Great Zschirnstein
| Great Zschirnstein | ||
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 Zschirnsteine : Kleiner (left) and Großer Zschirnstein (right) |
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| height | 560.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Kleingießhübel ; District of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains , Saxony ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Elbe Sandstone Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 '18 " N , 14 ° 10' 36" E | |
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| Type | Table Mountain | |
| rock | Sandstone with basalt breakthrough | |
| particularities | highest mountain in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains | |
The Great Zschirnstein in Saxon Switzerland is the highest mountain in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains . It is 560.3 m above sea level. NHN high; according to other information, it is 561.74 m . As the south-southeastern part of the Zschirnsteine , it is near Kleingießhübel and in the corridor of Reinhardtsdorf in the Saxon district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains .
The mountain name seems to be derived from the Slavic root word for black.
geography
location
The Große Zschirnstein rises in the southwest of the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Its summit is 2.5 km south-south-east of Kleingießhübel , 4.4 km south-south-west of Reinhardtsdorf and 4 km south-west of Schöna ; all three are parts of the municipality of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna in Saxony. Beyond the Czech border, 700 m south-southeast of the summit, 3.1 km away is Dolní Žleb , a district of Děčín in the Ústecký region on the Elbe (Labe) .
The Elbe tributary Gelobtbach (Klopotský potok), which runs east-northeast on the German-Czech state border, rises southeast of the mountain, and the Mühlgrundbach, which flows northeast to the Elbe, rises northeast . To the southwest lies the source of the Gliedenbächel , whose water also reaches the Elbe through the Krippenbach (Napajedla) , which comes from the Czech Republic and flows mainly northwards . The Hertelsgrundbach rises on the western slope of the transition area between the two Zschirnsteine , and the uppermost spring of the Prölitzschbach is on the eastern slope ; both are Krippenbach tributaries.
Natural allocation
The Große Zschirnstein belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone area (No. 43) to the not further subdivided main unit Saxon Switzerland (430).
geology
The table mountain of the Großer Zschirnstein is made of sandstone. On the summit plateau there is a tertiary basalt breakthrough that was quarried in a small quarry for gravel extraction. The partially circular rock depressions that have arisen on the highest level of Table Mountain as a result of a special form of sandstone weathering have been called Rabenbad from ancient times .
Protected areas
Parts of the landscape protection area Saxon Switzerland ( CDDA no. 11800; designated 1990; 287.44 km² in size), the fauna-flora-habitat area table mountains and rocky areas of Saxon Switzerland on the left Elbe (FFH no. 5050-303 ; 4.71 km²) and the bird sanctuary on the left Elbe rock and forest areas (VSG no. 5050-452; 24.7161 km²).
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Nagel’s column
At the southern tip, next to the lookout point, there has been a Nagel pillar since 1865 . It was a reminder of August Nagel , the head of surveying in Saxony in the 19th century. The measurement was carried out using the triangulation method . The column was lost around 1900. In May 2011 a new copy was made. Other triangulation points in the area were, among others, on the Raumberg , the Lilienstein , the Cottaer Spitzberg and the Děčínský Sněžník (High Snow Mountain) .
Plane crash
On the evening of February 14, 2010, a Cessna Citation 550 aircraft crashed into the steep slope area on the south-eastern flank of the Großer Zschirnstein. The plane belonged to the Czech airline Time Air , was en route from Prague to Karlstad ( Sweden ) and was manned by two pilots who did not survive the crash. After evaluating the flight recorder , the cause of the crash was determined to be an aerobatic maneuver ( controlled roll ) for which the aircraft was not approved.
Hiking and climbing
At the southern end of the Großer Zschirnstein there are two climbing peaks: the Großer and Kleiner Zschirnstein tower. There is also the south face climbing route (IV) , which ends directly at the summit. This route has one of the three exceptions to the climbing rules in the Saxon Switzerland climbing area , according to which climbing on massifs is generally prohibited.
Opportunities for viewing
From the Großer Zschirnstein you can see the following mountains, rocks and villages from northeast to south to northwest: Falkenstein , Schrammsteine , Tanečnice (Tanzplan) , Großer Winterberg , Zirkelstein , Kottmar , Prebischtor , Mezní Louka (Rainwiese) , Vlčí hora (Wolfsberg) , Jedlova (Tannenberg) , Pěnkavčí vrch (Finke Koppe) , Studenec (cold Berg) , Zlatý vrch (Goldberg) , RŮŽOVSKÝ vRCH (Rosenberg) , Ještěd (ridge) , Klíč (Kleis) , Bezděz (Bösig) , Buková (zinc stone) ( with a prominent television tower), Lovoš (Lobosch) , Kletečna (Kletschen) , Milešovka (Milleschauer) , Děčínský Sněžník (High Snow Mountain) , Dresden .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Photo of the orientation table on the Großer Zschirnstein, on commons.wikimedia.org
- ↑ Natural regions and natural spaces in Saxony ( Memento from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), map from umwelt.sachsen.de (PDF, 859 kB)
- ↑ Nagelsche column set up on the Zschirnstein , Sächsische Zeitung (Pirna edition) from 21./22. May 2011.
- ↑ Memorial commemorates plane crash , July 10, 2010, accessed on October 6, 2016, on sz-online.de
- ^ Sächsische Zeitung of February 17, 2010
- ^ Sächsische Zeitung of March 3, 2010
See also
Web links
- Panorama from Großer Zschirnstein (labeling of visual targets can be activated), on panorama-photo.net