Kissel Hunting Lodge
The Kissel hunting lodge is a well-known hiking and excursion destination in the vicinity of Ruhla and Bad Liebenstein .
location
The structure is located at a height of 540 m above sea level. NN on the southwest slope of the Kissel , about 3 kilometers northeast of the location of Waldfisch and 4 km (as the crow flies) northwest of Altenstein Castle . Shortly before Schweina, the signposted, asphalted access road branches off from state road 1126 , after about 4 km it leads to the former hotel (now a restaurant) Forsthaus Kissel . The hunting lodge can also be reached via the Pummplälz hiking trail .
history
Duke Georg II von Meiningen, also known as the theater duke, was also a passionate hunter. In the forests around Altenstein Castle he often went on hunting trips. Around 1868 he had a permanent hunting lodge built in the rustic log cabin style as a Swiss house in the Waldfischer Forest, below the Kissel .
The building was ready for occupancy after 1871 and was used extensively by the Duke as a hunting lodge and private retreat until the more comfortable Altenstein Castle was completed. Old Deusing and Kisselvater Schröder are closely linked to the history of the hunting lodge . Both men worked as hunting assistants and caretakers for the Duke and his guests and subsequently caused numerous anecdotes. Prince Adalbert of Prussia , the Duke's son-in-law, was one of the keenest hunting guests and visitors .
Hikers and homeland friends founded the Kisselgemeinde as early as 1905 and used the hunting lodge as an excursion destination and local hangout for festivities. On January 1, 1919, the building, like the princely hunting district, became the property of the Free State of Saxony-Meiningen and later became part of the State of Thuringia. At the end of the Second World War , refugees used the remote house as emergency accommodation. The house had already been cleared out in 1919 and later only spartanly furnished. In the 1950s, the Kissel was expanded as a local recreation area and holiday camp; today's hotel was built in the 1980s as a holiday property for the Bad Salzungen State Forestry Company .
Structural matters
The two-storey wooden house, built on a brick base, corresponded to the typical image of an alpine hunting lodge and was decorated with numerous hunting trophies on the facade. The current state of preservation of the listed building is considered very questionable.
literature
- Otto Hartmann: The hunting lodge on the Kissel . In: Authors' Community Altensteiner Blätter (Ed.): Altensteiner Blätter . Schweina 1993, p. 8-12 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 0.7 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 59.5 ″ E