Goldberg (Hagen)

Goldberg with the Bismarck Tower, seen from the Eugen Richter Tower

The Goldberg is a 266.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in Hagen . Already in the late Middle Ages gold and silver were mined in the Goldberg near the village of Hagen on the Volme .

According to the travel reports of the writers Ferdinand Freiligrath and Levin Schücking , which were published in 1842 as a book with the title The picturesque and romantic Westphalia , the legends and historical events about the Goldberg in Hagen are told. The reports say that gold and silver were mined on the Goldberg in Hagen in the 12th century. As evidence of the dismantling, reference is made to a loan deed between the Archbishop of Cologne, Adolf von Altena and Arnold von Altena . Furthermore, the tragic love story of a strange young man is told who wanted to marry the daughter of the local council, was accused of theft and ended up at the stake. According to legend, his mother is said to have cursed Goldberg and then thrown herself to her death.

The mountain is crossed by the Goldberg Tunnel, built between 1906 and 1910 . The Hagen Bismarck Tower, built in 1900/1901, is located on the mountain .

Individual evidence

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
^ Loan deed between Archbishop Adolph von Köln and Arnold von Altena from 1200 (mentioned in: Freiligrath, Ferdinand / Schücking, Levin - The picturesque and romantic Westphalen, Barmen / Leipzig 1841, p. 219).

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51.3479 7.46534 226Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ' N , 7 ° 28' E

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[2] Loan deed between Archbishop Adolph von Köln and Arnold von Altena from 1200 (mentioned in: Freiligrath, Ferdinand / Schücking, Levin - The picturesque and romantic Westphalen, Barmen / Leipzig 1841, p. 219).