Fahrberg (Upper Palatinate Forest)
| Fahrberg | ||
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 Fahrberg near Waldthurn with the pilgrimage church "Mariä Heimsuchung" |
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| height | 801 m | |
| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Upper Palatinate Forest | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 40 '1 " N , 12 ° 21' 54" E | |
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| rock | Gneiss | |
The Fahrenberg has been a popular pilgrimage mountain in the Upper Palatinate Forest since the 13th century .
geography
The 801 m high Fahrenberg is located east of the Waldthurn market in the eastern part of the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district . The mountain, largely made of gneiss , occupies a dominant position in the area. In the “Feneisenstein” rock group, which is protected as a natural monument, 300 m south-east of the summit, the moldanubian biotite gneiss typical of western Fahrenberg is exposed. In the eastern area there is a more mica-like gneiss ( diaphthorite ). The forest on the Fahrenberg is increasingly being converted into a natural mixed forest.
history
There was already a castle complex on the Fahrenberg before 1200, which passed to the Knights Templar around 1200. According to tradition, a member of this order brought a statue of Our Lady with him from the Holy Land in 1204. A chapel was built next to the castle, later the castle was converted into a small monastery and the image of Mary was erected there for veneration. This was the beginning of the Marian pilgrimage to the Fahrenberg, which still attracts a large number of believers today. After the turmoil of the Hussite storms , the Reformation period with frequent changes of faith and peasant uprisings and the Thirty Years' War , the Catholic Counter-Reformation initially had a difficult position in the Waldthurner Ländchen, which came under the rule of the Lobkowicz family from Bohemia. In order to revive the pilgrimage that was lying down, they had a new church built on the Fahrenberg, which was completed in 1762. After it was destroyed by fire in 1772, the pilgrimage church was rebuilt in a short time by 1779 and again developed into a center of Marian piety in the Upper Palatinate, which also attracted numerous pilgrims from neighboring Bohemia. This cross-border function, interrupted during the Cold War , has picked up again since the fall of the Iron Curtain .
Freetime activities
TV Vohenstrauß 1864 operates a ski and snowboard center on the Fahrenberg with three slopes at an altitude of 661 m to 801 m. Snow cannons are used to generate artificial snow. In the cross-country skiing center in Fahrenberg-Mitterberg there are a total of 57 km of cross-country skiing trails available. In the cross-country skiing center in Fahrenberg you can run under floodlights on a 2 km long trail, which is also designed for skating.
literature
- MR. v. Gaertner, H.-H. Schmitz: Geological-petrographic observations in the Moldanubic / Saxothuringic border zone in the northern Upper Palatinate . In: Geological Yearbook . tape 85 , 1968, pp. 315-370 .
- Johann Götz: Fahrenberg. Pilgrimage church in the parish of Waldthurn . 2nd Edition. Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1960, p. 14 .
- Joseph Greil: Pilgrimage Church in Fahrenberg (Opf.) . 2nd Edition. Oefele, Ottobeuren 1986, p. 15 .
- Hans May: The Fahrenberg. A picture of nature, economy and history from the Bohemian Forest . Self-published, Munich 1904, p. 92 .
- Georg Schmidbauer: The Fahrenberg. The "holy mountain of the Upper Palatinate". History and stories . Bodner, Pressath 2011, ISBN 978-3-939247-11-1 , pp. 141 .
Web links
- The geotope Fahrenberg , v. Berthold Weber
- Aerial photos of Fahrenberg
- Fahrberg ski and snowboard center
- Cross-country skiing centers Fahrenberg-Mitterberg
- Driving mountain webcam
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Geotope Fahrenberg , v. Berthold Weber, accessed July 24, 2015.
- ↑ Forest is not totally shaved , article from August 10, 2012 on Oberpfalznetz.de, accessed on July 24, 2015.
- ↑ See the following: Der Fahrenberg , description on the website of the Waldthurn parish, accessed on July 24, 2015.
- ↑ Ski and snowboard center Fahrenberg , technical equipment, accessed on July 24, 2015.
- ↑ Cross-country skiing centers in Fahrenberg-Mitterberg ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tour description, accessed on July 24, 2015.
