Great Picho
| Great Picho / Wulki Pichow | ||
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 Pichobaude |
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| height | 498.6 m above sea level HN | |
| location | Saxony ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 6 '32 " N , 14 ° 21' 11" E | |
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| rock | Two-mica granite | |
The Great Picho ( Upper Sorbian Wulki Pichow ) is a mountain in the Lausitzer Bergland in Saxony ( Germany ).
Origin of the name
In the exuberantly romantic period of the 19th century, the Great Picho was also called the Upper Lusatian Rigi , compared to the famous mountain in Switzerland . At that time it was officially called Belzberg after the local forest owners Belz from Tautewalde . In 1826 he was called Dretschener Pychow. Linguists interpret the name Pychow as a height covered with little soil or a burn mark on rocks , both of which, like much of the region, are derived from Sorbian terms.
The meaning is confirmed in the Lusatian Wendish dictionary by Chr. T. Pfuhl : "pichow - Kuppe, Brandfleck". The underlying word is out of date and is no longer used in modern Upper Sorbian .
The following folk etymological explanation can be read on a board on the mountain top: “How the Picho got its name: When dense jungle covered our mountains in ancient times, Wenden settled in the valley. One day some of them laboriously climbed to the top of this mountain. The first to arrive on a bare spot called out to his companion: 'Bech jow!'. That was said 'bich jow' and it was said: 'I was there!'. This exclamation gave the mountain the name Picho! "
Location and surroundings
The following localities (municipalities in brackets) surround the Picho:
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Diehmen ( Doberschau-Gaussig ) |
Pushing (Doberschau-Gaussig) |
Arnsdorf (Doberschau-Gaussig) |
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Neudiehmen (Doberschau-Gaussig) |
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Irgersdorf (Wilthen) |
| Neukirch / Lausitz |
Tautewalde (Wilthen) |
Wilthen |
At the summit there is a mountain restaurant and a telecommunications tower. The butter water rises south of the mountain .
history
After the rather fanciful years with different names for the peaks of the Great Picho got very late a mountain cottage . In 1927 a resident of Tautewald built a simple refuge. Due to the increasing flow of visitors, the mountain economy could be expanded and expanded. To this day, the mountain economy has survived against all odds and is available to hikers.
geology
The Große Picho is the highest peak of a mountain range between Wilthen and Dretschen . It consists mainly of two-mica granite, but in the ridge there is a lamprophyrus corridor several hundred meters long and about 30 meters thick , the rock of which is also suitable as a decorative or building stone. In contrast to most of the mountains in the Lausitzer Bergland, it does not have any remarkable cliffs in the summit area.
Paths to the summit
- In addition to the road from the western exit of Tautewalde to the mountain restaurant, there are numerous hiking trails to the summit. These lead from Tautewalde, Wilthen , Arnsdorf , Neukirch as well as Dretschen to the summit. All paths lead through rich mixed and beech forest.
- Since the 1990s, the German Unity hiking trail has led from Görlitz to Aachen over the summit.
literature
- Our Upper Lusatian Mountains. Domowina-Verlag GmbH, Bautzen 1991, ISBN 3-7420-0746-7 .
- Around Bautzen and Schirgiswalde (= values of the German homeland . Volume 12). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1967.
swell
- ^ Heinz Schuster-Šewc : About the names of Picho and Valtenberg (= Upper Lusatian house book ). Lusatia-Verlag, Bautzen 2002.