Hutberg (Kamenz)
| Hutberg | ||
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| height | 293.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Germany , Saxony | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 16 '20 " N , 14 ° 4' 41" E | |
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| Type | Ridges | |
| rock | Greywacke | |
| particularities | Lessingturm ( AT ) | |
The Hutberg ( Upper Sorbian Pastwina hora ) is 293.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain and a popular excursion destination on the edge of the urban area of the small Saxon town of Kamenz .
Mountain park
The mountain park , which is very spacious and generous for a small town , was laid out in 1893 by Wilhelm Weisse as an urban park . It is famous for its many different types of conifers and the large number of rhododendrons and azaleas , which bloom in many different colors every year at Whitsun and attract many visitors and tourists.
In the center of the park, as it were on the top of the mountain, there is the 24 m high Lessingturm, which was built in 1864, and the Hutberg restaurant. From there you have a good view of the city and the hills of West Lusatia in the west and south and the flat pond landscapes in the north. Behind the tower (in a westerly direction) the park becomes more forest-like and “wilder”, although in recent years it has been developed more horticulturally with newly designed paths.
history
By the end of the 19th century, the mountain was almost completely deforested. Old pictures of the city show it, except for row bushes on the south side (where mainly fruit trees still stand today) completely bare. It was used as an urban pasture, hence the name (see Hutberg ).
Construction work on Hutberg
In 1836, activities developed to add a few buildings to the site. The building work was carried out by a company founded for this purpose, which received the building site from the city council. First a lookout tower should be built. But it wasn't until 1852 that construction really got going, as a devastating fire in 1842 initially brought everything to a standstill.
Lessing Tower
With the "Committee for the Construction of a Lessing Tower" in 1858, things should really get going. Abundant donations ensured the financial security of the project. The foundation stone for the tower was laid on March 30, 1864. On August 21, 1864, thousands of people on the summit were able to experience the consecration of the 18 m high observation tower with shots of honor. The associated taproom soon proved to be too small and was expanded thirty years later in 1895 from April to September. This is how the Hutberghotel emerged from the bar. But in 1929 it had to be expanded again and was then given the shape as it can be seen today. After the trees around the tower had grown higher and higher over the years, it was increased to 24 m in 2010 with a 6 m high attachment.
Station 66 of the Royal Saxon Triangulation is located on the Hutberg
Hutberg stage
A former Thingplatz in Kamenz , built in the time of National Socialism on the south side near the top of the park in honor of the fallen in World War I and for marches. As early as March 22, 1933, the Kamenz city council set up a preparatory committee to clarify questions about the location, execution and financing. 166 designs took part in the ideas competition that began in November 1933. The Dresden architect Paul Weisse landed in second place . He planned a square that is framed by three connected columns. He was asked to revise his design, which eventually happened under the strong influence of Ludwig Moshamer . The five pillars, now lined up in a line, were supposed to symbolize the war years 1914 to 1918, "throwing fingers of equal power against the sky". The construction management was carried out by the senior town builder Stestag, the top construction work was carried out by the construction company Reif based in Kamenz. The groundbreaking was on March 10, 1934, the opening on June 1 and 2, 1935 and by 1937 the facility was largely completed.
The memorial was largely removed after the end of World War II. The never quite completed facility of the former Thingplatz is today one of the largest open-air theaters in Saxony and is very popular as a Hutberg stage. The stage was used for theater, music and other cultural events as early as the GDR era.
After reunification, a roofed stage was added and the Hutberg stage has since been used as a venue for various music events. For example, Joe Cocker , Deep Purple , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Jethro Tull , Status Quo , Howard Carpendale , Helene Fischer , Matthias Reim and Roland Kaiser performed . The Whitsun concerts of the Puhdys had become a tradition, played every year on the Saturday before Whitsun on the Hutberg stage from the 1990s to 2015.
Bibliography
- Our Upper Lusatia, Domowina-Verlag GmbH, Bautzen ISBN 3-7420-0746-7
- Park guide through Upper Lusatia ISBN 3-929091-56-9
Events
- Numerous concerts on the open-air stage
- Annual flowering at Pentecost.
- Kamenz Hutberg singing
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ http://www.forstfest-kamenz.de/Historisches.html?file=tl_files/Grafik%20%26%20Dateien/pdf/Der%20Lessingturm%20auf%20dem%20Hutberg%20Kamenz%202010.pdf The Lessingturm on the Hutberg Kamenz 2010 (pdf 127kb) (accessed June 25, 2015)
- ↑ http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/2222393333
- ↑ a b c Konstantin Hermann (ed.): Führerschule, Thingplatz, "Judenhaus" - places and buildings of the National Socialist dictatorship in Saxony. Sandstein Verlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-95498-052-9 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sächsische Zeitung Online (accessed June 25, 2015)
