grieb, then up to the Buchberg.
- From Sepp'n Wirt in Elz : 500 meters to the east, then follow the La 8 hiking trail, this leads to the Buchberg.
The so-called Fuchtelmannweg was marked with decorated tree stumps (Fuchtelmauna) that glow eerily in the dark.
The granite rocks of the Buchberg offer climbing opportunities . There are around 20 bouldering and 10 longer ( clean ) routes .
The Hoh House
The Hoh-Haus on Buchberg was planned as a tourist landmark. The idea of building a lookout point on the site of the former refuge from the Middle Ages originated in 2005. The Hoh House was opened on September 25, 2011. A significant part of the work was done through voluntary hours. The project costs were around 230,000 euros, half of which was raised through subsidies.
The observation tower is 9.3 meters high. From the approximately 3 meter high viewing platform, the view extends from the Mühlviertel over the Bohemian Forest to the Alpine chain and on clear days to the Traunstein . A platform with the identification of the viewpoints was installed around the observation tower. Some works of art are exhibited inside the tower, such as a model of a medieval wooden castle, the refuge of the Middle Ages. Excavation finds from the 11th to 13th centuries are exhibited in a glass showroom. You can see broken pots from kitchen vessels, keys and spindle whorls .
A wooden snail containing the model of the medieval wooden castle was built next to the tower . Information and the website of the Hoh-Haus can be accessed interactively on a screen. The roof of the snail is covered with moss that was collected by the students of the Lasberg elementary school. The students built stone figures on the moat of the new observation tower . For these castle guards , 120 large ballast stones were drilled through and strung onto structural steel scaffolding. The heads of these guardians are made of clay and have been designed decoratively by the individual classes.
A round plateau in the shape of a mandala made of stones is located west of the moat. Visitors can create their own stone shapes here. The stone mandala is part of an art project in which a webcam constantly documents changes in the stone formation.
The still recognizable moat, the steps to the rock and the walk around the observation tower have been restored. The entrance gate, an unworked, mighty stone, is located in front of the observation tower and is a symbol of nature and culture. On the left side of the stone there is a pane of glass. On it stands the question “Where are you going?”, Which stands for the ability of people to cognize and their responsibility for their actions. The second gate of the Buchberg is the gate of mindfulness, which stands for mobility. It consists of threaded-balls, made of rusted steel, clay and Niro . From there you can see the old weather cross, which remained untouched during the construction of the observation tower. You get through the gate to the heart of the former wooden castle.
Project and construction report
The idea of building an observation tower on the Buchberg was first expressed in the LA-21 impulse group for economy and tourism on September 29, 2005. In January 2007 the first rough concept for a Leader project was drawn up. The project was presented to the board of the Leader region Mühlviertler Kernland for the first time on March 5, 2008 and it was considered eligible. A year later, the office of the Upper Austrian provincial government announced that observation points would not be funded. Thus, the concept was revised again and called the K7 project . Now the project has been funded. The project application was submitted on May 14, 2009. The project group was put together on February 11, 2010 in the first project meeting. In June 2010 the Buchberg rock and a piece of forest around it were bought. The first work for the implementation of the project began in August 2010. In November and December 2010, tree felling, rock clearing and castle moat clearing were done and the castle wall was laid. Trees were cut back and sticks were cleared away.
The excavation work started in January 2011 and the base plate for the observation tower was concreted in March 2011. Then the wooden components for the observation tower were delivered by helicopter and the tower was finished in March. In April the bouldering blocks were cleaned for climbing. In April and May 2011, stones were leveled and the entrance gates were built. The primary school children collected moss for the roof of the observation tower and covered it with it. In the next few months there was still sanding and painting work on the observation tower and then some clean-up work. A lightning protection system was attached and a radio system was installed. In total there were 2,276.5 hours of voluntary work.
literature
- Franz Leitner: Protected by castles and outdoor seating. In: Marktgemeinde Lasberg (ed.): At home in Lasberg. 500 years of market survey 1510 - 2010. Plöchl-Druck, Freistadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-901479-54-0 , pp. 85–97.
- Christian K. Steingruber : A critical consideration of the historical-topographical manual by Norbert Grabherr. Upper Austrian Provincial Archives , Linz.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying : Austrian Map 1: 50,000, AMAP Online , accessed on October 19, 2011.
- ^ Franz Leitner: At home in Lasberg, The "Hoh 'Haus" on the Buchberg . 2010, p. 87.
- ↑ Hertha Awecker : History of the Lasberg market and its surroundings 1954, p. 11.
- ↑ What do the rocks from Buchberg tell us? buchberg-hoh-haus.at; Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ Edith Frimmel: The key to the story of Lasberg. In: EuroJournal Linz - Mühlviertel - Bohemian Forest. 13th year, 2007, issue 2, p. 4, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
- ↑ Steingruber, p. 172.
- ^ Franz Leitner: Lasberg in the course of time, "Lasberg once and now" . No. 1, 1985, p. 10.
- ↑ Hiking trails , accessed on November 9, 2011.
- ^ Walter Ortner: At home in Lasberg, "Fuchtelmännerweg auf den Buchberg" . 2010, p. 564.
- ↑ Bouldering , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on October 20, 2011.
- ^ Lasberg tourism center: invitation to the opening on Sunday. September 25, 2011.
- ^ Opening of the "Hoh-Haus" Buchberg , accessed on January 3, 2012.
- ↑ construction process , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on 14 January 2012 found.
- ↑ project description , buchberg-hoh-haus.at; Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ↑ Edith Frimmel: At home in LASBERG, "Students as home explorers". 2011, p. 4.
- ↑ portal of entry , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on 28 December 2011th
- ↑ Pforte der Achtsamkeit , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on December 28, 2011.
- ↑ project and building report , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on 24 January 2012 found.
- ↑ construction process , buchberg-hoh-haus.at, accessed on 24 January 2012 found.