Gotthardsberg (Odenwald)
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 The Gotthard mountain of Amorsbrunn seen from |
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| height | 304 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Miltenberg district , Bavaria (Germany) | |
| Mountains | Odenwald | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Sommerberg | |
| Notch height | 47 m | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 39 '17 " N , 9 ° 12' 47" E | |
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The Gotthardsberg , also called Gotthard or earlier Frankenberg , is a 304 meter high mountain in the Odenwald between Amorbach and Weilbach in the Bavarian district of Miltenberg .
geography
The Gotthardsberg is a spur mountain of the summer mountain (431 m). Its slopes fall steeply to the Billbach in the south, to the Mud in the west and to the Weilbach in the north by up to 150 meters in altitude. The ruins of Frankenberg Castle and the Gotthard ruins are located on the unwooded summit of Gotthardberg . The federal highway 469 , the district road MIL 6 and the Madonnenlandbahn run at the foot of the mountain . The Franconian Marienweg and the Nibelungensteig lead over the Gotthardsberg .
history
Frankenberg Castle
On the summit of the Frankenberg, a chapel dedicated to St. Godehard of Hildesheim was added to the castle standing there . Since then the mountain has been called "Gotthardsberg". The castle was destroyed in 1168 and a Cistercian nunnery was built on the same site in the 13th century . In the years 2010 to 2012, cellar vaults and remains of walls were uncovered.
Gotthard ruins
The monastery was burned down in the Peasants' War in 1525 . In 1628 its reconstruction began as a three-aisled pillar basilica. A lightning strike burned it down on June 8th, 1714 and has existed since then as today's ruin. In 1878 the tower of the church was raised and turned into a lookout point. To protect the ruin from the weather and decay, it was given a roof in 1956. In 1990 part of the summit was deforested.
