Hubertus fountain at Feucht
| Hubertus Fountain | ||||
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 Hubertus Fountain |
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| location | ||||
| Country or region | District of Nürnberger Land , Middle Franconia ( Bavaria ) | |||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 23 ′ 41 ″ N , 11 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ E | |||
| height | 396 m above sea level NHN | |||
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| geology | ||||
| Exit type | Layer source | |||
| Hydrology | ||||
| River system | Rhine | |||
| Receiving waters | Gauchsbach → Schwarzach → Rednitz → Regnitz → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |||
Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 41 ″ N , 11 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ E
The Hubertusbrunnen , also called Hubertusquelle , is a stratified spring near Feucht in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
location
The Hubertusbrunnen is located in the community-free area of Feuchter Forst at about 396 m above sea level. NHN . The small spring located in the Feuerletten ( Trossingen formation ) rises about 1.4 kilometers west of Moosbach , a district of the market town of Feucht, and about 0.9 kilometers south of the route of the Federal Motorway 6 .
The source is part of the EU bird sanctuary area Nürnberger Reichswald (FFH No. DE-6533-471; WDPA No. 555537802).
history
The source is located directly on the path to a secluded burial site from prehistoric times, 270 m north on a hill, which is protected as a ground monument. The original version of the well, made of only roughly hewn quarry stones, suggests that it was built before 1400 and is likely to have been used for washing corpses , as a watering place for draft animals and to refresh the mourning party. In the Middle Ages the place was forgotten, the burial places were no longer used and the Bavarian original cadastre no longer recorded the source. Around 1850 the source was redrafted. The material used in the expansion is much more carefully worked. It is believed to have come from the former Lettensturz quarry, 1.4 km to the west , to which an almost straight, level trail leads. It was probably leftover material that had already been broken during the construction of the Ludwig-Donau-Main Canal , which ran 5 km to the south , but was no longer removed there.
description
The stratified spring has a small bed that dries up completely when it is very dry. The source outlet is set in stone. The water runs off in a small ditch which is further lost in the forest; Ultimately, it runs to the Gauchsbach, about 1 kilometer south .
The source is a near-tourist destination. It can be reached from Feucht or Moosbach via a marked detour of the Franconian Dune Trail .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Location of the Hubert fountain in the Bavaria Atlas (accessed on August 1, 2016)
- ↑ www.protectedplanet.net, Nürnberger Reichswald (accessed on August 5, 2016)
- ↑ Steinige Au burial site (D-5-6633-0066)