Tied rock
The Tiedgestein is a climbing summit in the Saxon Switzerland climbing area . It stands near Rathen at the eastern end of the Elbe-sided rock walls of the bastion . In the Middle Ages he was included in the fortifications of the rock castle Neurathen . At the foot of the rock there is a popular vantage point, the Tiedgeaussicht, a few meters away from the Basteiweg, the access from Rathen to the Felsenburg and the Bastei. The Rahmhanke , an exposed mountain path through the rock walls below the bastion , also begins at the view .
Naming and history
Originally the rock was called Rose bed rock , where the name is not derived from the flowers but from the Middle High German word "Rosz" which as much as "steep" or "sudden" meant. The current name established itself after a memorial inscription, which is still clearly legible today, was carved in memory of the poet Christoph August Tiedge on the north side of the rock.
As early as the 19th century , the rock, which is exposed at the eastern end of the bastion rocks and partially has significant overhangs , was secured by underpinning.
Climbing importance
The tied rock was first climbed on the Alter Weg in 1909 by a rope team led by Karl Ullrich. The old way is classified on the Saxon difficulty scale with VIIb (without support VIIc). Particularly popular is the southern path with difficulty level VI (without assistance VIIc), which begins spectacularly on the south side directly at the Tiedge view. There are a total of six climbing routes on the tied rock .
Web links
- Hartmut Goldhahn: The tied rock on Basteiweg. History and nature of Saxon Switzerland.
- The tied rock in the rock information system of the German Alpine Club
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ' N , 14 ° 5' E