Lamberg (Cham basin)

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The Lamberg is the highest elevation (602 m) in the Cham basin . The pilgrimage church of St. Walburga and an excursion restaurant are located on the summit . In 1867 Friedrich Nietzsche climbed the Lamberg together with his friend Erwin Rohde, which is why the Friedrich Nietzsche hiking trail has been named after it since 2006 .

Lamberg near Cham, summit, view from the west
Lamberg, pilgrimage church of St. Walburga, view from the south

Location and general description

The district of Cham with the same name is named after the Lamberg . The Lamberg lies between Chammünster and Chamerau and is surrounded by rain . Since these places are about 375 meters above sea level, there are about 225 meters to overcome to the summit. A well-maintained road leads to the summit, but it is only a single lane, so that difficult evasive maneuvers must be expected in oncoming traffic. From the summit you have beautiful views over the Chamer Land and the Bavarian Forest . a. Great Arber and Osser can be seen well.

The ramparts

Lamberg, display board, Friedrich Nietzsche hiking trail with a description of the ramparts

A distinction is made between three ramparts, and their dating is considered difficult:

  • Wall installation I: "Große Schanz": "Probably the oldest of the three summit fortifications can be described as pre-Carolingian." (quoted from "Traces of the Past in Cham")
  • Wallanlage II: "Kleine Schanz": "Since archaeological excavations are still pending here and any finds are missing, the previous early medieval dating approach can only be taken as a suggestion and a prehistoric date can also be considered." (ibid.)
  • Wall system III: Burgstall "Wallgraben": on the summit plateau, see: Lamberg tower

The pilgrimage church of St. Walburga

Lamberg, display board, Friedrich Nietzsche hiking trail with a description of the pilgrimage church

In the Middle Ages, Lamberg developed into one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in Bavaria. In 1556 the pilgrimage church was plundered and destroyed in the course of the Reformation and rebuilt by Elector Maximilian in 1627/28 . The church was destroyed again in 1806 as a result of secularization . The current pilgrimage church was built in 1832 and consecrated in 1833. Today a pilgrimage support association looks after the preservation of the church and the continued existence of the gastronomy.

To the Friedrich Nietzsche hiking trail

At the beginning of August 1867, Nietzsche and Erwin Rohde traveled for three weeks from his place of study in Leipzig via Eger through the Upper Palatinate and the Bavarian Forest. On August 10, the two of them reached Cham by train and climbed the Lamberg from Chammünster.

The records of the ascent of the Lamberg do not come from Nietzsche, but from Rohde, e. B. about the summit view: "From a small plateau of the Lamberges you have an excellent view of the mountains to the north and east of the actual Bavarian forest: from afar the peaks of the Arber greet you, in front is the elongated ridge of the Hohenbogen, in front of it smaller mountains and all this stood out picturesquely in the beautiful violet and blue-gray inks of the sun, which was gradually sinking towards setting, and against the cloudless sky. On the south side one overlooks the descending foothills and the plain sloping towards the Danube. " (Traces from the past in Cham, p. 23)

Nietzsche quotes the motto on the boards of the Friedrich Nietzsches hiking trail: "Everything began in the Bavarian Forest ...". It is a fragmentary poem (eKGWB / NF-1877,22 [80]) and reads more precisely:

It started in the Bavarian forest
Basel has done something to it
In Sorrento it first spanned big and wide
And Rosenlaui gave him air and freedom
The mountains circled, at the beginning middle and end!
Terrific for those who know the saying!
Thirteen months until the child's mother recovers -
Was there an elephant?
Or even a ridiculous mouse? -
So the father worries. Just laugh at him!

On August 4, 1876, Nietzsche bitterly left Bayreuth ("Bayreuthflucht") and took another (short) vacation in the Bavarian Forest ( Klingenbrunn ).

Web links

literature

  • Tourist and Citizen Service of the City of Cham: Traces of the Past in Cham, undated (approx. 2005). Contains the chapters "Der Lamberg" and "Friedrich Nietzsche" with longer excerpts from Erwin Rohde's diary.
  • Tourist-Info Cham: Friedrich-Nietzsche-Wanderweg, undated (approx. 2010).
  • Karl Schlechta: Nietzsche Chronicle, Munich-Vienna 1975 (Hanser), in particular for the years 1867 and 1876.