Jägerthal (Bad Dürkheim)

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The Jägerthal , or Jägertal, is located approx. 10 km west of the town center of Bad Dürkheim in the Palatinate Forest and forms a section of the Isenach valley . The Jägerthal extends for approx. 12 km along the B 37 parallel to the Isenach.

geography

climate

The annual precipitation is 754 mm. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 52% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the highest rainfall in August. In August there is 1.5 times more rainfall than in February. The precipitation hardly varies and is very evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 8% of the measuring stations .

history

The Isenach valley has been shaped by fortifications since the Celtic times, so the Limburg monastery , the Heidenmauer , the Hardenburg , the castle on the Nonnenfels and the castle Schlosseck are located there.

Coming from Bad Dürkheim on the left side of the valley is the Robert Cordier paper mill, where paper has been made using the water of the Isenach since 1826 . About 200 m further on on the left is a former forester's house, reminiscent of the hunting lodge of the Counts of Leiningen, destroyed in 1794 . This summer residence was built after 1779. In 1785 August Wilhelm Iffland (1759–1814) performed his famous play “Die Jäger” in the forester's house . It is a rural moral painting in five acts, which Iffland wrote as a drama himself.

About 150 m further on you reach today's inn “Zum Jägerthal”, which is located directly at the foot of the “Hermitage”. The "Hermitage" is the remains of an approximately 6 by 6 meter large ruin on the "Langen-Scheid-Berg", which served as a watch tower in the 13th century . In the further course, the Jägerthal divides into the "Stüter Tal", which runs west towards Kaiserslautern , and the northern Wolfental, which leads via Höningen to Altleiningen .

Culture

In 1831 James Fenimore Cooper , author of “ Lederstrumpf ”, traveled to the Palatinate and mentioned the Jägerthal in his novella “The Heidenmauer” (in German “Die Heidenmauer or Die Benediktiner”, first German edition from 1832). In this historical novel, the radical liberal writer addresses the destruction of the Limburg monastery, today a landmark of Bad Dürkheim, in a depiction of the political upheaval that the transition from the Middle Ages into the early modern period brought with it. The novel also contains many details about the Palatinate, the Palatinate and their history and culture. Enthusiastic about the diversity in the smallest of spaces, the author also describes the Jägerthal and the village of Hardenburg with its fortress. In a review of Die Zeit on November 15, 2001, the book said: "Anyone who gets involved in surviving the somewhat lengthy introduction will be richly rewarded ... In the end, the reader has a dense portrait of Germans in front of their eyes."

Economy and Infrastructure

Forsthaus Jägerthal

The economy and infrastructure have been based on the forest surrounding the Jägerthal and the Isenach flowing through the Jägerthal since around 1700. Along the creek numerous settled oil mills , grinding mills, grinders spell (for a particular district jurisdiction), saw mills , board mills , hemp mills, grinding mills, paper mills and Bark Mill at. Tree bark - mostly oak bark - was ground in the tanner mills in order to produce the tanner tan . Tanning had a long tradition in Bad Dürkheim's Gerbergasse.

In 1737 a Johann Daniel Schmidtberger founded a paper mill (lower mill), today's Schleipen paper factory, with the permission of the Counts of Leiningen . In 1826, the owner at the time, Louis Roedter, bought a sawmill in Jägerthal and converted it into a paper mill. In 1836 Johann Leopold Cordier took over the mill. Since then, it has been the headquarters of today's paper mill and group of companies Robert Cordier.

In addition to the mills, forestry also plays a major role in the Jägerthal. In the immediate vicinity of the mills there are three forester's houses, which have now been privately owned. In addition, there are various catering establishments and some residential buildings in the Jägerthal today. The forester's house Jägerthal , the former summer residence of the Count of Leiningen, and the surrounding property have been a listed building since 1987. The former summer residence is now home to the Sieben Raben restaurant . The license from 1770 was reactivated by the current owners in 1996.

The drinking water supply of the Jägerthals has been carried out since 1908 via the Schleipquelle in Wolfental, which was redrafted from 1954 to 1955.

literature

  • Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Gasthaus Zum Jägerthal (1st edition May 2004)

Web links

Commons : Jägerthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 8 ° 3'  E