Hutberg (Dresden)
| Hutberg | ||
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| height | 311 m above sea level HN | |
| location | Germany , Saxony | |
| Mountains | West Lusatian hills and mountains | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 3 '44 " N , 13 ° 53' 35" E | |
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| rock | Porphyrite | |
| particularities | Natural monument | |
The Hutberg is a 311 meter high elevation in the east of the Dresden city area. The mountain is located in the district of Weißig in the Schönfeld highlands and is a protected natural monument .
Nature and geology
Geologically, the Hutberg consists of porphyrite , a fine-grained rock that belongs to the class of volcanic rocks and was also mined earlier. Most of the mountain is forested and some of it has a rare dry grass flora . Various protected amphibian and reptile species can be found in the area of the former quarry . There are also two small ponds with aquatic plants. A total of 6.2 hectares is protected under Section 21 of the Saxon Nature Conservation Act .
history
A Slavic rampart is said to have been located on the Hutberg as early as pre-Christian times , which served as a place of worship and sacrifice or a signal station. The mountain owes its name to its earlier use as a guard for farm animals. Later there were unsuccessful attempts to mine here to mine lawn iron stone. A hard coal mine was operated between 1873 and 1875, but quickly closed again due to a lack of yield. An approx. 90 meter long tunnel called Berghäckerloch by the residents still reminds of this .
Due to its favorable strategic location near the trunk road from the Elbe Valley towards Lausitz , the Hutberg served as a military observation post in the 18th and 19th centuries during wartime. During the Seven Years' War , the Prussian King Frederick the Great set up an army camp here. Also in the Napoleonic Wars in May 1813 there was fierce fighting between Russian and French soldiers on Hutberg and in its vicinity. A memorial oak planted on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig has been a reminder of this time since 1913 .
In the 19th century, the Weißiger Hutberg developed into a popular excursion destination for the population. For them a wooden "arbor temple" was built on the summit in 1838. The mountain was also regularly the scene of events such as the solstice celebrations as well as local and children's festivals held every year from 1904. In 1908, on the initiative of the White House and Landowners Association, a 300 meter long toboggan run was built, which could even be lit up at times. Since the Hutberg forms a distinctive landmark and is considered the landmark of the village of Weißig, it is the namesake of various public institutions such as the "Hutbergschule" (elementary school) and two day-care centers.
legend
A legend has grown up around the Hutberg about a dwarf family who once lived in the mountain . The dwarfs living in the interior of the mountain lived from the mining of silver and had thus come to great wealth. However, in emergencies they were willing to help the local population through loans, but insisted on repayment on time. One day, on the day of repayment, a man tried to hand over the borrowed money, but appeared unwashed and without prior prayer, which is why the dwarf refused to accept the money. Since he had neither prayed nor washed at a later repayment date, the dwarf angrily sent him away. However, the man was not happy with the money he had stolen and was soon poor again after several accidents.
On the day they moved out of the Hutberg, the legend describes how men, women and children of the dwarf people went on a long train towards the Elbe, boarded a ship there and left their home with tears in their eyes and never returned.
literature
- Christian Kunath: Weißig - from the monastery village to the Dresden district , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch Nr. 8, DZA Verlag Altenburg, 2002. ISBN 978-3936300031
- Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : The legends of the Kingdom of Saxony . Second improved and enlarged edition. tape 1 . Schönfeld, Dresden 1874, p. 148–149 ( digitized from Wikisource ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Protected areas according to the Nature Conservation Act. (PDF; 152 kB) In: Environmental Atlas 04/2008. Environmental Office of the City of Dresden, p. 7 (in PDF) , accessed on July 1, 2013 .
- ^ Website of the Hutbergschule Dresden-Weißig
- ↑ Day care centers in Dresden ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2013 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. - Website of the city of Dresden, accessed on June 28, 2013
Web links
- Information about the Hutberg
- The dwarfs in the Hutberge near Weißig (legend)
- Wilfried Stevens: The dwarfs from Hutberg. onlinezeitung24.de, October 23, 2015