Herzberg (Taunus)
| Herzberg | ||
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 View from Oberursel to the Herzberg |
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| height | 591.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Dornholzhausen ; Hochtaunuskreis , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Taunus | |
| Dominance | 0.29 km | |
| Notch height | 10 m | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 15 '20 " N , 8 ° 32' 39" E | |
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| Type | Local mountain | |
| particularities | Herzberg Tower ( AT ) | |
The Herzberg im Taunus is 591.4 m above sea level. NHN high southeast spur of the neighboring elevations Kieshübel ( 632.8 m ) and Roßkopf ( 632.4 m ) in the Taunus. It is located near Dornholzhausen in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis . The Herzbergturm observation tower and the Herzberg mountain inn stand on it ; hence the Herzberg than local mountain of Bad Homburg popular destination.
Surname
The name of the mountain refers to the deer . Originally Hirschberg became today's name Herzberg via Hirzberg .
geography
location
The Herzberg rises in the Taunus Nature Park . Its summit is about 3.5 km northwest of Dornholzhausen, a north-western district of Bad Homburg, whose core city is about 6 km away. The peaks of Kieshübel ( 632.8 m ) and Roßkopf ( 632.4 m ) belonging to the Taunushauptkamm are 800 m northwest and 1.1 km west-northwest. The Kirdorfer Bach rises northeast of the Herzberg , the Heuchelbach on its southeast flank and the Habigsborn in the southwest .
Natural allocation
The Herzberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Taunus (No. 30) and in the main unit Hoher Taunus (301) to the subunit Feldberg-Taunuskamm (301.3). Its landscape falls to the southeast into the subunit Homburger Vortaunus (300.3 ) belonging to the main unit Vortaunus (300) and to the south in the subunit Altkönig Vorstufe (300.2) in the natural area Kronberger Taunusfuß (300.21).
Herzberg Tower
The Herzbergturm observation tower is on the summit of the Herzberg . It offers a view of the Main plain, the Wetterau and the Taunus up to the Großer Feldberg .
The Bad Homburg offshoot of the Frankfurt Taunus Club was founded on the Herzberg as early as 1875 , with the aim of creating a viewing platform on the summit. The project was initially unsuccessful due to a lack of financial resources. As a replacement measure, an 18 m high wooden scaffolding was built in 1878. Under the aegis of Bad Homburg's Georg Schmidt, an independent Homburg Taunus Club was founded in 1885 . The aim of the club was to build a stone observation tower, which should also offer resistance to wind and weather. Planning started in 1891. But it was not until 1910 that the necessary financial means of 25,000 gold marks (in today's purchasing power 145,750 euros) were put together for the realization.
On April 12, 1910, Kaiser Wilhelm II personally signed the design for the construction of the Herzberg Tower with an "Approved". The construction of the tower could then begin. Previously, the emperor had rejected a different design for the new building, on the grounds: "There is no reference to the neighboring Saalburg and Limes ." So designed Baurat Louis Jacobi (1836-1910), after reconstruction of the fort Saalburg (1898 –1907), the still existing Herzberg tower, which was modeled after a Roman watchtower.
The foundation stone was laid on July 20, 1910, around three months after the imperial starting shot. Taunus quartzite clusters were used for the construction, and oak from the Taunus for the wooden roof structure . A total of 124 steps lead via an external staircase and a staircase to the closed viewing platform. The inauguration of the 25 m high tower was celebrated on July 30, 1911, and there has also been a restaurant on the Herzberg since 1932.
The tower was owned by the Taunus Club Bad Homburg and after 2000 became the property of the city of Bad Homburg. Starting in 2005, a plan for the comprehensive renovation of the monument was worked on and the tower was closed due to the risk of collapse. In July 2006 the urgency of the redevelopment became known, so that the city provided funds for the redevelopment immediately. The work finally began in the early summer of 2007. The renovation cost a total of 1.25 million euros. The work took longer than originally planned because of the effort required, which only became apparent during the work. Instead of revising the joints, they were partially replaced completely. The quartzite stones were also cleaned or replaced with 20 cubic meters of new ones from the factories in the Köpperner Tal. The cap ceilings were replaced with reinforced concrete , the window frames are now made of steel and new oak. In addition to the renovation of the floors, they were laid out with parquet in the interior .
Since December 8, 2008, the tower has been open to everyone again for an entrance fee of 50 cents, which benefits the landlord of the mountain inn built in 1932. To climb the tower, you have to pass a turnstile on the outside stairs. After a total of 61 steps you reach the entrance door to a glazed staircase with 15 steps attached to the west. The square tower body is entered through a second wooden door, in which 48 steps lead over two mezzanines to the closed around 20 m high viewing platform . This is glazed all around with floor-to-ceiling windows and offers a good view of the surroundings. There are also wooden supports and a few folding chairs on two concrete platforms of different heights.
gallery
Herzberg Tower from 1878
Herzberg Tower from the west
Herzberg Tower from the northeast
Entry into the Herzberg Tower
Traffic and walking
The Herzberg is accessible via hiking trails as well as an access and spur road coming from the direction of the Saalburg fort near the federal road 456 , which is closed to public traffic on weekends. There are parking spaces at the Saalburg; From the Herzberg ( 591.4 m ) the Roßkopf ( 632.4 m ) can be reached with a slight ascent via a hiking trail.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Deer gave Berg his name , report of the Taunus-Zeitung of July 22, 2008, according to it from the Lexikon des Hohen Taunus
- ↑ Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 139 Frankfurt a. M. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)
- ^ Photo of the information board on the tower, on commons.wikimedia.org
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↑ according to information that was previously visible from:
- The ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Herzbergturm is us again , report of the Taunus-Zeitung, from December 9th, 2008 and
- The Herzbergturm is now open again , report of the Friedrichsdorfer Woche, from December 11th, 2008
Web links
- Herzbergturm , on taunus-info
- All roads lead to the Herzberg , hiking trail guide, on hp-curdts.de
- Berggasthof Herzberg , on taunus.info