Hirschstein (Marksuhl)

Hirschstein
	High forest grotto on the western slope of the Hirschstein
height	463.5 m above sea level NN
location	Thuringia ( Germany )
Mountains	Thuringian Forest
Coordinates	50 ° 55 '40 " N , 10 ° 19' 8" E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '40 " N , 10 ° 19' 8" E
particularities	High forest grotto, forest climatological station, panoramic view

The Hirschstein is a 463.3 m high mountain in Marksuhl ( Gerstungen municipality ) in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .

The Hirschstein is located 500 m south-east of the former Hohe Sonne hunting lodge on the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest . The mountain offers a panoramic view of the western Thuringian Forest, the Rhön and Frauenseer Forests, as well as the historic landscape park of Wilhelmsthal Castle .

history

The oldest known name of the mountain was "Bleckenstein", more recent forest descriptions mention it in 1557 as "Blickenstein" and "Bleckgenstein". These names refer to a deserted area of Blickers located in the southern valley floor - which is documented as a settlement in 1292 and 1349. The stone (or rock) above Blikers was mentioned for the last time in 1714 and replaced by the name Hirschstein, which was first used in 1704. In 1802, permission was asked to build a bench around an oak tree on the Hirschstein, as the viewpoint is used as a popular excursion destination. The application was also approved by the ducal palace administration of Wilhelmsthal (responsible for this part of the landscape park). Johann Gottlieb Dietrich (1765–1850) became court gardener of Wilhelmstal Palace in 1801 through Goethe's mediation . He worked on the western slope of the Hirschstein around 1811 and opened up the high forest grotto located there through a path with a bridge and stairs. On the southern slope, more walking paths were built, which are known as the "Prinzessinnensteig". In the 19th century, the extensive palace park served as the summer residence of the dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and the children of the ducal family spent their childhood and youth here with excursions and studies in nature. On an exposed rocky section, miners from Ruhla (?) Had carved the initials M and A into the stone - they wanted to please the daughters Marie and Augusta of Duke Carl Friedrichs .

According to the Marksuhl local authority, the hiking trail known as the Prinzessinnensteig is to be prepared as a feeder path to Wilhelmsthal Castle. The work includes adding handrails and mending the path. In addition, a forest road is being developed as an additional feeder to Wilhelmsthal Castle, where carriages, cyclists, prams and electric wheelchairs will later be able to travel from the Rennsteig to Wilhelmsthal Castle without crossings and thus safely.

Forest history

The reforestation of the slopes on the eastern flank of the mountain, some of which were used by forest pasture and sheep herding, took place on the advice of the Eisenach forest officials. Gottlob König , who later became the director of the Grand Ducal Saxon Forestry School in Eisenach, had started planting here; his successors created what is now the forest, which was designated a cultural monument by the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation in 2011. In 2012, the Wartburg forest was voted 2nd in the Germany-wide competition for the forest of the year.

Not far from the Rennsteig there is a forest measuring station on the Hirschstein, operated by Thuringia Forest, which is supervised by the Etterwind district forester.

