Lusen
| Lusen | ||
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 Summer path on the Lusen |
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| height | 1373 m | |
| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Bavarian Forest / Bohemian Forest | |
| Dominance | 9.5 km → Big Rachel | |
| Notch height | 190 m ↓ rod felt | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 '21 " N , 13 ° 30' 25" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
The Lusen ( Luzný in Czech ) with its height of 1,373 meters is the sixth highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest / Bohemian Forest after the Großer Rachel , Kleiner Rachel , Kleiner Arber , Plattenhausenriegel and Großer Arber . Like Rachel and the Great Falkenstein, it is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park close to the border with the Czech Republic . In the vicinity are the villages of Waldhäuser , Hohenau , Mauth and Finsterau as well as Modrava on the Czech side; from all of them there are hiking trails leading to the summit.
description
Already on the oldest Bavarian map of Johannes Aventinus from 1523 he is as Lusen m. drawn. According to recent research, the name is of Celtic, possibly even pre-Celtic origin. The Lusen is a popular hiking destination in the Bavarian Forest with a far-reaching panorama in all directions.
The summit area, which is completely covered with granite rock blocks, was, according to legend, piled up by the devil over a pot of gold. In fact, the rocky summit is a geological sight that makes the Lusen unmistakable.
The summit cross was erected in 1947 by the Catholic youth of St. Oswald and renovated in 1992 after a lightning strike. On August 17th, 2008, as part of a service, Diocesan Bishop Wilhelm Schraml blessed the cross with the Christ figure attached to it, which is a donation from the Diocese of Passau.
The Lusenschutzhaus, built in 1938, is only a few meters below the summit. It is operated by the Bavarian Forest Association , offers overnight accommodation and is also managed on weekends in winter. This is where the long toboggan run (winter path) begins, which is why many day-trippers take the trouble of climbing up even when there is heavy snow. The so-called summer path begins like the winter path in Waldhäuser and leads 1.5 kilometers straight across the west side for the last part. The end of this route is the steep stone staircase to the summit, known as the “heavenly ladder”.
In the north, 400 meters below the summit, is the border with the Czech Republic . Below the summit is the historical Bohemian Trail to the west . This was part of the old Goldener Steig trade route . At this point, a high court, in which criminals according to law Handhab by a drive-by was hemmers sentenced formed Notgericht and possibly could also be hanged.
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain , the national park communities in both countries have been trying to open this border crossing at the blue pillars . Since the Czech Republic joined the Schengen Agreement on December 1, 2007 , it has theoretically been possible to cross the border legally. However, entry into the core area of the Sumava National Park is prohibited. It is still being maintained by the Czech Ministry of the Environment due to negative reports on the effects on nature in the national park, so that cross-border hiking in the Lusental and to Březník is not possible. In September 2008, the ministries of the environment in Bavaria and the Czech Republic agreed on a compromise proposal which provided for a temporary opening of the hiking trail and a significantly longer tour around the capercaillie area. To compensate, part of the Grenzsteig will remain closed for two years. Since July 15, 2009, the new border crossing on the small Spitzberg has been opened for hikers. It is supposed to stay open from July 15th to November 15th every year.
Block sea
The Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) has identified the block sea as a geoscientifically particularly valuable geotope (geotope number: 272R016). It was also awarded the official seal of approval for Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes by the LfU .
This sea of boulders on the border ridge between Bavaria and Bohemia was created by ice age erosion , especially by frost weathering in the Quaternary period . Due to the vegetation with common map lichen it already glows lemon yellow from a distance.
Hikes on the Lusen
Probably the most popular (because it is the shortest) tour begins a little above Waldhäuser at the forest house Waldhausreibe (1100 m above sea level), which can be reached during the day in summer with the hedgehog buses that run in the national park . There you can choose between two hiking trails, the summer trail and the winter trail. At the Waldhausreibe, both are signposted with a time of 1 hour and 15 minutes, but the reasonably experienced hiker can master these paths in a maximum of 45 minutes. More ambitious hikers choose the Fredenbrücke (850 m above sea level) below Waldhäuser, which can also be reached by hedgehog buses, and climb via Martinsklause, Teufelsloch and finally via the summer path to Lusen in about two hours.
The Lusen can also be reached from Finsterau in around two hours. The starting point is the Schustersäge or Oberes Reschbachtal car parks, from the bus stop (Igelbus) at the Finsterau open-air museum you walk around 15 minutes longer. The so-called Lusensteig leads from there - initially always along the Kleiner Schwarzbach - to the summit of the Lusen. The ascent from the parking lots at Reschwasser (750 m) near Mauth takes even longer . From here you go via Steinbachklause, Tummelplatz and finally also via the winter path to Lusen in a good three hours. The transition from Lusen to Big Rachel takes about four to five hours.
Bark beetle damage in the Lusen area
Until the mid-1990s, almost the entire ascent on the Lusen (until shortly before the Blockmeer) was in the shady mixed or coniferous forest. From 1995, however, large parts of the old mountain spruce forest fell victim to the bark beetle due to the unusually warm weather . In the Lusen area and north of it, the damage occurred almost entirely on around 4,000 hectares. Following the principle of the national park concept, no chemical or biological defense measures were taken. The viewer is therefore presented with a picture from the Lusengipfel in which the dead conifers still dominate. The national park administration has decided not to remove any dead wood from the affected area. It represents the philosophy "let nature be nature". The forest does not die, only its old individuals. Under cover of the dead trees, a new forest is already growing back into a “wild forest” that is unique in Europe. The new natural forest, rich in tree species, is likely to be ecologically far superior to the usual monotonous timber forests. The “Hochwaldsteig” adventure trail on the summer trail provides insights into this natural forest development.
Nature reserve
The nature reserve Lusengipfel with high forest was announced by the State Ministry of the Interior on April 15, 1969, Bayer. GV sheet No. 7/1969 established. It was 419.17 hectares and extended northwest to the Great Spitzberg. Today it is part of the Bavarian Forest National Park .
Individual evidence
- ^ Albrecht Greule: The historical horizons of the geographical names in Bavaria. University of Regensburg, Faculty for Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies, Institute for German Studies, Regensburg 2007 ( PDF 90 kB; published in 2010 in Oberviechtacher Heimatblätter, Volume 8/2010, pp. 9-19), p. 2.
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotop Blockmeer am Lusen (accessed on March 22, 2020).
- ↑ Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes, Blockmeer am Lusen (accessed November 4, 2017)
