Langer Berg (Thuringian Slate Mountains)
| Long mountain | ||
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 Long mountain seen from the northwest |
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| height | 808.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Ilm-Kreis , Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Thuringian Slate Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '59 " N , 11 ° 1' 5" E | |
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The Lange Berg (historically also called Burzel until the 19th century ) is 808.6 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the northern Thuringian Slate Mountains at the interface to the Thuringian Forest , in the Ilm district , Thuringia ( Germany ).
Geographical location
The Lange Berg rises south-southeast of Gehren . It is 7 km long and about 2 km wide. The former administrative community Langer Berg , to which the villages around the mountain belonged, was named after him. The watershed between Ilm in the west and Schwarza in the east runs over the mountain . The Wohlrose flows west of the mountain and the gutter runs east of it .
Prince Karl Günther monument
The Prince Karl Günther monument stands on one of the highest points of the mountain. It was erected from 1911 to 1912 as a "Thuringian State Monument" in honor of the last Prince Karl Günther von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. The memorial goes back to an initiative of the Prince's widow Marie, who donated the 3 m high statue of her husband, created according to a design by the sculptor Arno Zauche . The monumental substructure was built from natural stones from the Long Mountain according to plans by the Gotha architect Richard Klepzig . The bronze statue of Prince Karl-Günther shows the father of the country as a hunter on the prowl with hat and rifle slung over his shoulder.
During the Second World War , the bronze statue was dismantled under the National Socialist regime in 1942 and ended up in the bell cemetery of the North German Affinierie , where it survived the war without damage. It was not until 1972 that the statue was melted down as one of the last sculptures from the “Reichsmetallreserve”.
It is thanks to the Förderverein Langer Berg eV that the monument did not fall into disrepair, but could be renovated with LEADER funds. A modern replica of the prince made of painted plaster has stood on the monument since August 2010 .
Other objects
Furthermore, from 2004 to 2010 there was a poaching museum on the Long Mountain, which was dedicated to poaching . It is a converted hunting lodge, which was converted as a LEADER project with funds from the European Union . There was also a restaurant in the Fürst-Carl-Günther-Haus until 2010 .
See also
List of mountains and elevations in Thuringia
Individual evidence
Web links
- Hiking trails & excursions - www.gehren.eu. In: gehren.eu.
- Poaching Museum. In: www.wilderermuseum.de. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009 .