Bagpipe (mountain)
| Bagpipe | ||
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 The bagpipe and the forecourt from the Christenberg in the Burgwald ; in the foreground the Wetschaft depression |
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| height | 673.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | between Hatzfeld and Biedenkopf ; Districts of Waldeck-Frankenberg and Marburg-Biedenkopf ; Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Rothaar Mountains | |
| Dominance | 9.2 km → Bärenkopf (681.2 m, Scharte zum Ebschloh at 568.2 m on Amtshäuser Straße , 9.7 km dominance) | |
| Notch height | 158 m ↓ to Buchholz (643.1 m), the reference mountain is the Bärenkopf | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 ′ 19 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ E | |
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| particularities | Kaiser Wilhelm II Tower ( AT ) | |
The bagpipe is 673.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Rothaargebirge on the border of the districts of Waldeck-Frankenberg and Marburg-Biedenkopf in Hesse .
On the wooded mountain, which is a well-known and popular recreation area, there is, for example, the Kaiser Wilhelm II tower , which offers a view of the Rothaar Mountains, the Biedenkopf transmitter and a winter sports area.
geography
location
The bagpipe rises in the southern part of the Rothaargebirge in the western part of Hesse on the seam line of the districts of Waldeck-Frankenberg (north) and Marburg-Biedenkopf (south). East of the Wittgensteiner Land , it is located in the wooded and spacious Hatzfeld Forest between Hatzfeld in the north and Biedenkopf in the south.
Although the bagpipe is not one of the highest mountains of the Rothaargebirge, which is up to 843.2 m high, it clearly towers above its immediate surroundings with a dominance of around 8 km. Since the summit area is extremely wide in the direction of the mountains (north-northeast), the highest point is clearly in the Hatzfeld district and thus in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, but for example the position of the transmitter Biedenkopf in the Biedenkopfer urban area with a height of 665 m is just below the maximum. That is why the bagpipe is also the highest mountain in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and is marketed with this feature by the Biedenkopfer Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft, while Waldeck-Frankenberg in the Upland has significantly higher mountains.
The south-southwest foothills of the mountain is the 652 m high Wieschen; its summit is around 1,150 m south-southwest of the Sackpfeifengipfel.
The bagpipe can be approached by car via a cul-de-sac that branches off from Bundesstraße 253 between Hatzfeld- Eifa and Biedenkopf .
Natural area bagpipe
The natural area bagpipe (no. 333.3) is part of the main unit 333 - Rothaargebirge in the system of natural spatial classification according to Meynen . To the west, the Puderbach separates it from the Wittgensteiner Bergland , which belongs to the same main unit; to the south, the Obere Lahntal borders as part of the Gladenbacher Bergland (main unit 320), which is already part of the Westerwald (main unit group 32).
The transition to the Sackpfeifen Vorhöhen to the southeast runs comparatively smoothly along the line from which the peaks no longer reach the 600 m limit, while to the north the valley of the Eder or shortly before the Hatzfelder Bergland joins. Both natural areas belong to the Eastern Sauerland mountain range (main unit 332), as the eastern roof of the Rothaar Mountains is called. Like the mountains themselves, it belongs to the main unit group 33 - Süderbergland .
Overall, the natural area Sackpfeife represents the easternmost branch of the immediate vicinity of the Rhine-Weser watershed within the Rothaargebirge. Almost all rivers flow either directly north into the Eder or south into the Lahn, with both rivers only about four kilometers from the Watershed flowing away in eastern directions.
mountains
The surveys of the natural area bagpipe include - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea level (NHN):
- Bagpipe (673.3 m)
- Wieschen (652 m), elevation south-southwest of the summit region
- Buchholz (643.0 m), west
- Hainpracht (631.0 m), southeast of the main summit; northernmost of the Biedenkopfer city mountains
- Puderburg (619.1 m), east of Puderbach
- Rabenkopf (601.0 m), south-south-west of the Buchholz
South-east of federal road 253 , which forms a more or less natural border of the bagpipe massif, the following mountains are located after the non-linearly definable border of the map to The natural spatial units on sheet 125 Marburg also in the natural area of the bagpipe, but they are more commonly the bagpipe foreheads added to:
- Hassenroth (621.6 m), hilly mountain in the southeast near Dexbach
- Heiligenberg (588 m), south-southwest of the Hassenroth
- Steckelnberg (580.5 m), between Hainpracht and Hassenroth
- Großer Hardenberg (570.2 m), northwest of Dexbach and clearly separated from Hassenroth to the southwest by state road 3091
- Rahnsberg (560.8 m), south of Dexbach and southeast of Hassenroth
- Johannisköppe (557.0 m), south-west of the Rahnsberg
- Eckeseite (501 m), northern Stadtberg Biedenkopf and southern Vor-Summit of Steckelnsberg
- Großer Eschenberg (464 m), eastern Stadtberg Biedenkopf and southwestern Vor-Berg of Heiligenberg
- Schlossberg (386.2 m), central city mountain with Biedenkopf Castle
The western border to the Wittgensteiner Bergland is also marked on the Marburg sheet as not definable in a linear fashion and runs almost to the stone (644.1 m) (just over the other side ). Here the state road 709 following the Puderbach upstream via Puderbach to the hamlet of Didoll would be a man-made, albeit less clear boundary of the natural area compared to the B 253, the line of which continues to the northeast through the valley of the Wellrichhäuser Bach .
