Elisabethenschneise
Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 25.9 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 50.7 ″ E The Elisabethenschneise is the western extension of the Tannenwaldallee in the former Landgravial Gardens of Bad Homburg . It was laid out in 1821 and stretches in a straight line for 5 km from the edge of the Taunus forestat the Gothic House to near the Sandplackens , where the Limes ranin Roman times. It is named after Landgravine Elisabeth , the wife of Friedrich VI.
history
Elisabeth's father-in-law Friedrich V had already viewed the forest west of the Landgravial Gardens as a largely natural extension of the park. For the construction he had sprinkled some buildings, for example a farmhouse and a "temple of silent virtue" (1783); these no longer exist today. The obelisk is still there, but it is mossy and overgrown, near the trout farm , which was created later in 1894 and which Friedrich V and his wife Karoline von Hessen-Darmstadt received from their children in 1818 for their golden wedding anniversary.
The continuous connection was only established in 1821 under Frederick VI. and Elisabeth created. For this purpose a group of Taunus quartzite rocks standing in the way , which is now called Elisabethenstein (previously Eschbachstein ), had to be partially blown up.
In addition, two bridges had to be built over crossing streams, the Leopoldsbrücke over the Heuchelbach and the Landgrafenbrücke over the Kalte Wasser .
The Leopoldsbrücke was built by the master mason Johann Weckerling. The inscription in the zenith of the barrel vault reads: “FRIEDRICH JOSEPH Sv. LANDGRAF ZHHOMBURG d 15t N 1823 ".
The Landgrave Bridge was built to commemorate Frederick V and, with its length of 71 feet and 11 inches, corresponds to his age in year and day. The inscription at the top of the barrel vault reads: “FRIEDRICH JOSEPH Sv. LANDGRAF ZHHOMBURG the 23rd APRIL 1828 ”.
For reasons of location and traffic, both bridges were placed under monument protection.
In 1825 Friedrich VI. on the aisle between these two brooks for his youngest brother Leopold , who died in the battle of Großgörschen , a memorial urn, the "Leopoldsstein" (today in the castle park).
To the south of the Landgrafenberg, the Elisabethenschneise continues uphill past the Homburger Hütte up to Sandplacken (now a popular cycling and hiking trail).
"Elisabethenschneise Landscape Park"
This is not a historical term, but part of a redevelopment concept that the city of Bad Homburg has been addressing in various project groups since 2000. An information board at the Elisabethenstein provides information about plans to restore or reconstruct the dilapidated or no longer existing facilities.
The special features of the forest around the Elisabethenschneise today include other natural monuments that did not exist in Elisabeth's time or were only freshly planted, for example the Luther oak on the König-Wilhelms-Weg crossing east of the Elisabethenstein (planted in 1817), up to 40 m tall thuja trees at the Forellengut (planted in 1888), a giant sequoia tree at the Frankfurter Forsthaus (planted in 1866, approx. 35 m high, 6 m circumference). In 1966 the so-called Krausbäumchen fell victim to a storm, a peculiarly shaped Süntelbuche on a cross path ( Krausbäumchenschneise ) crossing near the trout farm , which was designated as a natural monument in 1938 and has since been replaced by young plants.
literature
- Hermin Herr: Lexikon vom Hohe Taunus, 1993, ISBN 3-7829-0437-0 , pp. 25-26.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Bridges to Elisabethenschneise In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse