Eierberg (Saxony)
| Eierberg | ||
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 Eierberg from the direction of Leppersdorf |
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| height | 353.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | between Pulsnitz and Lichtenberg ; District of Bautzen , Saxony ( Germany ) | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 10 '25 " N , 13 ° 59' 21" E | |
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| Type | Knoll | |
| rock | Two mica granodiorite | |
The Eierberg is a 353.5 m above sea level. NHN high elevation between Pulsnitz and Lichtenberg in the Saxon district of Bautzen .
nature and environment
The Eierberg belongs to the natural area of West Lusatian hills and mountains . The main rock is two-mica granodiorite, the top of the mountain is mainly overgrown with spruce and pine . The Kleine Röder rises on the southwest slope of the mountain .
history
According to historical maps, the Eierberg was formerly called the Reiherberg, as the area was a breeding area for these birds. In 1662, the Pulsnitz pastor Christian Ehrenhaus referred to the Eierberg as a "country preacher" in his work Three great country preachers, the Keulenberg, the Eierberg and the Gückelsberg, who preach about repentance, faith and the new obedience.
In 1909 the construction of the Waldhaus restaurant began on the Pulsnitz side of the Eierberg and opened in 1910. During the GDR era , the Waldhaus also served as a boarding school for the company academy for the socialist consumer goods trade in the Bischofswerda district . After the fall of the Wall it was used as an inn again, and it was renovated in 1996. In 2016, the forest house was auctioned and, after extensive renovation measures, reopened in 2017 as a hotel and restaurant.
Say of the heathen
A large spruce is said to have once stood on the summit of the Eierberg, around which the legend of Heidut is entwined. Said Heidut, whose real name has not been passed down, was, according to legend, a very pious and God-fearing inhabitant of Pulsnitz, who was greatly venerated by many. He was therefore given the gift of a higher power to hang up his belongings on "sun dust". This displeased the devil, and he tried by all means to harm the heathen. During a service, the devil showed himself in a grotesque form, but only visible to Pagan, whereupon he broke out in unsuitably loud laughter. As a result, his supernatural privileges were withdrawn from him and he lived a blasphemous life from then on until he died in a wild drinking binge. From then on his mind wandered through the Pulsnitz area at night until he was banished to the spruce on the Eierberg by a monk.
literature
- Dresdner Heide, Pillnitz, Radeberger Land (= values of our homeland . Volume 27). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1976, p. 39 f.
- Lausitzer Bergland around Pulsnitz and Bischofswerda (= values of our homeland . Volume 40). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1983, p. 29 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Christian Adolf Pescheck (Ed.): New Lausitzisches Magazin . Görlitz 1834, p. 151 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Waldhaus will be auctioned. Sächsische Zeitung, May 10, 2016, accessed on March 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Reiner Hanke: Waldhaus is about to start. Sächsische Zeitung, April 25, 2017, accessed on March 5, 2019 .
- ^ Heinrich Gottlob Gräve: Folk sagas and popular monuments of Lausitz . Hofenberg Collection, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-7437-2500-3 , pp. 88 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).