Camel (ore mountains)
The camel is located in the Bockautal nature reserve on the western side of the Große Bockau valley above the Rector's Bridge not far from Waldhausen near the town of Eibenstock in the Erzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony . It is a rock formation made of tourmaline granite , which was popularly given this name because of its grotesque rock formation, which with a lot of imagination reveals the shape of a lying camel. The "cushion-like" weathering of the Eibenstocker granite, which is known in the technical language as wool sack weathering , and the surface of the rock that is partially overgrown with moss , which occurs under favorable conditions, contributed significantly to the naming. Rock and landscape forms of this type used to be and are in part still the subject of tourist marketing today . While the camel rock served as an excursion destination and as a photo opportunity until the middle of the 20th century, its location is hardly known today, especially since it can only be partially recognized from a distance due to the high forest. The camel rock is no longer shown in the current Saxony Atlas of the Free State of Saxony or on most hiking maps. The camel rock is also of no importance in terms of climbing.
From the vicinity of the camel rock there used to be a striking view of the summit of the 1019 m high Auersberg .
Due to the nearby Brettmühle in today's district of Waldhausen am Wiesenweg, the ridge on which the camel rock is located was formerly known as the Brettmühlenkochen . The Braunsbächel rises on its north side and, after a short course, flows into the Große Bockau as a western tributary.
literature
- Marion Tichomirova and Dietmar Leonhardt (Freiberg): New age determinations (Pb / Pb zircon evaporation, Rb / Sr) on the granites from Aue-Schwarzenberg and Eibenstock, Western Erzgebirge, Germany New age determinations (Pb / Pb zircon evaporation, Rb / Sr ) on granites from Aue-Schwarzenberg and Eibenstock, Western Ore Mountains, Germany . In: Zeitschrift geologischer Wissenschaften, Berlin 38 (2010) 2–3, pp. 99–123
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Sieber , Martin Leistner, Karl Troeger: The mining landscape of Schneeberg and Eibenstock: results of the local history inventory in the area of Schneeberg and Eibenstock (= values of the German homeland . Vol. 11), Berlin 1967, p. 143.
- ↑ Among other things, postcards from the Wilhelm Vogel publishing house in Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb are known. , Franz Landgraf , Zwickau or from the Brück & Sohn publishing house in Meißen
- ↑ Saxony Atlas of the Free State of Saxony ( notes )
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ' N , 12 ° 37' E