Big deer stone
| Big deer stone | ||
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 The Großer Hirschenstein from the south |
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| height | 862 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Burgenland , Austria | |
| Mountains | Günser Mountains | |
| Dominance | 3.6 km → Geschrittenstein | |
| Notch height | 60 m ↓ B56 , Burgenland State Memorial | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 20 '43 " N , 16 ° 22' 45" E | |
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The Great Hirschstein ( Hungarian : Nagy Szarvaskő ) is 862 meters above sea level after Geschriebenstein the second highest mountain of Burgenland , the easternmost federal state of Austria . It is part of the Günser Mountains and the highest mountain in the whole of Burgenland ( Oberwart district ). The Kleine Hirschenstein ( 836 m above sea level ) is a good kilometer to the northwest .
Naming
The Großer Hirschenstein - or Hirschenstein for short - owes its name to a legend. On the occasion of a visit to Schlaining Castle , King Matthias Corvinus went hunting and killed a stag with his spear, which collapsed on a stone while dying.
flora
In the area of the Großer Hirschenstein there was a large occurrence of spring knot flowers until about 40 years ago , which however almost fell victim to human recklessness and ignorance. The nature park association Geschrittenstein-Írottkő was able to save the stock and contribute to its recovery through targeted maintenance and the creation of a spring knot flower biotope .
Infrastructure
The Hirschenstein transmitter built on the Großer Hirschenstein with a total height of 90 meters (17.5 meters building height plus 72.5 meters mast height) supplies the central and southern Burgenland with the ORF programs as well as a private radio and TV transmitter.
One of the ZAMG weather stations was also there until mid-September 2014 . The station was dismantled because of the high costs.
Hirschenstein care center
Between 1952 and 1955, a sanatorium ( location ), intended exclusively for tuberculosis and lung patients until 1975 , was built in the municipality of Rechnitz at around 700 meters above sea level and operated until 1986. Subsequently, until the end of 2012, people in need of care were cared for in the Hirschenstein Care Center run by the Burgenland Hospitals . In 2012 a new nursing home was opened in the center of Rechnitz and the one on Hirschenstein was closed, the building has been empty since then. The Vamed as Mitbetreiberin needs by the end of 2015 [date] presented to the Province of Burgenland, a re-use concept.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The highest mountains of the Austrian federal states that are entirely in the state. Alpenverein Schwanenstadt, accessed on July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Hirschenstein, Königsbrunnen & Hendlstein. In: Geschrittenstein Nature Park. Retrieved July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Spring knot biotope on the Hirschenstein. In: Geschrittenstein Nature Park. Retrieved July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Weather stations - annual reports. (No longer available online.) Rechnitz municipality, January 15, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on July 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of ZAMG stations. Retrieved on July 1, 2015 (the Hirschenstein is no longer listed there).
- ↑ Automatic weather station "Hirschenstein". September 16, 2014, accessed on July 1, 2015 (last values before dismantling).
- ^ Waltraud Lajta: Goldstadt Travel Guide Burgenland , page 228, ISBN 3-87269-062-0
- ↑ a b The "Haunted House" on the Hirschenstein. In: burgenland.orf.at. August 15, 2014, accessed on July 3, 2015 (pictures also from inside).
- ↑ Hirschenstein nursing home on "new feet". (No longer available online.) VAMED Public Relations, January 17, 2011, archived from the original on July 4, 2015 ; Retrieved July 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New nursing home for Rechnitz. In: Burgenland ORF.at. September 29, 2012, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Nursing beds are free in the haunted house. In: Small newspaper. May 21, 2014, accessed on July 1, 2015 (picture).
