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The Schmücke is the highest settlement on the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest , consisting of a hotel , the Baudensaal backpacking room and a weather station.
location
The settlement is located on a mountain plateau at an altitude of 916 m above sea level. NN directly on the Rennsteig. The area belongs to the area of Gehlberg , which is a district of the city of Suhl . In the immediate vicinity there is also a measuring station for the air monitoring network of the Federal Environment Agency .
climate
In 2009, according to the weather report of the German Meteorological Service, with 1,292 hours of sunshine, the place in Germany was the poorest in sunshine . In addition, there is more precipitation on the Schmücke with an annual 1288.3 mm than anywhere else in Thuringia, and apart from the weather station on the Brocken , this also applies to all of the new federal states.
history
The decoration was first mentioned in 1516, when a boarded hut called snow house was located here . At this point, where the Salzmannstrasse (old trade route from Elgersburg to Suhl ) and Hamburger Strasse crossed the Rennsteig between Oberhof and Frauenwald , there were simple shelters before.
In 1812 the Schmücke received hospitality rights , but hikers and lumberjacks, hunters and poachers were entertained many years before. In 1823 the construction of a permanent house began.
1843 took over Johann Friedrich Joel , probably the best known tenant of decorations, at the age of 51 years the office of Kreiser with the cattle house and the small restaurant on the decorations. Countless anecdotes about him are known, he is considered a Thuringian original. Under his leadership, the jewelry became known and appreciated nationwide. Chic baths were opened in Ilmenau and Elgersburg and roads built across the Thuringian Forest. The hikers came in droves and wanted to spend the night on the Schmücke, but there were only two foreign beds available in the entire inn. After Joel's maids had been sleeping peacefully and proved that the two guest beds were fully occupied, in 1851 the Schmücke-Joel had two ducal ladies from Gotha spend a night in the freshly filled hay store. In Saxony-Gotha, the extension of the Schmücke with several lodging rooms and a dining room (Joel's parlor) was immediately approved and carried out over the next two years.
The subsequent attempt by the ducal treasury in Gotha to double the rent for the jewelry failed, because the Schmücke-Joel had received them free of lease in 1843 just so that he could manage the poor economy at all.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the nearby Oberhof developed into the exclusive resort of Saxony-Coburg and Gothas . This also had a direct effect on the jewelry. Even its own post office was now operated on the Schmücke.
During the last days of the Second World War , the decorations were badly damaged by shelling. From 1954 the main building was reconstructed and a large kitchen was added. The main building could now accommodate up to 28 guests. Further extensions and extensions were added later, including the Baudensaal rucksack meeting place .
In 1966 Herbert Roth's song Der alten Schmückewirt was premiered in the Baudensaal . In the meantime, the decoration also served as a holiday home. Until his early death in 1983, the Thuringian composer was a regular guest with his instrumental group in the Baudensaal as a musical entertainer. A memorial stone in honor of Herbert Roth is located 700 m south of the Schmücke on the edge of the Rennsteig.
Today the Schmücke is a privately run forest hotel for tourists and backpackers along the Rennsteig.
Web links
- Website of the Waldhotel Schmücke
- Schmücke measuring point. Federal Environment Agency
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mechthild Henneke: Weather extremes in Germany 2009 . In: Südkurier , April 28, 2010
- ↑ Data from 4748 precipitation stations in Germany. Klimadiagramme.de
- ↑ a b Julius Kessler: The old man from the jewelry . In: The Gazebo . Issue 35, 1874, pp. 566-569 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ' N , 10 ° 46' E