Rondell (Oberhof)
The roundabout near Oberhof is an obelisk and a monument to traffic history at the intersection of Thuringian state road 3247 , the former federal road 247 , with the Rennsteig .
The roundabout is reminiscent of road construction from 1830 to 1832, which was headed by the Gothic captain and road builder Julius von Plänckner . Duke Ernst I arranged the section Gotha – Oberhof – Zella to get a short connection between his duchies of Gotha and Coburg. The Kingdom of Prussia co- financed the road in order to get a connection to its exclaves, the districts Schleusingen and Schmalkalden , for duty-free traffic. The roundabout is 826 m above sea level.
The approximately seven meter high obelisk, erected in 1834, was designed by the Gotha court building officer Gustav Eberhard . Four inscriptions are attached. On one are the names of those involved in road construction. The three other inscriptions read:
- "How the road climbs so safely and easily to the heights, connecting countries with countries, animating trade and the arts."
- "Hail the creative mind, who created the wilderness for a friendly garden and turned the horror of nature into loveliness."
- "Ernst Herzog zu Sachsen built this road to the height of the mountain 2572 Par. Feet in the years 1830 = 1832."
Above are the coats of arms of Saxony (the diamond wreath), Henneberg (the hen) and the Thuringian and Bavarian lion.
The name Rondell comes from a round piece of lawn that surrounded the obelisk. The forest workers memorial is on the opposite side of the street .
history
The Rennsteig near Oberhof has long been crossed by two important trade routes from north to south. The probably older one ran over the Zellaer Leube to Zella , from there via Suhl , Hirschbach , Erlau to Schleusingen . A junction from Zella led to the Rohr monastery . The second old street led from Oberhof over the Rondell, the Suhler Leube , the Großer Beerberg and the rest area and inn Fröhlicher Mann to Suhl.
The expansion and maintenance of the road had been transferred in sections by the sovereign to the places Suhl, Ohrdruf , Crawinkel , Wölfis , Zella-Mehlis , Benshausen , Heinrichs and Albrechts . The rights of escort mentioned in 1515 were still due to the Thuringian landgrave. Friedrich von Sachsen acquired all rights to road tolls and escort rights by 1536 , these were still used by his successors until 1834. A long overdue modernization of the streets as a highway or art street , which was linked to the Geldern, was only pushed forward in 1832.
The roundabout is an important landmark on the Rennsteig and the starting point for many hikes.
literature
- Heinrich Hess: The Thuringian Forest in ancient times (reprint) . Rockstuhl, 1999, ISBN 978-3-936030-26-6 , pp. 88 .
- Erhard Rosenkranz: Travel Guide Thuringian Forest and peripheral areas . Ed .: Horst H. Müller. Tourist-Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-350-00263-3 , population, economy, traffic, p. 90-102 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Harald Sandner: The House of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha 1826 to 2001; Documentation on the 175th anniversary of the parent company in words and pictures. Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse, Coburg 2001, ISBN 3-00-008525-4 , p. 45
- ↑ Matthias Schmidt: The monument at the Rondell in Oberhof and the importance of the pinnacle for the development of national monument forms in the 19th century in Germany. From the work of the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, 2008 (2008), pages 156–164.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 40 ″ N , 10 ° 43 ′ 13 ″ E