Upper Meineckenberg
| Upper Meineckenberg | ||
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| height | 644.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Ilsenburg (Harz) ; District of Harz , Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | resin | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 49 '30 " N , 10 ° 37' 46" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
The Obere Meineckenberg is a 644.3 m above sea level. NHN high elevation in the Harz Mountains . It is located near the core town of Ilsenburg (Harz) in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
The Obere Meineckenberg rises in the Harz National Park and in the Harz / Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park . Its summit is 5.5 km south-southwest of the city center of Ilsenburg. To the south-west the landscape leads over to the Kleiner Brocken ( 1018.4 m ), a hill on the northern flank of the Brocken ( 1141.2 m ), and to the north-northeast to the Lower Meineckenberg ( 565.9 m ). To the east it falls into the valley of the Ilse .
history
The district court counselor Walther Grosse from Wernigerode suspected that this mountain might be named after the Goslar citizen Georg Meinecke, who was entrusted with the Count of Stolberg's coal sharks around 1593 or was named for a previous mine owner. The Ilsenburg homeland researcher Hans Riefenstahl added that the Meineckenberg was given its current name around 1609 by Georg Meinecke, the owner of the Ilsemühle. This information can be confirmed and supplemented.
It was actually Georg (also called Jürgen) Meinecke, whose family name was transferred to the mountain. He came from Abbenrode and ran a sawmill on the Schmahlen Ohe. Twice a year he had to pay a floor rent to the Count zu Stolberg in Wernigerode. After Count Wolf Ernst zu Stolberg fell into debt with the mayor Georg Achtermann in Braunschweig for 4101 thalers because of the purchase of silk and other luxury items , he agreed with Georg Meinecke that he would no longer pay his interest from Michaelmas (= 29 September) 1598 the count's house, but should be paid directly to the Braunschweig mayor.
Die Schmahle Ohe is no longer known under this term, but is called Schlüsie. Where this small stream flows into the Ilse, a sawmill is first mentioned in 1592, which was later named Ilsemühle. The name of the mill owner Meinecke was carried over 400 years ago to the mountain at the foot of which this early modern sawmill stood.
At that time there was also a sawmill in the upper Eckertal in the forest village of Kolför (Kohlforde) near today's Eckertalsperre. This was run by Peter Brüning, who was the chief forester in Langenstein. From autumn 1598 he also had to pay his floor rental to the mayor Achtermann in Braunschweig. The memory of these two sawmills has long since faded, only the name (Oberer) Meineckenberg has remained.
In 2014, extensive chalking was carried out on Meineckenberg.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Clear cuts between Plessenburg and Meineckenberg (private website)