Steigerwald (Erfurt)
| Steigerwald
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| Highest peak | Stunzelberg ( 347.9 m above sea level ) | |
| location | district-free Erfurt ( Thuringia ) | |
| part of |
Ilm-Saale-Platte , Ilm-Saale- and Ohrdrufer Platte |
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| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany / The natural areas of Thuringia | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 ' N , 11 ° 1' E | |
| rock | Stages of the Germanic Triassic | |
The Steigerwald , colloquially also known for short (the) Steiger , is around 8 km² in size and at a maximum of 347.9 m above sea level. NHN high forest area in the urban area of Erfurt in Thuringia and belongs to the northwest edge of the Ilm-Saale-Platte .
Surname
The forest area, which used to be much more extensive in all directions, was called the Wawet or "Wawit" in the Middle Ages . The name "Wawithe" was first mentioned in documents in 1196, later Waweyd, Wanwid, Wanwed and Wawet, in 1456 Wagweide and finally Wagd. The nine villages located on the southern edge of the forest at that time all had the nickname "an der Wagd", today still Bechstedt-Wagd . The name is probably due to the Old High German wacwitu (wac = standing water, witu = wood) and means "swamp wood". A. Kirchhoff provides a different interpretation: Wagweide corresponds to "Wages Apartment" or "Wages Hain", Wage was then a Germanic deity, perhaps corresponding to the Wodan .
Only with the emergence of the steep driveway from the area of the later rifle house to the Waldschlösschen in the direction of Arnstadt did the name Steiger come into use. Initially the road (= "the steep path") was meant, then the hill, the neighboring and finally the entire forest area: Steigerwald. Old High German: stigan = to rise, Middle High German stig or steige, the steep ascent.
geography
location
The Steigerwald, which prevents the city center from expanding towards the south, lies between these districts of Erfurt: Löbervorstadt in the north, Daberstedt in the northeast, Wiesenhügel in the east, Egstedt and Waltersleben in the south and the districts of Rhoda , Bischleben and Hochheim in the valley of the river Gera in the southwest to the west.
Surveys
Its highest point is the Stunzelberg at 347.9 m . Further elevations are the Kahlplatte ( 341.4 m ) further west , the Schindleichsberg (approx. 280 m ) south of the Löbervorstadt and the White Mountain (approx. 257 m ) east of Hochheim.
description
The Steigerwald is designated as a landscape protection area (LSG) and FFH area and consists primarily of beeches and oaks . At the edge of the forest, which is criss-crossed by numerous hiking trails, there are some barracks, such as the Steigerkaserne or the Löberfeld barracks . The forest area is cut through in a north-south direction by federal highway 4 , on which the Hubertus excursion restaurant and the former Waldschlösschen are located. In the northeast part of the forest is the Erfurt Bismarck Tower .
The Prussian Lieutenant General August von Hedemann (1850–1862 commander of the Erfurt Fortress), together with Friedrich Adolph Haage and the Erfurt Beautification Association , had the promenade paths that open up the Steigerwald . A memorial with a bench in the Steigerwald on Hedemann-Weg commemorates Hedemann. A plaque attached to it bears the inscription: "In memory of the creator of the promenade paths in Steiger August von Hedemann 1785-1859". The memorial was built in 1934 for Haage, whose medallion was seized by the Haage family after the war. The original (no longer existing) memorial for Hedemann was on the opposite (western) side of the path through the Hopfengrund. The current memorial plaque for Hedemann was created on a private initiative and was attached to the actual Haage memorial in 1994 in the presence of a descendant of the general. She is currently (2018) defaced ("Fuck"). Efforts are being made to add a plaque for Haage to the memorial.
The Steigerwaldstadion , the home of Rot-Weiß Erfurt , and the Steigerstrasse to the north are named after the Steigerwald in Erfurt .
In the Steigerwald there are several natural monuments , burial mounds from prehistory and other objects from bygone times such as the Steigerkreuz .
On the edge of the Steigerwald, Tannenwäldchen 26, not far from the Bismarck Tower, the Luther Park has been located since 1917 .
gastronomy
Restaurants, hotels and restaurants in and on the Steigerwald are or were (sorted alphabetically):
Still existing (2016):
- Wachstelzencafe (in Erfurt- Bischleben )
- At the Bismarck Tower (formerly the Steigerhaus ; on the Erfurt Bismarck Tower ; hotel and restaurant)
- Gasthof Schloss Hubertus (in the forest on Arnstädter Chaussee ; hotel and restaurant; built in 1900)
- Waldhaus Rhoda (near Rhoda ; built in 1888 on behalf of the Actien brewery, which was located on Arndtstrasse , south of the Lingel shoe factory)
- Waldkasino (formerly Waldcafe or Blumes Villa ; on former Jahnstraße (now Am Waldkasino ), on the edge of the forest near Arnstädter Chaussee )
Defunct:
- Actien-Felsenkeller ( Steiger terrace during the GDR era ; above the former Actien brewery; was the largest beer garden on the edge of the forest)
- Augustaburg (on the former Jahnstraße , to the right of the Waldkasino ; now its guest house)
- Baumanns Felsenkeller (west of the street Arnstädter Hohle )
- Kurhaus or Kurheim (built around 1892) on the corner of Hochheimer (near Hochheim ); burned down after a long vacancy around 2010 (site was newly built)
- Local Wilhelmshöhe (opposite Hochheim, on the western slope of Wilhelmshöhe; building is part of the Catholic youth educational institution St. Sebastian)
- Schedels Felsenkeller (until after the fall of the Sportlerklause ; to the right of the Schützenhaus, on the street Arnstädter Hohle )
- Nice view (on the former Jahnstraße , to the left of the Waldkasino ; in the area of its current beer garden)
- Schützenhaus (on the former Schützenstraße (now Werner-Seelenbinder-Straße ); partially demolished for the Thuringia Hall, the building that was preserved is now used by the State Sports Association)
- Schützenhaus der Steigerschützen (in the upper part of Augustapark ; ruin demolished)
- Silberhütte (former restaurant)
- Steigergarten (behind the Steiger brewery; in the area of the later extension buildings of today's Interior Ministry)
- Waldesruh (at Arnstädter Hohle , halfway up towards Weg Am Tannenwäldchen )
- Waldschlösschen (above Schloss Hubertus restaurant , on Bundesstrasse 4)
The rock cellars were expanded and used as bomb-proof shelters during the air raids on Erfurt in World War II .
literature
- Max Timpel: The Steigerwald near Erfurt: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Thuringian Forest Association, branch association Erfurt . Verlag des Thüringerwald-Verein, Erfurt, 2nd improved edition, 1910; DNB 57668791X
Web links
- The Steiger as a traditional excursion destination , on erfurt-web.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Max Timpel: The Steigerwald near Erfurt . Publishing house of the Thuringian Forest Association, Erfurt 1910. p. 20
- ↑ Hartmut Schwarz: From one barrel to the next. Part 12: The Steiger Gastronomy . Thuringian national newspaper, March 2, 2016