Chicken tunnel
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| height | 423.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | District of Göttingen , Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Göttingen Forest , Leinebergland | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 34 '45 " N , 10 ° 3' 5" E | |
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| particularities | Hünstollenturm ( AT ) | |
The Hünstollen is a 423.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the northeast of the Göttingen Forest in the district of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony .
geography
The Hünstollen is a wooded mountain just under 1.7 km northwest of Bösinghausen , a northern district of Waake . Its summit is in the Pless Forest district in the municipality of Bovenden . It protrudes like a spur to the east from the steep edge of the strata of the Göttingen Forest, a southern part of the Leinebergland . Coming from Bösinghausen, for example, the mountain can only be reached on hiking trails .
history
Protected by steep slopes in three places, the area of the Hünstollen was ideal for the construction of a fortification. The unprotected west side was sealed off by three staggered circular wall ditch lines, with the innermost wall made of the fall material of a natural stone wall. The protected, large-scale interior served the people of the area around the mountain with their belongings as a refuge in uncertain times.
As the results of smaller excavations in 1905 and 1959 show, only sporadic remains of settlement can be found here. The two-phase structure, which was partially recognized in the construction of the fortification walls during the excavations, was confirmed by recovered finds: ceramic remains and a few metal finds can be traced back to the older pre-Roman Iron Age (approx. 500 BC) and to the high Middle Ages (9th century BC) . –12th century).
Tourism and observation tower
Since the middle of the 19th century, the Hünstollen with its forest landscape has been used for recreation in the Göttingen city forest, which is why the Göttingen Beautification Association also built a refuge on the summit in 1882. Just one year later, the innkeeper Finke vom Struthkrug added another house to it, and it was served on Sundays. In 1913 the innkeeper Heinrich Degenhardt had already taken over the bar. He participated in the construction of a lookout tower by the Göttingen Beautification Association by paying for the foundation of the base. The construction was carried out by the Heinrich Kolle carpentry from Holzerode, which also carried out renovations of the refuge and tower in 1924 and 1934. Another renovation took place in 1950. In 1972 there was another major investment in the tower. It was raised by 7 meters to preserve the view over the tall treetops. Furthermore, it was provided with a roof. After the management was given up, the refuge fell into disrepair. Today only the tower and a few benches and tables are left.
From the observation platform of the tower, parts of the lower area and parts of the Harz (including Brocken ) can be seen to the east . To the southeast you can see the Ohm Mountains , to the south to the Harzblick lookout tower near the Mackenröder peak , to the southwest to the Kaufunger Wald , to the west-southwest to the Gauss tower on the Hohen Hagen in the Dransfeld forest and to the northwest to the Solling . The tower is currently (4/2020) closed due to vandalism.
literature
- Peter Meyer, Katja Lorenz, Andreas Mölder, Roland Steffens, Wolfgang Schmidt, Thomas Kompa, Anne Wevell von Krüger: Natural Forests in Lower Saxony. Protection and Research. Volume 2 - Lower Saxony mountains . Leinebergland-Druck, Alfeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050091-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ see information board on the tower