Odenberg
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| height | 381.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Gudensberg , Schwalm-Eder-Kreis , Hesse , Germany | |
| Mountains | West Hessian mountainous region | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 11 '43 " N , 9 ° 22' 37" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| particularities | - Ring wall systems - Odenbergturm ( AT ) |
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The Odenberg is 381.2 m above sea level. NHN high basalt dome in the West Hessian mountainous region near Gudensberg in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse ( Germany ).
On the high plateau of the Odenberg there are two ring walls and the Odenbergturm observation tower , from which one has a beautiful view of large parts of northern Hesse. The mountain, on the north slope of which grows wild garlic , is covered with dense deciduous forest . Wood Economically which was hornbeam planted. An educational forest path leads around the mountain.
Geographical location
The Odenberg rises as part of the Gudensberg threshold in the West Hessian Depression with its highest point around 2 km north-northeast of the core town of Gudensberg and around 2 km west of the Gudensberg district of Dissen .
The Glisborn rises on the northeast slope and the Ems tributary Goldbach flows to the southwest . The wooded Langenberge stretch northwest of the Odenberg , and the rocky basalt cone Scharfenstein to the east . The federal highway 49 runs southeast of the mountain. To the west of the mountain, the 3221 state road runs from Gudensberg to Besse , where there is a small car park near the Sattelhöhe. From here a leading agricultural road to the trail around the mountain. The summit of the Odenberg can be reached from the circular route via the steeper north-west side on a rather difficult trail or via the flatter south-east side on a forest path.
history
In 1938 settlement areas from around 4000 to 1000 BC were established on the Odenberg. Founded near the medieval Kassel Cross , a ribbon ceramics grave from the 10th century BC. Discovered from the Hallstatt period . Excavations to the south of the mountain have revealed many finds from the Bronze (2200 to 1200 BC) and Iron Ages (1200 to 450 BC). On the Odenberg there are two ring walls with trenches in front, probably from the early Middle Ages (6th - 11th centuries). Many excavation exhibits from the Odenberg are now in the Hessian State Museum in Kassel .
In 1154 the mountain was mentioned in a document as Wuodenberg . In the 17th century, an execution site for the witch hunt was laid out on the south side. In 1662 four women from Besse were burned as witches at the execution site on the Odenberg .
Legends and myths
There are numerous legends about the Odenberg. The Germanic god Wodan is said to have lived with his wild army in the Odenberg since he was driven out of the area by Christianization . Originally there was a Wodan shrine in Gudensberg; with Christianity, the old popular belief then probably shifted to the Odenberg. In many formerly pagan areas it was customary to pray to the Christian god, but first to do the old gods “as a precaution”.
Another legend tells of a bloody battle in the vicinity of the Odenberg, which Charlemagne is said to have fought against the Saxons. Completely exhausted by the victorious battle, the emperor is said to have withdrawn with his army to the mountain, and the deserted area of Karlskirchen is said to commemorate this battle. However, nothing has historically been recorded about a battle on the mountain. According to legend, the emperor sleeps in the Odenberg as a so- called hero who has been removed from the mountains and will eventually rise again and resume his rule. The Gudensberg librarian and local poet Hugo Brunner dedicated his poem Kaiser Karl im Odenberg to this legend .
Odenberg Tower
The Odenbergturm is about 21.5 m high observation tower in wood construction with six platform levels. At the base of the tower it has an edge length of 4.5 m and stands in a small clearing near the highest point of the mountain. A first, 9 m high, wooden observation tower was built in 1885. In 1982, with a view to the 100th anniversary of the tower, the “Odenberg Tower Action Group” was founded in 1985, which in 1983, in cooperation with the city, repaired the old tower from the ground up and increased it to 17 m. To support this reconstruction, the artist Josef Mertin published the collection of local legends in 1985 with the title “The Mountain of the Blue Flower ”.
In 1991 the tower was renovated and raised again, with the two uppermost, significantly smaller tower levels being placed in the middle of the fourth platform. They have an edge length of about 1.7 m, are 2.3 m or 4.6 m above the fourth platform and can be reached via steep ladders. A total of 96 steps have to be climbed to the top platform. The two viewing platforms on the fourth and sixth levels are each provided with orientation boards.
From the Odenbergturm you have a panoramic view of large parts of the North Hessian basalt hilltop landscape. Past the Langenberge you can look north over Kassel to the Reinhardswald . You look northeast to the Kaufunger Wald , to the east-northeast to the Söhre , to the south over Gudensberg and the Eder lowlands to the Knüll and to the southwest to the Kellerwald .
Literary mention
The romantic writer Eugenie John , who wrote under the pseudonym Eugenie Marlitt for the journal Die Gartenlaube , used the Odenberg as a fictional setting in her 1866 novel Goldelse .
Wilhelm Ide writes about the Odenberg in his short story "Das Rote Haus":
“On the Odenberg, which carries Odin's name through the millennia, the pastor told the listener about the fifth, about the enchanted Emperor Karl, who slumbers in the lap of the mountain and storms out of the gorges every seven years in the moonlight with his armies to move south until the first cockcrow chases him back into the underground halls; and yet all the great events in Hessenland always took place in such fifth years. "
There are similar legends about the Desenberg near Warburg , the Kyffhäuser in Thuringia and the Untersberg near Bad Reichenhall .
In 1986 Heinz-Lothar Worm wrote the “Sage of the Child in the Odenberg” .
literature
- Ed. Aktiongemeinschaft Odenberg observation tower: One hundred years observation tower on the Odenberg near Gudensberg: 1885-1985 ; Brochure for the anniversary celebration on May 16, 1985, Gudensberg
- Eduard Brauns: Hiking guide through North Hesse and Waldeck , A. Bernecker, Melsungen, 1971
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b c d e f Information according to private measurements and explorations
- ↑ a b Photo of the information board on the tower, on commons.wikimedia.org
- ↑ a b Information from the Gudensberg city administration dated October 5, 2017
