Windsberg (Thuringian Forest)
| Windsberg | ||
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 View from the moorland near Gumpelstadt |
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| height | 670.6 m above sea level HN | |
| location | Schweina , Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Thuringian Forest | |
| Dominance | 1.3 km → Birkenheide | |
| Notch height | 85 m ↓ high shot | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| rock | Mica slate | |
The Windsberg is a striking mountain in the corridor of Schweina in the Wartburg district and belongs to the Thuringian Forest . The mountain is located about 1700 meters southwest of the Glöckner memorial on the Rennsteig .
The Windsberg is a fully wooded, 670.6 m above sea level. HN high mountain and is located on the south side of the mountain. It represents a silt of considerable width and consists of mica slate. The Jägerstein rises on its southern slope, a rock with a popular vantage point into the Werra valley near Bad Salzungen and the moorland . Some springs arise on the slopes of the Windsberg and flow into the Schweina after a short run ; These include the Goldborn and the Luisenthaler Bach , whose artificial waterfall at the southern foot of the Windsberg is part of the western area of the Altensteiner Park.
history
According to tradition and old maps of Schweina, the mountain was first revered as Wotansberg , and the people of Schweina were firmly convinced that the Windsberg could show the weather of the following days through certain phenomena, therefore it was called Windsberg.
In the Middle Ages, the area around the Rennsteig was populated by forest smiths and charcoal burners, and the nearby forest village of Große Meilerstätte is a reminder of this time. The field names Jägerstein, Hoher Schuß and Neufang also identify the mountain as a popular hunting ground for the dogs of Wenckheim and the Meiningen dukes, who moved into the neighboring Kissel hunting lodge or Altenstein Castle .
The Jägerstein is the scene of a tragic life story. At his feet is a double grave, it contains the corpse of the forester Hans Reisig , who was shot in 1730 by a poacher, the Red Simon , and his mother, who was excluded as a Schweinaer witch after his death , because she was in her desperate search and had made enemies of investigating the circumstances of her son's death in the village. After months of imprisonment, her innocence was proven, but the woman died a short time later and was buried in the grave of her son on Jägerstein at her own request. Out of shame about this sad story, the Jägerstein was avoided by the village population for decades.
The forest area north of Windsberg was hit by Hurricane Kyrill at the beginning of 2007 , which left extensive ground damage.
literature
- Eduard Fritze : History about Bad Liebenstein, Schweina, Steinbach and Atterode . Edited by Holger Munkel. Reprint of the Eisenach edition, self-published by the author, 1925. Elch Verlag, Bad Liebenstein 1999, ISBN 3-933566-09-6 .
- Roland Geißler : hiking guide to Bad Liebenstein and the Inselsberg , Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2007, ISBN 978-3-938997-79-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ↑ Between Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein and Schmalkalden (= values of our homeland . Volume 48). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1989, p. 61f.
- ↑ Edith Raddaz: The field names of Schweina (after Erich Oeckel's notes from 1769) . In: Altensteiner Blätter . Schweina 1993, p. 64-81 .
- ↑ Gerd Schäfer: Two hunter stones . In: Altensteiner Blätter . Schweina 1993, Der Jägerstein am Windsberg, p. 18-24 .