Uhlberg (Franconian Alb)
| Uhlberg | ||
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 The St. Ulrichs Chapel in spring 2014 |
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| height | 604.7 m above sea level NN | |
| location |
Bavaria
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| Mountains | Hahnenkamm , Franconian Alb | |
| Dominance | 0.85 km → Hirschbuck (in the west) | |
| Notch height | 10 m | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 '17 " N , 10 ° 48' 54" E | |
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| rock | White Jura | |
| particularities | Chapel ruin | |
The Uhlberg is a 604.7 meter high hilltop west of the town of Treuchtlingen in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .
geography
The mountain is located about 7 kilometers southwest of Treuchtlingen, near the municipal boundary to Wolferstadt and about 700 m from the hamlet of Siebeneichhöfe . It is a secondary peak of the less well-known Hirschbucks ( 621.1 m above sea level ) , just under a kilometer to the west . The mountain with the two peaks is located in the southern Hahnenkamm and is covered by an extensive forest area. To the east are the Hausberg and the Kühberg .
There is a traffic connection via the state road St 2216 Treuchtlingen– Auernheim . From there a cul-de-sac branches off to the Siebeneichhöfe before Auernheim.
history
The Uhlberg, which derives its name from the owl, was first mentioned in 1144 when a Benedictine monastery was founded there. From 1242 to 1364 the Uhlberg area came into the possession of the Teutonic Order in Ellingen through donations and purchases . Finds suggest that the Celts already settled on the hill. There is evidence of a hamlet from 1140 to the 17th century .
St. Ulrich's Chapel
200 m southwest of the Uhlberg summit, in the Wolferstadt area, at 594 m above sea level , stands the St. Ulrichs Chapel , the ruins of a small church built in the 15th century by the Landkomtur Melchior von Neuneck. The 26 × 10 m building is mentioned for the first time in a letter of indulgence from Pope Paul II from 1466. According to legend, Ulrich von Rechenberg had the chapel built in 1144. His daughter Adelheid is said to have been Abbess of the Pious Women in 1221. The historian Martin Winterkorn sees the Kaplanei- or early measurement Church as part of a small settlement (with names like Löffelmahd, West Errei property or Good Blumenberg), which in the 14th century departed is.
After it was devastated in 1525 during the Peasants' War, it began to decline. At the end of the 19th century it was restored - at that time already a ruin; Today the Treuchtlingen Forestry Office maintains the walls. There are numerous legends about the little church , it is said to be haunted there, a white woman is supposed to walk around there, etc., which is why the place attracts mystics.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to BayernViewer ( memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. interpolated
- ↑ Description of the monument by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ A "creepy place" in the middle of the forest - ( Augsburger Allgemeine, April 30, 2013)
- ↑ Mystical places, scary stories , Nordbayern.de from March 10, 2018.
- ↑ A place full of myths and legends - hike to the St. Ulrichs chapel on the Uhlberg - ( Augsburger Allgemeine, February 16, 2015)
