Patersberg (mountain)

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Patersberg
Poderzagel
Patersberg from the Haidhügel

Patersberg from the Haidhügel

height 528  m
location near Veitlahm ( Mainleus ), district of Kulmbach , Bavaria ( Germany )
Coordinates 50 ° 7 '47 "  N , 11 ° 23' 27"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '47 "  N , 11 ° 23' 27"  E
Patersberg (mountain) (Bavaria)
Patersberg (mountain)
rock Iron sandstone
Age of the rock Dogger (175 million years old)
Normal way from the parking lot near Veitlahm on path no.66
particularities Patersbergturm ( AT ), called "Look around"

The Patersberg or (historically) Poderzagel is a 528 m high mountain near Veitlahm , municipality of Mainleus , in the district of Kulmbach .

The "Poderzagel" was mentioned for the first time in Landbuch A of the rule Plassenburg in 1398 as a castle count's forest in the office of Kulmbach, which is to be delimited with that of Waldenfels . In the Landbuch B 1531 of the rule Plassenburg it says: "The Sunterung (margravial forest) behind the Baderzagel". On the northern slope of the Patersberg below the tower there is a boundary stone with the coat of arms of the Lords of Künßberg at Wernstein Castle.

After the Neudorfer Lindlein ( 544  m ), it is the second highest elevation in the old district of Kulmbach .

etymology

In Middle High German , the word zagel actually means the tuft of hair on the tail or tail of animals. The mountain was probably named that way because of its elongated shape. If you look at the contour lines of the Patersberg, you can see the shape of an elongated, bushy tail. Zagel is also a technical term from iron processing and refers to a piece of iron that is worked in an ironworks.

The word Poder or Bader is ambiguous. In Old Germanic pader means path or water. The meaning of path is more applicable here .

geology

Geologically, the Patersberg belongs to the Dogger (Braunjura). The rock is popularly called iron sandstone. Iron used to be mined and extracted in the area, and there are still many sandstones with iron ore veins. On the eastern slope of the Patersberg in the direction of Höfstätten there is a volcanic vent with nepheline basalt . In the Tertiary 60 million years ago, liquid lava rose in a rift and got stuck in the Opalinus Clay . Traces of volcanic activity can still be seen.

Basalt quarry on Patersberg

Until a hundred years ago, the basalt was mined and used for building roads and paths. The quarry is designated as Geotope 477A001 by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment . See also the list of geotopes in the district of Kulmbach .

Observation tower

The lookout tower "Look around" was built on the initiative of the natural scientist Johann Peter Apollonius Weltrich in 1837/1838. Weltrich was the royal rent agent in Kulmbach. In the Rhäto-Lias transitional layers near Veitlahm, he discovered plant fossils that were named after him, such as the weltrichia mirabilis , of which a type specimen is kept at the University of Uppsala / Sweden. This specimen can be assigned to the tree ferns and is also called the miracle flower. The tower was inaugurated on October 4, 1838. In his address, Johann Apollonius Weltrich thanked all donors and the citizens of Veitlahm for the manual and tensioning services during the construction of the building. He ended his speech with the words: "Be happy and look around on the Patersberg". A plaque is attached to the tower with the inscription "Made in unity for love of the creator 1837/38".

The large viewing platform on the main building can be reached via a spiral staircase in the attached stair tower , which is provided with a second, smaller platform at the top.

history

  • 1443 and 1455: toe loan on the "Paderzagel" margravial fief of those of Plassenburg. 1530: Forest at “Baderzagel” to demarcate Danndorf
  • 1531: A burgrave Johann gave the "Poderczagel" to the Augustinian monastery in Kulmbach
  • In 1567 in the land register of Kindsberg it was written : "Forest on Paderszagel 36 acres of wood from Kindsberg to the Wernstein manor"
  • 1738: Meadow of the "Badersberg" to the manor Danndorf of the barons of Künßberg. Below the tower you can find boundary stones with the margravial coat of arms (Hohenzollern shield) and the coat of arms of the Künßberg (Spitzberg)

  • Patersberg Tower

  • Blackboard with inscription

  • Künßberg coat of arms stone

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "State Archive Bamberg City Archive Kulmbach, Archive of the von Künßberg, Wernstein
  2. ↑ Geotope: Former basalt quarry on Patersberg near Veitlahm (accessed on September 4, 2013; PDF; 192 kB)
  3. ↑ From Veitlahmer Patersberg one looks into the wide country on infranken.de from December 1, 2014, accessed on February 11, 2016