Wolf column Laußnitzer Heide

Wolf column Laußnitzer Heide

The wolf column (also wolf monument ) in the Laußnitzer Heide is a hunting monument. It is reminiscent of the hunt on November 11, 1740 , when Rudolph Siegemunden von Nostitz (1696–1754), son of Gotthard Rudolph von Nostitz (1674–1736), shot an 82 pound wolf .

location

The Wolfsdenkmal is located in the Laußnitzer Heide, on the federal road 97 between Laußnitz and Ottendorf-Okrilla , in the area of ​​the municipality of Laußnitz. A good 300 meters away in a north-westerly direction is a historical survey point, the so-called Buchberg column , a Nagel’s column . To the east of the Wolf Pillar is the Green Pillar , the center of the forest area.

description

The wolf column was made of sandstone and is approx. 5 m high. At the top is the sculpture of a seated wolf. All around the base there is an inscription to remind of the hunting event. The persons involved, the date of the event, the weight of the animal and the name of the person who gave the order to hunt are named. Its structure is similar to the Friedewald Wolf Column, 122 years older . The part of the Laußnitzer Heide in which the monument erected around 1741 is located belonged to the Radeberg Office at that time . That is why the Radeberger Amtsschreiberey financed the project in the amount of 95 thalers, 23 groschen and 3 pfennigs .

Inscriptions

	Inscription left side A Wolff so time hero of Laußnitzer Heyde in Arth from Highest reported Ihro Königl. Mays. and ChurFürstl. Pass the times Cammer Juncker also Ober Forst and Wildmeister too Dreßden Meißen Moritzburg and Radeberg with Laußnitz Rudolph Siegemunden from Nostiz Auff Laußnitzer Refier in Auerhahn Paltz at 7 and Kohl-Graben stopped and witnessed by the Grentzschütz Johann Christoph Schwartzen zu Groß Naundorff has been shot, weighed 82 pounds and has been this for 56 years ren was the first shot at the above Heyde.
	Inscription right side Anno 1740, November 11th. With the highest government of the most noble, most powerful Prince and Lord Friedrich Augusti King in Poland, Grand Duke in Lütthauen of salvation Röm.Reichs Ertz.Marschalls u. Electors at Sachßen also of the same empire in those lands of the Saxon right and ends in such a vicariat belonging to that time Vicarii .
	Inscription front is on the highest orders and further orders of the time Oberhoff Jäger- masterly Mr. Carl Gottlob von Leubnitz also Hoff and Land Jägermeisters Mr. Carl Ludwigs von Wolffersdorff.
	Inscription back Hunting and forest operators were present: Johann Ernst Öser head forester of Laußnitz Johann Michael Seyffert Förster on Okrylle Johann August Rachhalß foot servant of Würschnitz, Johann Christoph Schwartze Grentzschütz zu Groß Nauendorff.

Web links

Commons : Laußnitz Wolfsdenkmal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annett Preuß: What the wolf has to do with research on nobility. Saxon newspaper of February 17, 2011.
2. ↑ Kristin Kulow: A mossy stone marks the border . Saxon newspaper of August 28, 2008.
3. ↑ Radeberger Chronik 1550-1839 . Handwritten manuscript. Archive no. 00003476. Museum Schloss Klippenstein Radeberg

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 43.2 "  N , 13 ° 50 ′ 40.7"  E