Flowing waters
The following brooks and rivers flow through the natural area in order from west to east
(whereby the Lahn and Eder are already outside and all other flowing waters originate within the natural area) :
Watershed
A section of the Rhine-Weser watershed that runs locally in a west-east direction runs over the summit of the bagpipe . This means that all watercourses that arise on the northern slope of the mountain flow over the Eder and Fulda to the north into the Weser , while those that arise on its southern flank, trending south or west over the Lahn into the Rhine flow.
Recreation room
Kaiser Wilhelm II tower
At the top of the bagpipe is the 25-meter-high Kaiser Wilhelm II tower , a lookout tower and a popular excursion and hiking destination. From the parking lot on the mountain you walk about 1 km to the tower, from Hatzfeld about 5 km.
The tower was built in 1913 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Wilhelm II as a natural stone masonry made from stones from the area, with a high level of manual effort and few technical aids. Farmers from the surrounding villages were involved in the construction; their cow teams were used to transport the stones. The tower's viewing platform is open to the public, for a donation to preserve the tower. The way to the platform leads first via a short external staircase and then via an internal spiral staircase . From the viewing platform, the view extends over large parts of the Hessian mountains past the television tower on the Angelburg to the Feldberg im Taunus , but also to Kellerwald , Knüll and Vogelsberg . To the north and west you can see far into the Rothaargebirge.
The platform has recently been made weatherproof with a roof and glazing. In the years 2011–2013 the tower was completely renovated. Due to moisture damage, a renewed renovation of the now listed tower had to be carried out in summer 2018. The Kaiser Wilhelm Tower had previously been provisionally repaired for the winter in late autumn 2017.
Leisure center with winter sports area
Next to the Kaiser Wilhelm II tower, which stands on the bagpipe, there is the Lahn-Eder hut of the local section of the Upper Hessian Mountain Association (OHGV) , which is open on Sundays . In addition, there has been a 480 m long summer toboggan run , a playground , a bumper car, a sensory path, a bungy trampoline, barbecue areas and circular hiking trails on the mountain since 1980 .
In the cold season the mountain is a winter sports area. The longest lift is a 443 m long double chair lift built in 1978 , which leads along a floodlit ski slope to the south-south-west foothills of Wieschen. It has a maximum travel speed of 2.2 m / s and a maximum conveying capacity of 800 people per hour. Another, even older, lift is designed as a drag lift and now primarily transports tobogganers on the parallel toboggan run . There is a ski school. The use of skibobs is permitted on the ski slope ; in the past there was even a skibob world cup race. There are also cross-country trails (5.0 and 5.6 km) and a natural ice skating rink.
There was a managed mountain hut on the ski slope. This burned down completely in May 2017. In the following months it was discussed how a future concept for the tourist use of the bagpipe - especially in winter - could look like; also whether a catering establishment will be set up again at this point. Since the lift system was now outdated (drag lift from 1968) and defective, the city council decided in September 2018 by a majority not to invest in this technology and to stop winter operation on the bagpipe. A new construction of the mountain restaurant for currently planned 1.38 million euros should take place according to the resolution; However, this can only be started when a binding commitment from a tenant is available. Private investors for the leisure center and a realignment of the tourist offers are to ensure a contemporary use in the future and secure the summer operation in the long term.
Cultural use
The extensive area around the bagpipe summit is the venue for cultural uses.
- Due to the exposed altitude, an open-air service takes place annually on the morning of Ascension Day , typically in May, in an area halfway between the parking lot and Kaiser Wilhelm II tower . Afterwards, the day will be celebrated there in good company with draft beer and brass music from the Weifenbach musicians.
- Every seven years in August, a forest area at the beginning and to the left of the spacious parking lot takes on the role of the breakfast area for the first of three days of the border crossing in Biedenkopf .
In addition to cultural use, there are occasional events with a more commercial and tourism-promoting character, such as a potato festival (not to be confused with the traditional potato roast in Biedenkopf) on the bagpipe area . The local ski club organizes an annual ski bazaar on the visitor car park ; Ski equipment, (children's) winter sports clothing and the like are offered there from private to private.
Biedenkopf transmitter
The bagpipe is the location of the Biedenkopf transmitter . The 210 m high transmission mast is a striking feature of the mountain landscape and therefore visible from many hills in the area, even from a great distance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notch of the bagpipe to Buchholz and Bärenkopf (BfN map service)
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
- ↑ a b c Gerhard Sandner: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 125 Marburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1960. → Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)
- ↑ Calculated 360 ° panorama ( U. Deuschle ; notes ) from the Kaiser Wilhelm II tower on the bagpipe
- ↑ Turm auf der Sackpfeife turns 100 , from February 10, 2013, on Mittelhessen.de
- ↑ The tower will soon be fit again - OHGV is renovating a listed building on the bagpipe for 20,000 euros Hinterländer Anzeiger from July 4, 2018, accessed on September 14, 2018
- ↑ Chronicle of the Skiclub Sackpfeife eV , on skiclub-sackpfeife.de
- ↑ Parliament makes decision - Off for winter operation on the bagpipe Oberhessische Presse Marburg (OP), accessed on September 14, 2018
Web links
- Leisure center bagpipe , at biedenkopf.de
- Sights , especially information about the Kaiser Wilhelm II Tower , on the website of the city of Hatzfeld (Eder)
- Transmitter mast Biedenkopf bagpipe. In: Structurae
- Map / aerial photo of the bagpipe with all important foreheads / placemarks ( Google Earth required)