Hummelberg (Schönebeck)
The Hummelberg is a 94.4 meter high elevation west of Schönebeck (Elbe) .
Different names
Marked by the former clay and loam mining, the hill had a wide variety of names in the past. Initially referred to as Hohendorfer Berg after the village at its foot, it is later named as a vineyard after a pastor had vines planted. Only later was it called Hummerscher Berg , Hummelsberg and Hummelberg - probably named after family names.
Formerly a place of worship
When the A. & W. Allendorff brothers had the ice cellar built in 1841 , excavations led to an ash store where, among other things, charred bones, vessels and hairpins were found. These archaeological finds indicate that the Hummelberg served as a place of sacrifice and cult place in prehistoric times .
Buildings on the hill
A windmill is said to have been on the elevation since 1600 (first verifiable dating 1781) , which was relocated to Pommelte around 1860 , today's post mill Pommelte . The local mill association has been looking after the building since 1996.
After the gardens on the eastern slope laid out in 1838, a two-story house was built in 1841 , which was used as a restoration from 1844 . In 1995 the half-ruined building was torn down and the air shafts of the still-preserved cellar vaults were renovated; today the basement is used as bat quarters .
The Schönebeck entrepreneurs A. & W. Allendorff had a 13 meter high tower building built as a summer house in 1870, which was later used as a lookout tower and also housed an observatory from 1956 to 1961 . Currently, a local development association wants to remove the ruinous condition and restore , renovate and make the walls usable again.
In 1893 the elevated tank was put into operation as the Groß-Salze waterworks and is still used today for the water supply - the 1,500 cubic meter tanks have been filled with water from Colbitz and Lindau since 2000 .
Sports
On the Hummelberg there is an 8000 square meter enduro area, which was created by the MSC-Schönebeck 1959 e. V. is operated. A shooting range was built on the west side of the hill in 1966 , which was run by the Hubertus 1990 shooting club. V. is operated.
Web links
- Brief history of the drinking water supply of Schönebeck (Elbe)
- Information about the former observation tower
Selected literature
- Schulze, From the history of the city of Schönebeck , 1962
- Howald, Horst, Hummelberg was a place of worship , in: "Schönebecker Volksstimme" from January 20, 2006.
- Hein, Wolf-Dietrich, 44 bats sighted in the ice cellar , in: “Schönebecker Volksstimme” from February 9, 2009.
- Linßner, Thomas, Where Wallaben's ghost voice mumbles, in: “Schönebecker Volksstimme” from May 11, 2009.
- Jakobs, Christian, Once upon a time there was a lookout tower ... , in: “The Calbenser Blatt” January 2010.
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ N , 11 ° 42 ′ E