Rock theater (Bad Liebenstein)
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 In the center of the rock theater, to the left of the stairs, you get to the rest of the cave |
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| Location: | Thuringian Forest , Germany | |
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Geographic location: |
50 ° 49 '19.8 " N , 10 ° 21' 55.2" E | |
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| Type: | Rift cave, cave ruin | |
| Overall length: | about 30 meters | |
The rock theater is a sight of the town of Bad Liebenstein and is located about 500 meters north of the Liebenstein castle ruins in the forest of the Schlossberg. As a natural monument , the area is under protection and is a habitat for rare plant and animal communities.
history
The rock section of the rock theater belonging to the Altensteiner Zechstein reef is an approximately 255 million year old calcareous algae reef of the Upper Permian ( Zechstein ). Weathering (karstification) formed one larger and several small caves in the rock. In the background of the collapsed cavity there is a fracture-bound, still preserved cave remnant. The entire cave has been known as the “Hohe Scheuer” or “Hohle Scheune” since the Middle Ages. According to reports, part of the cave ceiling above the largest room in the cave collapsed in the 16th century. The rock theater therefore represents a cave ruin in terms of karst geology.
Around 1800 it was recognized the possibility of creating an attractive excursion point in the vicinity of the spa by creating stairs and paths. This renovation is often wrongly classified in the period around 1860. But a pictorial representation of the court painter Thierry is known as early as 1802. Friedrich Mosengeil describes the situation in detail in his work Das Bad Liebenstein and its surroundings , published in 1815 . The name "Hohle Scheune" is also mentioned there.
Framed by 6 to 8 meter high rock walls, stairs lead to a leveled area with benches, which is henceforth referred to as the “rock theater”. Use for theater performances is also mentioned, but has not been proven. You can still see a stage-like situation today, but a possible auditorium is located down the slope, which does not allow real theater use. The use of the redesigned cave for a wide variety of contemporary festivities, however, is quite likely. The site, which was overgrown at times, was restored in the years 2002–2003 by a project by the Alte Warth nature conservation center and the city of Bad Liebenstein.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. District of Gotha, Wartburg district, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ^ Author collective: Herzogl. S. Coburg-Meiningisches annual non-profit paperback 1803 . Hartmann, Meiningen 1802.
- ^ Friedrich Mosengeil: The Bad Liebenstein and its surroundings . Ettinger Buchhandlung, Gotha 1815, p. 31 ff . ( online ).
- ↑ Information boards on site