Forstenberg (Lausitzer Bergland)
| Forstenberg | ||
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 The west side of the Forstenberg. |
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| height | 458.8 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Free State of Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '48 " N , 14 ° 40' 32" E | |
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| rock | Phonolite | |
| particularities | Ski jump | |
The Forstenberg , also called Forsten , is a 459 meter high mountain in the eastern Lusatian Bergland in the Free State of Saxony . It is located in the district of Leutersdorf in Upper Lusatia and borders the town of Spitzkunnersdorf in the north . The forest covering the mountain belongs to the Hofebusch , which extends further south from here.
geology
The mountain rests on a basalt cover, which has formed a spur to the east here, creating a steep slope in the landscape. The top of the mountain is made of phonolite , which protrudes through the basalt as a gangly cast rock. At the summit there are black phonolite cliffs that form a wall-like ridge. About 20 meters lower on the western slope, phonolite columns falling from the south form the so-called black stone . On the other slopes of the mountain there are some large, pitted basalt blocks.
ecology
The forest on the Forstenberg consists mainly of beeches , sycamore maples and ash trees , as well as individual sycamore elms and winter linden trees . On the lower mountain slopes, the forest was mainly afforested with spruce . Garlic mustard and the purple blooming silver leaf can be found on the summit cliffs . Otherwise, apart from some densely growing young beeches, there is hardly any ground vegetation.
The area of forest mountain is part of the conservation area Mandautal and surfaces naturdenkmal forestry summit .
history
The mountain was first mentioned in 1447 and belonged to the possessions of the Spitzkunnersdorf manor before it was sold in 1927 by Moritz Joachim Ernst von Kyaw to the municipality of Spitzkunnersdorf.
The Neumann stone is located about 200 meters east of the summit . It commemorates Christian Neumann, who died here on May 28, 1764 in a forest accident. It is one of three such memorial stones in the Hofebusch.
Ski jump
On the eastern slope of the mountain forest has been since 1958 Ski Jump Forest Hills- built, which to this day by 1861 Spitzkunnersdorf TSV is used and constantly updated, so that the plant today four attempts covers. The longest of the jumps has a K-point of 40 meters.
In addition to various training units, competitions are also held here on a regular basis.
legend
According to a legend, dwarfed wooden women live on the mountain , giving gifts to hardworking and helpful people, such as dry leaves that later turned into gold pieces. There is also a report of a farmer who discovered the wooden women baking cakes on the summit of Forstenberg and received a cake from them the next morning.
literature
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 2nd Edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1971, p. 107f.
Web links
- spitze-info.de - website of TSV 1861 Spitzkunnersdorf with information on the history of the forest jump
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology; Department of nature conservation, landscape management: Habitat type report "Buchenwald am Forstenberg". Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Philipp von Steinau (ed.): Folk tales of the Germans . Julius Schieferdecker, Zeitz 1838, p. 273 ff . ( Digitized version ).