Plunderstrasse

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The Plunderstraße , known as the Königsweg after 1611 , was an old trade route that led from Bohemia via Upper Lusatia into the Meißner highlands .

course

The Königsweg led through Waltersdorf on the Saxon side , crossed the Lausur to the west of Neuschönau and led back to Karlsdorf in Bohemia at the southwestern foot of the Finkenhübels . There the path avoided the Mandau valley and led past Alt Warnsdorf to Halbendorf in Saxony. There the path leads south past Seifhennersdorf , where it crosses with the Holzstraße, back to Bohemian territory to Rumburg .

history

The route over the Waltersdorfer Pass has been used as a trade connection between Bohemia and Saxony since the Middle Ages. In 1419, King Wenzel forbade merchants to use Plunderstraße and ordered the use of Gabler Straße . His successor Sigismund renewed the ban in 1422, as this was the way food was supplied to the Hussites .

However, the ban was largely ignored. On the one hand, North Bohemian nobles used Plunderstraße during the Hussite aftermath against the Six- City League , on the other hand merchants who tried to avoid customs in Zittau traveled to Upper Lusatia. Because it was used as the main Paschweg, the name "Plunderweg" came about.

After King Matthias moved to Bautzen via the forbidden road in 1611 , it was given the name "Königsweg".

The "Königsweg" was an open road between Rumburg and Warnsdorf until the regulations of the German Customs Union came into force in 1834 .

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