Finkenhübel
| Finkenhübel | ||
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 View to the Finkenhübel |
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| height | 410.6 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Free State of Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Eastern Upper Lusatia | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '45 " N , 14 ° 38' 22" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
The Finkenhübel (Czech Pěnkavák ) is a 411 meter high knoll in the Großschönau basin and hill country in the eastern Upper Lusatia in the Free State of Saxony . The unforested mountain rises between the Mandau and Lausur valleys in the Großschönau district . Approx. The German-Czech border runs 300 m west of its summit, the western slope is in the Warnsdorf district .
description
The Finkenhübel is surrounded by the Mandau in the north and the Lausur in the south, while the Karlsdorfer Bach (Karlovský potok in Czech) forms a gentle valley to the west. The triangulation framework standing on the summit is visible from afar. The Finkenhübel is surrounded north of Neu Warnsdorf, east of Großschönau and Vierhäuser, southeast of Neuschönau , south of Herrenwalde , southwest of Niedergrund and west of Karlsdorf. Varnsdorf train station is at the northern foot. To the north rises the Warnsdorf Spitzberg (544 m above sea level), to the northeast the Hutberg (371 m above sea level), southwest the Weberberg (711 m above sea level), to the west the border beech / Hraniční buk (542 m above sea level) and northwest of the Burgsberg / Hrádek (429 m above sea level). To the east is the Jahnsberg.
construction
The Finkenhübel consists of a basalt cover, which is partly covered by phonolite from the Jahnsberg. The well-formed phonolite slabs on Jahnsberg were 8-10 m long and 0.3-1 m thick. They were inclined at 80 ° to the west and, because of their transverse fissures, could easily be split into regular building blocks. Most of the phonolite at Jahnsberg was dismantled by the quarry.
The disused quarry on Jahnsberg is now protected as a natural monument on an area of 0.4 ha.
history
On the south-western slope of the Finkenhübels, the Plunderstraße led from Waltersdorf via Alt Warnsdorf to Seifhennersdorf . After King Matthias moved to Bautzen on the road, which had been forbidden since 1409, in 1611 , it was named "Königsweg".
In 1832 an inn was built on the "Königsweg" in Saxon territory - right on the border near the Bohemian Karlsdorf. The single-layer inn "Am Finkenhübel" developed into a popular excursion restaurant. After the "Königsweg" was closed after the Second World War as a cross-border connection from Neuschönau to Warnsdorf, the restaurant "Am Finkenhübel" continued to exist for a few years. A postcard from 1958 shows the restaurant, which was still working at the time, in a dilapidated state. Today the property at the end of Finkenhübelstrasse is used for other commercial purposes.
literature
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 135-136.
