Frenzelsberg
| Frenzelsberg | ||
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 Frenzelsberg seen from the south |
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| height | 474.3 m above sea level HN | |
| location | Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '54 " N , 14 ° 34' 8" E | |
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| rock | Nepheline tephrite , Seidenberger granodiorite | |
The Frenzelsberg or Frenzelberg , sometimes also called Röthigberg , is a mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland in Saxony . It rises to the west of the Seifhennersdorfer Flur directly on the Czech border. To the south the forest river valley leads through the meadows between the Frenzelsberg and Konradberg (formerly Schiefnerberg).
The occurring nepheline tephrite , a basalt rock, was previously used for retaining walls and embankment walls as well as road gravel. As early as 1770, the Rumburg office had removed the rock material for the construction of the road that passed across the Czech border. In the small, abandoned quarry, the columnar shape can still be clearly seen. Due to its mineral composition, the rock used to be the normal type of the nepheline-tephrite group of basalt in scientific geology according to international agreements .
history
A bar was built on the wooded peak in 1877, after which the mountain became a popular excursion destination. The workers held their first May celebration here in 1890, the second in 1896 and another in 1930. After the First World War, the local group of the tourist association “Die Naturfreunde ” converted the hut into a nature lovers' house with a youth hostel. This was confiscated after the NSDAP came to power (and the Naturefriends Organization was banned) in 1933 and fell into disrepair over time.
Vernacular
An older legend tells of a treasure in a treasure cave on the Frenzelsberg, a more recent legend of the raising of a war chest. The older inhabitants of Seifhennersdorf regard the mountain as a weather mountain. Its basaltic stone, also called "blue stones", is said to prevent misfortune according to the vernacular.
Protected area
The Frenzelsberg (its wooded part) is protected as a 4.2 hectare geological area natural monument.
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.
- The treasure on the Frenzelsberg. Legends from the area around Seifhennersdorf. Selected u. together v. Paul Kirsch. Verlag Dieter Winkler, Seifhennersdorf 1996. Brochure, 28 pp.
