Hornsberg (Lausitzer Bergland)
| Hornsberg | ||
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| height | 402.4 m | |
| location | Free State of Saxony , Germany , Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 2 '8 " N , 14 ° 27' 30" E | |
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| rock | Granodiorite | |
The Hornsberg ( 402.4 m ) is a mountain in the Bautzen district in Saxony . It is located in the south-east of the district of Sohland an der Spree, directly on the Czech border in the Lusatian mountains .
geography
The mountain rises to the left of the Spreetal , it is flowed around west by the Rosenbach and south by the Kunzenbach. To the east , the Taubenberg ( 458 m ) joins, already on the Taubenheimer district . The Brandbusch ( 443 m ) rises in the southwest and the Hohberg ( 368 m ) to the northwest . At its foot lies in the west Äußerstmittelsohland , northwest Äußerstniedersohland , in the north of Karlsruhe , northeast rear corner and Grünhut and southwest Rosenhain ( Rožany ).
description
The Hornsberg forms with the Taubenberg a section of the edge heights of the uppermost Spree valley. On its summit, where the German-Czech border stretches, there are low granodiorite cliffs on the German side. The western slope of the Hornsberg is criss-crossed by hornblended diabetic tunnels, overgrown with bushes from nickel ore mining can be seen above the Rosenbach. To the south-east, in the throat of the Taubenberg, lies a large, disused quarry on the Bohemian side.
Origin of name
The name of the mountain is derived from hornets. It was first mentioned in 1656 in a letter of purchase as "Hornsenberg".
Nickel ore mining
In 1900, August Herberg, a master tanner from Äußerstemittelohland, found copper-containing magnetic and nickel gravel near the well. An investigation showed their degradability; their nickel content was 6%, the copper content in the top layers was 2%. In 1901, Herberg and his neighbor, the factory owner Carl Hauptmann, each began to mine the ores in the Segen-Gottes-Schacht and in the Hauptmann-Schacht. A little later they merged to form Hauptmann, Herberg & Co., which at that time was the only ore mining company in Upper Lusatia. In 1904 a third shaft was sunk down to 70 m near Rosenhain. In the early years mining was not very productive. The strong increase in demand for ores during the First World War led to intensive mining. In three shifts, 120 miners extracted up to 60 tons of ore a day, which was delivered to the smelters in Freiberg and Oberschlema . In 1924 mining was stopped.
literature
- Around Bautzen and Schirgiswalde (= values of the German homeland . Volume 12). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1967, p. 215.