Hirschberg (Siebengebirge)

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Hirschberg
Königswinter Hirschberg (3) .jpg
height 256.8  m above sea level NHN
location near Königswinter , North Rhine-Westphalia
Mountains Siebengebirge
Coordinates 50 ° 40 '24 "  N , 7 ° 12' 33"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 '24 "  N , 7 ° 12' 33"  E
Hirschberg (Siebengebirge) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Hirschberg (Siebengebirge)
rock Quartz latite
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The Hirschberg is 256.8  m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Siebengebirge in the area of ​​the city of Königswinter .

geography

The mountain rises as a Western Edge Mountain of the Seven Mountains on the east and north side of the Hitelbach carrying Nachtigallentals . To the north, it slopes much more gently to the valley of the Mirbesbach .

history

The Hirschberg was first mentioned in a document on March 3, 1402 as "Heirtzeberg"; the Abbey Altenberg of leased Abbey Heisterbach then among other lands ten acre farmland on the mountain. Several quarries were operated on the Hirschberg to quarry the latite produced here , but they were only in operation for a relatively short time and therefore did not affect the appearance of the mountain.

In 1872 the Beautification Association for the Siebengebirge (VVS) opened up the summit of the Hirschberg with a newly laid footpath and built a clearing there . On May 17, 1877, a nearly seven-meter-high observation tower built from field fire stones was inaugurated on the summit . The Hirschburg country villa was built on the north-western flank of the mountain in 1883/84 . In 1883, also by the VVS, a housekeeper ("Hirschberghaus") was built at the southern foot of the Hirschberg, which from the summer of 1893 was also used as a pub and later - in 1925, an annex was added - as a small hotel. The observation tower was probably rebuilt in 1902 and a lounge for hikers was added. Today it is only preserved as a ruin; the Hirschberghaus was destroyed by fire on December 6, 1972 and demolished in July 1973, after which a rest area with a log cabin was created in its place.

  • Lookout tower, drawing from 1889

literature

  • Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and the Hirschburg in the Siebengebirge . In: Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, the Oberkreisdirektor (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 1989 . Rheinlandia, Siegburg 1988, ISBN 3-925551-08-5 , pp. 47-61.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Information according to the digital terrain model and digital topographic map 1: 25,000, 1: 50,000 and 1: 100,000 (available in the TIM-online map service )
  2. ^ Geological State Office North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.); Georg Berg , Otto Burre, Gangolf Knapp (arr.): Geological map of North Rhine-Westphalia 1: 25,000. Sheet 5309 Koenigswinter . 3rd, revised edition, Krefeld 1995.
  3. ↑ Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and the Hirschburg in the Siebengebirge . P. 48.
  4. ↑ Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and the Hirschburg in the Siebengebirge . Pp. 47/48.
  5. ↑ Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and the Hirschburg in the Siebengebirge . P. 49.
  6. ↑ Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and the Hirschburg in the Siebengebirge . P. 59.
  7. ↑ Karl Josef Klöhs: glorious weather on Seven Mountains . Edition Loge 7, Königswinter 2003, ISBN 3-00-012113-7 , p. 166-167 .
  8. ↑ a b Winfried Biesing: The Hirschberg and Hirschburg in the Seven Mountains . P. 60.