Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association

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The oldest observation tower in the Jeseníky Mountains on the Bischofskoppe

The Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association e. V. (MSSGV) is a mountain association founded in Freiwaldau in 1881. It is entered in the register of associations of the Stuttgart District Court (VR 230051).

history

The Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association was founded in Freiwaldau by 11 men, including the first chairman Johann Ripper. The aim of this association was to promote tourism in the Jeseníky Mountains . The name of the association refers to the main ridge path of this mountain range, which leads from Ficht ( Smrk ) over the Hochschar ( Šerák ) to Rotenbergpass ( Červenohorske sedlo ) and on to Altvater ( Praděd ) and the Hohe Heide, because this is where the border between Moravia and Silesia ran - therefore the name "Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association" was chosen. On the ridge path, boundary stones were set as path markers, which have the letters BB for the Diocese of Breslau on one side and FL for the Principality of Liechtenstein on the other .

After the foundation of the MSSGV on April 26th, 1881, the tourist development of the Jeseníky Mountains began with road construction activities. 2000 km of hiking trails have been marked and made accessible. In addition to writing tourist literature, a magazine was published. The association later continued its activities with the construction of the first tourist huts and, subsequently, of observation towers. The association publication Altvater was first published in 1882 . After one year of existence, the association already had 950 members in 10 local sections and at the beginning of the Second World War had around 12,000 members in 45 branch associations.

The association has and had the goal of maintaining hiking, working with mountain and hiking associations, folklore and natural history and environmental protection. The association is not a refugee association, but a member of the Association of German Mountain and Hiking Associations and a member of the European Hiking Association . From 1922 to 1938 the MSSGV was forbidden from membership in the German Hiking Association by Czechoslovak authorities. The branch associations from German Silesia continued their membership as the Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association . This was created on September 17, 1922 in Neisse and, after brief reintegration while the Sudetenland belonged to the German Reich, from 1949 it was again an independent hiking club in the German Hiking Association based in Hagen , before it was dissolved in 1971.

Sections in Sudetenland

Lookout towers and hikers' homes

George's shelter on the Hochschar (Chata Jiřího na Šeraku)

In 1898, the section built Zuckmantel ( Zlate Hory ) a 18 m high observation tower on the Bishop Koppe ( Biskupská Kupa ), on which there was in 1891 a 18 m high wooden tower. The Freiwaldau section built a 26 m high round observation tower on the Goldkoppe in 1892 . In 1903 the 30 m high tower was built on the Zámecký vrch (Castle Hill) not far from Krnov (Hunters' Village). On the Praděd (Altvater) the MSSGV began in 1904 with the 32.5 m high construction of the Altvaterturm , which could not be put into operation until 1912 due to structural and weather problems and collapsed in 1959.
The observation towers on the Schlossberg and on the Bischofskoppe still stand to this day. Only the tower on the Goldkoppe is accessible to the public.

In addition to the observation towers, the MSSGV built hiking homes in the Sudetenland, which were called Bergbauden . In 1884 the first house was built on the Šerák (George's shelter on the Hochschar, today Chata Jiřího na Šeraku). In 1896 the Mährisch Schönberg section acquired the “Berggeist” from Kleppel . Furthermore, the Liechtenstein shelter on the Spieglitzer Schneeberg (Polish Śnieżnik Kłodzki, Czech Králický Sněžník) and the shelters on the Heidelkoppe, the Schlesierhaus, the shelters on the Red Mountain Pass, the Kesselbaude near Bärn, the Fichtensteinbaude, the Rudsholphheim on the Bischofskoppe and the Heinrich Verlorenwasser built near Wallstein. The MSSGV also made it possible to climb the lookout rock.

today

In 1954, the MSSGV in Kirchheim unter Teck was re-established by Franz Peschel. In 1984 the association was awarded the Eichendorff badge . Today (2008) the association has its headquarters in Kirchheim unter Teck and has several associations in the Czech Republic. The association no longer consists only of former Sudeten Germans, but has more than 4,000 members in 15 other countries. The association runs four of its own hiking homes with its association members, three of them in Germany and one in Austria: Altvaterbaude in Lenningen- Schopfloch in Baden-Württemberg, Hergertsmühle near Neukirchen near Seigertshausen in Hesse, Altvater's house in Kirchbichl in Austria near Kufstein and that Haus Vulkaneifel near Gerolstein in Rhineland-Palatinate. The association publishes its “Altvater” magazine six times a year.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association (ed.): "100 Years of the Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountains Association", Kirchheim / Teck, 1981, p. 8
  2. ^ Emil Imm: "75 Years of Service at Home 1883-1958", Association of German Mountain and Hiking Clubs e. V., Stuttgart, 1958, p. 115
  3. ↑ Mährisch-Schlesischer Sudetengebirgsverein (Hrsg.): "100 Years Mährisch-Schlesischer Sudetengebirgsverein", Kirchheim / Teck, 1981, p. 8f.
  4. ↑ http://www.mssgv.de/index2.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.wanderindex.de/wanderverbaende/hauptverband/eichendorffplakette.html