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| height | 404.3 m above sea level HN | |
| location | Germany , Saxony , district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains , Dippoldiswalde | |
| Mountains | Ore Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '54 " N , 13 ° 37' 59" E | |
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| rock | Gneiss , quartzite | |
The Geierswacht is a 404.4 m high mountain and the highest point in the village of Seifersdorf in the area of the Saxon town of Dippoldiswalde . It lies above the residential area of the same name.
geography
The Geierswacht rises west of the village of Seifersdorf on the edge of the valley of the Rote Weißeritz . The mountain is not forested and is used for agriculture. The predominant rocks are gneiss and quartzite .
history
In 1785 the mountain is referred to as Geyers Wacht on sheet 281 of the Berlin copy of the Saxon miles sheets , in the Freiberg copy there is the indication Geyers Wach and the addition Signal . Albert Schiffner describes Seifersdorf as lying at the "eastern foot of the Geierswacht". During the Napoleonic War on August 24, 1813, the field guard from Geierschen Gut was stationed here. The mountain served as a trigonometric point from 1881 until the end of the 20th century . Around 1900 a small quarry was built at the foot of the mountain; not far from there, the development of the Geierswacht residential area began in 1994. The street that opens up this residential area is called "Geierswacht".
Web links
- "Geyers Wacht" in sheet 281 in the Berlin copy of the Sächsische Meilenblätter ( link to the map sheet in the Dresden State and University Library )
- "Geier's watch" on the equidistant rate 81 - Section Tharandt - from 1892
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website Seifersdorf.de , accessed on October 11, 2018
- ↑ Friedrich Ludwig Aster : Sächsische Meilenblätter, sheet 281 in the Berlin copy ( link to the map sheet in the Dresden State and University Library )
- ^ Friedrich Ludwig Aster: Sächsische Meilenblätter, sheet 279 in the Freiberg copy ( link to the map sheet in the Dresden State and University Library )
- ^ Albert Schiffner: Handbook of geography, statistics and topography of the Kingdom of Saxony. Second delivery, containing the Dresden Directions District , from Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1840, p. 194 ( digitized version )
- ↑ History on the Seifersdorf.de website , accessed on October 21, 2018
- ^ Ortschronik von Seifersdorf, see also Cache Geierswacht on www.geocaching.com
- ↑ Openstreetmap.org , accessed on October 21, 2018