Hubenloch

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The Hubenloch is a hill in the Villingen district of the twin town of Villingen-Schwenningen , on which there is a 9 hectare park, the Hubenlochpark . One of the highest rose gardens in Europe and an observation tower with a view over the historic old town of Villingen are located within the Hubenloch Park .

View from the Hubenloch to Villingen

rose Garden

One of the highest publicly accessible rose gardens in Europe is located on the Hubenloch at an altitude of 750 m above sea ​​level . The rosarium was replanted in 2009 as part of the preparations for the Villingen-Schwenningen State Horticultural Show in 2010 . Around 100 different types of roses bloom in the rose garden of the Hubenloch.

Observation tower

In 2008, a 38 m high observation tower was built on the Hubenloch, which offers a wide view of the historic Villingen old town from its 25 m high observation platform. The observation tower also serves as an antenna mast for mobile telephony .

Alleged healing spring

The Hubenloch is a recreation park with old trees

In the 16th century, the doctor and scholar Georg Pictorius , who was born in Villingen, claimed that a healing spring rises from the Hubenloch.

Sieges of Villingen

Especially since the regular use of firearms in warfare , the Hubenloch hill, only about a hundred meters from the weakest side of the Villingen city fortifications, the west side, offered an ideal starting point for attacks on the besieged city. This point in the area, which was strategically unfavorable for the defense of the city of Villingen, has been taken repeatedly by opposing warring parties to bombard the city since the Thirty Years' War .

Air raid tunnels in World War II

In 1944 the construction of a large tunnel system under the Hubenloch began according to a plan by the then city architect B. Frey . Towards the end of the Second World War, the tunnel was intended as an air raid shelter to protect 2,800 people from air raids. There was one entrance from Romäusring and two entrances from Kalkofenstrasse. Construction of the tunnel system began at the end of 1944, mainly with Russian prisoners of war. The three tunnel entrances were partially covered with concrete blocks, but otherwise only supported with wooden posts. By the time the city was occupied, the first (northern) tunnel entrance was around 40 m deep, the second around 8 m and the third around 20 m.

Sports facility

On the Hubenloch there is a sports facility with a running track, long and high jump, throwing area, etc., which is used by TV 1848 Villingen eV for athletics training.

Rotary playground

In 2005, a large children's playground was opened on the Hubenloch . The devices were donated by the local Rotarians and built by themselves. The city of Villingen had planned to build a playground on the Hubenloch since 1963. This project was postponed again and again until the Rotarians finally took on the matter. The Rotarian Club says it has invested more than 5,000 hours of work and 150,000 euros in the project.

literature

  • Walter KF Haas: Data and facts about the source at Hubenloch and the “Gasthaus zum Bad” on Rietgasse , in: Geschichts- und Heimatverein Villingen, annual issue 9 (1984/85), p. 32f.
  • Werner Huger: A medieval healing spring from the Hubenloch: Was Doctor Georgius Pictorius wrong or cheated? , in: Geschichts- und Heimatverein Villingen, Jahresheft 9 (1984/85), pp. 21–31.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hubenlochpark ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Armin Schott: A contaminated industrial wasteland transformed into blooming garden land! “Nature connects” - the lasting elements of the State Garden Show , in: Almanach 2011. Yearbook of the Schwarzwald-Baar District, Volume 35, pp. 140–151, here p. 146.
  3. ↑ a b c d Hubenloch observation tower Villingen ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Hubenloch observation tower. In: Structurae
  5. ↑ EMF database of the Federal Network Agency Highest antenna on the tower at 37.8 m height (location certificate no .: 271437)
  6. ↑ Werner Huger: A medieval mineral spring from the Hubenloch: Was Doctor Georgius Pictorius wrong or cheated? , in: Geschichts- und Heimatverein Villingen, Jahresheft 9 (1984/85), pp. 21–31.
  7. ^ Paul Revellio : The fortifications of the city of Villingen, their defense in the Thirty Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession , in: ders .: Contributions to the history of the city of Villingen , Villingen 1964, pp. 284–297.
  8. ^ Hermann Riedel: Villingen 1945. Report from a difficult time (= series of publications of the city of Villingen, Volume 5), Villingen 1968, with a city center map with the air raid protection and tunnel facilities.
  9. ↑ Nina Steinhäuser: Rotarians celebrate playground , in: Südkurier from May 31, 2010.

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '28.4 "  N , 8 ° 27' 3.6"  E