Vineyard (Görlitz)
The Weinberg (also: the Weinberge , Weinberggelände or Obermühlberge ) is an elevation south of the Görlitz town center. The site extends for around 1.5 kilometers from Obermühle in the north, the so-called Weinlache in the south and Zittauer Straße in the southwest. The elevations west of Zittauer Straße were once part of the vineyard area. To the east of the elevation, the Lusatian Neisse flows through the valley cut. The highest point is the location of the log house.
designation
The mountain probably got its name from the cultivation of vines, which has been proven to have been practiced on the southern slope from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. In 1938, in the course of the Germanization of place names during National Socialism, the neighboring village of Posottendorf-Leschwitz was renamed Weinhübel based on Weinlache and Weinberg .
History and parks
Already at the end of the 14th century, the vineyard was first mentioned in the chronicles. In 1379 a source speaks of the improvement of the road at the vineyard. The Weinlache is mentioned for the first time in 1421 ; it is a dead Neißearm. The meadows between Lache and the southern mountain slope as well as the southern slope of the vineyard belonged to the Dominium Leschwitz until around 1885 .
A chapel is said to have existed on Zittauer Chaussee in the 16th century, which one von Uechtritz is said to have built there to atone for fratricide. Another memorial stone commemorated the two journeyman locksmiths Robert and Fritz, one of whom killed the other. The chapel and the monument no longer exist today. The stone on the vineyard east of Zittauer Straße, which is often associated with the chapel or the memorial, was probably a boundary stone or malt stone that belonged to the Chaussee. At the end of the 17th century there were two plague houses on the Weinlache.
In 1827 the powder house was built on what is now the Landskron brewery. It served the military as well as the local merchants and was located in the depth that is now filled in, on which the brewery director's residential building now stands. In 1869 the joint stock brewery acquired the site, removed the powder house and opened the brewery at this location on April 20, 1871.
As early as 1834 the beautification deputation of the city of Görlitz suggested that the mountains should be designed. There was a double-row avenue as early as 1832 - the promenade that led to the log house. Over the years, the city acquired land on the vineyard and planted it with deciduous trees and conifers .
In 1844, construction work began south of the Obermühle to cross the railway line from Görlitz to Kohlfurt over the Lusatian Neisse. Operations across the railway viaduct began on September 1, 1847. The viaduct was blown up on May 7, 1945 and was finally rebuilt by Polish skilled workers by 1957. Another building in connection with the viaduct was the block house for the military protection of the railway viaduct over the Neisse. The building should be able to accommodate a crew of 80 and should be available for free use by the city in times of peace. In 1856, construction work began on the log house on the viaduct. After completion, the city leased the log cabin to an inn owner on February 26, 1857, as was intended in times of peace. The inn owner Marold set up a restaurant on the premises, which was continued by various tenants until 1951. The building has been used as a daycare center since 1954.
In 1863, the then owner of Leschwitz Demisch had a building built for the cultivation of silkworms . It was demolished around 1930. The city of Görlitz bought the southern slopes of the vineyards from Demisch and had the bare eastern slopes of the mountain planted. The vineyard house was built in the years 1889/1890 . That was used as an inn for the following decades. Finally, the wooden tower from the exhibition grounds of the industrial and trade exhibition of 1885 was moved to today's Lutherplatz next to the inn. In 1907 a bathing establishment was set up at the Weinlache . This was demolished in 1945. In 1946, Volksbad was opened a little further west.
The restaurant in the Weinberghaus was operated by the trade organization (HO) during the GDR era . Due to damage to load-bearing wooden elements, the restaurant finally had to be closed in 1988. The tower was closed some time before. Today the tower is owned by an association and can be climbed. The exterior of the inn is in poor condition.
On June 1, 1976, the Görlitzer Oldtimer Parkeisenbahn , at that time still a pioneer railway , started its operation on the approx. 800 meter long circuit on the vineyard. In the middle of the oval track of the park railway is a memorial to the founder of the German pedigree poultry breed, Robert Oettel . Representatives of the German poultry breeders' associations unveiled it on the occasion of Oettel's 100th birthday in 1901.
Another monument was in the immediate vicinity of the log house. It showed the nephew of the future Emperor Wilhelm I - Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia . It was erected in 1891 and fell victim to the armaments industry in 1942. The Friedenshöhe is also located in the vicinity of the log cabin . While the Friedenshöhe once comprised the area north and south of the log house, since the redesign in 1952 under the direction of the municipal gardening director Henry Kraft, only the southern part of the park has remained. The viewing platform offers a view of the Neißetal and the viaduct. From there, a path leads down to the Neisse.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b goerlitz.de: vineyard area . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2011 ; Retrieved February 17, 2012 .
- ^ Ernst Heinz Lemper: Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 3-932693-63-9 , p. 249 .
- ↑ a b c Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 712 f .
- ^ Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 712 .
- ↑ Rettig, Wilfried: Görlitz railway junction . Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham 1994, ISBN 3-922138-53-5 , p. 8th f .
- ↑ Erich Feuerriegel: A bombproof restaurant on the railroad . In: Saxon newspaper . August 12, 2004 ( online [accessed February 14, 2012]).
- ↑ goerlitzerparkeisenbahn.de: The history of the Görlitzer Oldtimer Parkeisenbahn eV (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 8, 2012 ; Retrieved February 17, 2012 .
- ↑ goerlitz.de: Robert Oettel Monument (chicken monument) . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 17, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ goerlitz.de: Friedenshöhe . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2011 ; Retrieved February 17, 2012 .
