Sommerstein (Ore Mountains)

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The Sommerstein , also known as Sommersteine , is a striking rock formation not far from the Steinbach district of the city of Jöhstadt in the Saxon Ore Mountains . The rock lies at a height of 773.7 m above sea level and consists primarily of red muscovite gneiss .

Geographical location

In the upper valley of the Preßnitz is located southwest of Steinbach in the direction of Grumbach on the eastern, wooded side of the Preßnitz valley , through which the Schmalzgrubner Straße leads, the rock called Sommerstein. A road named after the Sommerstein, closed to public traffic, passes in the immediate vicinity of the Sommerstein and connects the two Jöhstadt districts of Grumbach and Steinbach as a hiking trail.

tourism

Andreas-Gegentrum-Stolln

The Sommerstein near Steinbach is mentioned as one of the distinctive rock formations of the central Erzgebirge in Christian Lehmann's Historical Scene of the Ore Mountains from 1699. There are several legends about the rock, which developed into a destination for hikers and summer visitors at the end of the 19th century. As a photo motif, images of the Sommerstein were sold on postcards in the 1920s.

Several nature and homeland friends from Steinbach began in 1962 to create a rest area below the Sommerstein. First a fountain was built and the old mill moat and the neighboring fish pond were repaired so that trout could be released there. Every year from 1966 the fountain was the focus of a festival named after him.

In 1974 the system was supplemented by models of an Erzgebirge hammer mill with a mill wheel and a neighboring windmill. Today the rest area “Am Wildbach” is located there below the Sommerstein, which opened its doors here for the first time in 1979.

economy

In the middle of the 19th century there was a cotton mill below the Sommerstein, which at times employed 80 people. At that time mining was also carried out in the area around the Sommerstein. For example, the St. Andreas Gegentrum mine was in operation here in 1844 . There was also the Friedliebende Neighborhood mine there .

literature

  • Bernd Schreiter : The home book of the Preßnitztal. Verlag Bernd Schreiter, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Lehmann : Historischer Schauplatz, 1699, p. 181.
  2. ↑ Johann August Ernst Köhler: Book of legends of the Erzgebirge, various editions.
  3. ↑ History of the rest area "Am Wildbach"
  4. ↑ Files and cracks of these mining companies are now in the Saxon State Archives - Freiberg Mountain Archive.

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 56 ″  N , 13 ° 8 ′ 21 ″  E