Prince rock
Prinzenfelsen is the name for granite rock towers in the Hohe Fichtelgebirge (northeast Bavaria, district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge ) between the Silberhaus rest house on federal road 303 (municipality of Tröstau ) and the Hohe Matze mountain . Two particularly stand out from the area of rock groups of different sizes. Stairs lead up the highest rock tower to the viewing platform at 751 m above sea level. NN . The group of rocks is located in the state forest, is a protected natural monument and is exactly at the 50th parallel.
history
In a boundary description from 1435 the rocks are called "Scheferstain", 1536 "Schäferstein" and 1716 "Schieferstein". They were popularly known as "Girglstein", derived from the nearby Girgel cave. On November 25, 1911, the rocks, a little off the beaten track, were renamed “Prinzenfelsen” in the presence of members of the Fichtelgebirgsverein at a ceremony in order to promote their popularity. The Prinz-Ludwig-Felsen is the larger and the Prinz-Leopold-Felsen is the smaller one. This name was chosen to commemorate the visits of the two Wittelsbachers to the Fichtel Mountains in 1905 and 1910 respectively.
The Prinzenfelsen has been designated as an important geotope by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Geotope number: 479R024).
Tourist development
In 1880, the Fichtel Mountains section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club created a gangway from the former forester's house Silberhaus zum Girgelstein. In 1913, FGV members organized a forest festival at the Prinzenfelsen in order to use the proceeds to create a staircase. The ascent system has been looked after by the FGV local group Nagel since then and has been repeatedly repaired or renewed. The Franconian Mountain Trail has been leading to the Prinzenfelsen since 2007 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotop Prinzenfelsen SE von Silberhaus (accessed on October 15, 2017).
literature
- Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ N , 11 ° 54 ′ 31 ″ E