Gusterberg
| Gusterberg | ||
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 Adalbert Stifter's view of Kremsmünster and the surrounding area . On the left the Gusterberg, in the background the Dead Mountains and Traunstein |
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| height | 488 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Upper Austria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Upper Austrian Alpine Foreland | |
| Dominance | 3.57 km → Helpersdorf | |
| Notch height | 17 m ↓ southeast. Pellndorf | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 2 '15 " N , 14 ° 8' 11" E | |
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| particularities | Fundamental point of the Franziszeische Landesaufnahme | |
The Gusterberg (formerly Gustermaierberg ) is a mountain in the Upper Austrian Alpine Foreland , 2 km south of Kremsmünster . With a height of 488 m above sea level. A. from the mountain, which has a dome-shaped shape, you have a magnificent view of the southern limestone Alps - from the Hochkogel near Randegg in Lower Austria (east) to the Salzburg mountains in the west. With good visibility it even extends to Staufen in Bavaria.
Fundamental point of the national survey
The remarkable thing about the mountain is not so much the shape or the height, but that it was chosen in 1817 as the origin of coordinates for the Upper Austrian land survey . It is one of the six fundamental points of the Franziszeische Landaufnahme of Austria-Hungary (1810-1850). The cadastral surveying and cartography of the crown lands of Upper Austria , Salzburg and the Kingdom of Bohemia referred to him .
The state was included in the imperial patent from December 23, 1817 in the years 1823 to 1830.
Today the Gusterberg is a triangulation point of the 2nd order with the designation 9-50 , ie no. 9 on map 50. It is stabilized with an iron pipe, clinker tiles and insurance stones.
Its coordinates are in relation to the meridian M31 + 59,943.20 m east and 5,322,465.58 m north of the equator.
Tree in the middle of the world
At the point of zero, which was completely undeveloped, a linden tree was planted, which was named tree in the middle of the world . In 1911 the Gasthof Zum Baum in the middle of the world was built in the immediate vicinity of the linden tree .
In 1916, the year of the war, a new linden tree was built on the other side of the street, as it was feared that the previous one could break after numerous lightning strikes. But it was not felled until 1929. At this original location there is a 110 cm high stone with the inscription Österreichische Landesvergabe 1930 .
The new tree in the middle of the world already had a trunk circumference of 2.15 m in 1983.
geology
The Gusterberg and its surroundings are also geologically interesting. The area is important in ice age research on the northern edge of the Alps. The first fossils and bone remains of cave bears were found as early as 1818 when building materials were being mined .
At a depth of 40 to 70 m you can find the rock called Weisse Nagelfluh with a thickness of 4 to 10 m.
literature
- University lecturer Dr. Hermann Kohl: Kremsmünster, a key position for ice age research in the northern foothills of the Alps . In: 120th annual report of the public Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster 1977, pages 245-254
Web links
- Franz Dickinger: The "tree in the middle of the world" on Gusterberg near Kremsmünster. Starting point f. Landscapes u. Triangulations. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Vol. 37 (1983) Issue 1, pp. 34–53, online (PDF; 3.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at