Fellerkofel
The Fellerkofel ( Havran u Jítravy ) also Großer Rabenstein or Schindluderkopf is a rock near Jítrava (Pankratz) in the Lusatian Mountains . The rock is located south of the E 442 from Děčín to Liberec on the northern slope of the 650 meter high Sponge Mountain ( Jítravský vrch ). With a valley side of almost fifty meters, the rock is one of the most important in the entire Lusatian Mountains.
The sandstone of the summit comes from the Cenoman , the oldest stage of the Upper Cretaceous, and is usually very rich in quartz. It also contains calcareous binders. With a few exceptions, the rock is very solid with a smooth surface.
Rudolf Kauschka wrote about the rock in 1924: towering over the forest and clearing, the great Rabenstein, called Fellerkofel, a throne, looking far north to the cities of Lusatia, an eyrie of wild falcons .
South of the rock is the smaller Malý Havran (Malý Havran).
Climb
The Fellerkofel was probably climbed in an early period. The year 1860, engraved on the summit, tells of an early ascent. Other sources name the Zittau teacher Theodor Feller (the rock was named after him) as the first to climb in 1890. Willy Kahl and his companions achieved the first secured ascent on September 19, 1892. Today there are almost fifty climbing routes of various degrees of difficulty on the summit.
The hardest paths on the rock are on the valley side. There are the routes “Hard rock” - XIb (Saxon scale) and “Great roof” - IXc from 2008, as well as “Vymyk - Aufschwung” - Xb from 2005.
literature
- Michael Bellmann u. Manfred Thiele: Climbing Guide Northern Bohemia Verlag Michael Bellmann, Dresden 2003.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ' N , 14 ° 52' E