Great Dreiherrenstein

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The Große Dreiherrenstein (in short: Dreiherrnstein ) is a crossing point of several old trade routes on the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest .

location

The Dreiherrenstein is located directly on the Rennsteig at an altitude of 808 meters, about ten kilometers south of Ilmenau . It represents the center of the Rennsteig. It is also located on a watershed; the south is drained to the Weser via the sluice , in the north the Lengwitz and the Schorte , in the northeast the Schobse and to the east over the Ochsenbach into the Wohlrose . All are tributaries of the Ilm and thus the Elbe.

Only 500 m to the southeast is the 838  m high mountain Großer Dreiherrnstein , named after the intersection , which is the highest point in the area.

Historical

In its more than 400-year history, various principalities, duchies and kingdoms met at the great Dreiherrenstein, it was both a passport and a customs post. This is where Frauenwalder Strasse (coming from Ilmenau, on via Frauenwald to Eisfeld , part of the Lübeck - Nuremberg trade route), Rennsteig and Alte Langewiesener Strasse met .

Current

Today the Dreiherrenstein is the intersection of the streets Ilmenau - Neustadt am Rennsteig and Dreiherrenstein - Frauenwald. There is a restaurant, a bus stop and a parking lot for hikers. Currently, the boundaries of five communities on the Dreiherrenstein touch each other; these are Langewiesen, Neustadt am Rennsteig, Schleusegrund , Frauenwald and Stützerbach .

history

A first mention can be found in a Henneberg forest description from 1587. There he is called "Dreier Herren Stein" . The year 1596 is carved into the stone itself, the year it was erected. Initially, the stone separated the Principality of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt , the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenach and the County of Henneberg . After the Counts of Henneberg died out, the hen was initially replaced by the Saxon coat of arms. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and the Kingdom of Prussia met . In 1795 the offices of Eisfeld , Gehren and Schleusingen came together, and at that time their own three-man stone was set up.

photos

  • Restaurant at the Dreiherrenstein

  • Northwest side of the boundary stone with the year (above), coat of arms of the Counts of Henneberg (center) and the KP for the Kingdom of Prussia (below)

  • South-east side of the boundary stone with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenach

  • North-east side of the boundary stone with the year (above) and the coat of arms of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (center)

literature

  • Thüringer Rennsteigverein eV (publisher): 400 years of the Großer Dreiherrenstein , Nötzold printing company, Neustadt am Rennsteig 1996.
  • Ludwig, Otto: Der Rennsteig , Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1974/1991, ISBN 3735202233

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 36 ″  N , 10 ° 53 ′ 38 ″  E