Giant bush
The Riesebusch ("giant" from " Reisig ") is a forest belonging to the town of Bad Schwartau , partly to the municipality of Ratekau (in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein ).
The giant bush begins on the ridge bordering the Schwartau river and extends from there towards Ratekau . A dense network of hiking trails runs through the giant bush, including a fitness trail .
swell
Several springs arise on the ridge of the Riesebusch - including the "Wilhelmsquelle" (named after Wilhelm Jensen - a friend of Emanuel Geibel ), which Thomas Mann mentions in the novel " Buddenbrooks ".
Burial mound
In the Riesebusch there are some (not marked) Bronze Age burial mounds .
Hort find in the Riesebusch
In the 1960s, a hoard of a flat ax and five spiral rolls made of copper (" Mondsee copper") were found in the Riesebusch , which could be assigned to the Early Copper Age IIIb / Funnel Beaker Culture C.
Ehrenhain in Riesebusch
In the eastern part of the Riesebusch stands the memorial designed by Harry Maasz in 1918 for the fallen soldiers of the First World War ( see main article : Ehrenhain (Bad Schwartau) )
Friedrich-August-Warte
To the east of the Ehrenhain in Riesebusch was the Friedrich-August-Warte on a ridge . It was an observation tower ( observation tower ) with a pointed roof and a height of 22.5 meters made of cement stones and timber framework . The tower was built in 1902 by the Bad Schwartau Beautification Association after collecting donations and was a popular excursion destination. In 1928 the tower was demolished because it was in disrepair.
It was named after the Oldenburg Grand Duke Friedrich August II.
Castle in the Riesebusch
In the northernmost part of the Riesebusch - on the so-called "Langen Hörn" - are the remains of the ( see main article ) castle in the Riesebusch .
Others
- The Riesebusch and the Wilhelmsquelle were immortalized literarily by Thomas Mann in the novel Buddenbrooks (6th section) or in Ludwig Ewers ' Die Großvaterstadt . On the excursion described there, they hike through the Riesebusch to the Wilhelmsquelle.
- The Riesebusch and other pieces of forest (e.g. the "Mönchskamp") in the town of Bad Schwartau and the community of Ratekau with a size of 401 hectares have been designated as the "Schwartauer Waldungen" landscape protection area since August 15, 1956 .
- On October 26, 1932, Adolf Hitler gave his speech, which was actually planned for November 6, 1932, in Lübeck in front of over 20,000 (40,000 according to newspapers close to the NSDAP ) on the sports field . However, since the marketplace was too small there and the Buniamshof too remote, in the opinion of the party , it was avoided here.
See also
literature
- Georg Harders: The Friedrich-August-Warte in Bad Schwartau. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde. Eutin 1985, pp. 112-113.
- W. Lorenzen: Investigation of a copper spiral from the hoard of Riesebusch, Kr. Eutin. In: Offa. 24, 1967, pp. 106-107.
- Max Steen : Bad Schwartau - Past and present. Lübeck 1973, ISBN 3-87890-017-1 .
Web links
- Giant bush. In: Albert Schmitz: Typological, chronological and paleometallurgical investigations into the early copper flat axes and copper chisels in old Europe. Dissertation. 2004. (Analysis of the pieces from the hoard; PDF file; 2.90 MB)
- www.umwelt.schleswig-holstein.de/servlet/is/22880/LRP_II_Hauptteil.pdf (list of landscape protection areas)
- Monument and name towers in Schleswig-Holstein. kultfeinwerk.de, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved on May 8, 2015 (“Friedrich-August-Warte” under “Name towers that no longer exist / monument towers in Schleswig-Holstein” (second table)).
Footnotes
- ↑ Manfred Bannow-Lindtke: Bad Schwartau under the swastika. Albers & Range, Bad Schwartau 1993, OCLC 249025909 .
- ^ Gerhard Schneider: Endangerment and Loss of Statehood of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck and its Consequences. (= Publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Series B Volume 14). Schmidt-Römhild Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7950-0452-7 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ' N , 10 ° 42' E