Individual evidence

↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
^ Heiko Kleinschmidt: A ladder to Wilhelmsthal Castle. The community participates in the year-round Rennsteig project with Prinzessinnensteig and Hirschstein . In: Thüringer Allgemeine (Eisenach regional website) . Erfurt November 26, 2011.
^ Rita Specht: Forestry in the Wartburg Forest is still possible despite monument status. Thüringische Landeszeitung (editorial office Eisenach), January 5, 2012, accessed on October 12, 2012 : "The landscape around the Wartburg is the result of a landscape design with the creation of hiking trails, promoted in the 19th century by the Grand Dukes of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Viewpoints as well as landscaped areas. The Wartburg forms the dominant center. Hardly any other building shapes a comparable cultural landscape in such an impressive way. "
↑ Dirk Löhr: Germany's foresters are looking for the most beautiful forest area. Thüringischer Allgemeine (Eisenach editorial office), July 22, 2012, accessed on October 12, 2012 : “The idea came from Gottlob König, a forester, about whom the guild still speaks with respect today. He was one of the first to think about the aesthetics of his work and taught at the Landesforstschule in Eisenach, whose director was König for many years, and also "beautification of the forest". One of his main works is entitled "Poetry of Silviculture". King did not like clearcuts. He relies on mixed forests in which only as much wood should be felled as will grow back. This type of management is called sustainable today. "
↑ Sven Uwe Völker: Marksuhl is Ariane Rudloff's first own forest area. Thüringer Allgemeine (Eisenach editorial team), July 30, 2011, accessed on October 12, 2012 : “There are eleven forest measuring stations across the whole of Thuringia. One of them has been located not far from the Hohe Sonne in the direction of Hirschstein since 1995. The state institute for forest, hunting and fishing in Gotha operates the station. The Marksuhl Forestry Office takes on some of the tasks. A 40 by 40 meter large piece of forest is enclosed. The trees are numbered. How they grow is measured at precisely predetermined intervals. Twenty waist-high funnels protrude from the ground. The rain gathers in them. Precipitation is measured every 14 days. "I don't know that such a container would have overflowed. But in the dry spring they were often very, very empty." The rainwater is sent to a laboratory and examined for pollutants. It also measures how much water seeps into the ground. The probes are 20 and 50 centimeters deep. You work with negative pressure. Rudloff: "That gives us the answer to the question, how much water actually reaches the roots?" The chemical analyzes have long since shown one thing. There is a lot of nitrogen in the water and in the soil, probably from car traffic and agriculture. The nitrogen compounds are not poison. But: "The forest is permanently fertilized." The beech trees tolerate it quite well, but you don't know what the nutrient overflow will do in the long run. Some of the trees have a cuff. A hose branches off from it, which in turn leads to a counter. Here it is measured how much water runs down the trunk. "

[TK10-2-1] Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.

[Trostmann-2] Heiko Kleinschmidt: A ladder to Wilhelmsthal Castle. The community participates in the year-round Rennsteig project with Prinzessinnensteig and Hirschstein . In: Thüringer Allgemeine (Eisenach regional website) . Erfurt November 26, 2011.

[TLZ201201-3] Rita Specht: Forestry in the Wartburg Forest is still possible despite monument status. Thüringische Landeszeitung (editorial office Eisenach), January 5, 2012, accessed on October 12, 2012 : "The landscape around the Wartburg is the result of a landscape design with the creation of hiking trails, promoted in the 19th century by the Grand Dukes of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Viewpoints as well as landscaped areas. The Wartburg forms the dominant center. Hardly any other building shapes a comparable cultural landscape in such an impressive way. "

[TA20120722-4] Dirk Löhr: Germany's foresters are looking for the most beautiful forest area. Thüringischer Allgemeine (Eisenach editorial office), July 22, 2012, accessed on October 12, 2012 : “The idea came from Gottlob König, a forester, about whom the guild still speaks with respect today. He was one of the first to think about the aesthetics of his work and taught at the Landesforstschule in Eisenach, whose director was König for many years, and also "beautification of the forest". One of his main works is entitled "Poetry of Silviculture". King did not like clearcuts. He relies on mixed forests in which only as much wood should be felled as will grow back. This type of management is called sustainable today. "

[TA1-5] Sven Uwe Völker: Marksuhl is Ariane Rudloff's first own forest area. Thüringer Allgemeine (Eisenach editorial team), July 30, 2011, accessed on October 12, 2012 : “There are eleven forest measuring stations across the whole of Thuringia. One of them has been located not far from the Hohe Sonne in the direction of Hirschstein since 1995. The state institute for forest, hunting and fishing in Gotha operates the station. The Marksuhl Forestry Office takes on some of the tasks. A 40 by 40 meter large piece of forest is enclosed. The trees are numbered. How they grow is measured at precisely predetermined intervals. Twenty waist-high funnels protrude from the ground. The rain gathers in them. Precipitation is measured every 14 days. "I don't know that such a container would have overflowed. But in the dry spring they were often very, very empty." The rainwater is sent to a laboratory and examined for pollutants. It also measures how much water seeps into the ground. The probes are 20 and 50 centimeters deep. You work with negative pressure. Rudloff: "That gives us the answer to the question, how much water actually reaches the roots?" The chemical analyzes have long since shown one thing. There is a lot of nitrogen in the water and in the soil, probably from car traffic and agriculture. The nitrogen compounds are not poison. But: "The forest is permanently fertilized." The beech trees tolerate it quite well, but you don't know what the nutrient overflow will do in the long run. Some of the trees have a cuff. A hose branches off from it, which in turn leads to a counter. Here it is measured how much water runs down the trunk. "