Breiteberg

Breiteberg of the singer height in Walter village

The width of a mountain ( 510 m above sea level. NN ) is a mountain in the Lusatian mountains in Saxony. He is considered a mountain of Hainewalde and can be reached from there in about 30 minutes.

Location

The width of the mountain is located in the transition zone between the Zittau Mountains and the Lusatian mountains between the towns Hainewalde, Grossschönau and Bert village.

Geology

The width of the mountain is a Phonolithkuppe on a base of basalt. It originated during the Tertiary, as a large tectonic and volcanic activity in the area ruled.

History

The width of the mountain has been known for many centuries by a series of the word; the saga of the " Querxen the width Mountain", a kind of dwarves who live in the mountain, " The Wild Hunter in the width Mountains" and " The dragon on the width of the Mountains". The mountain of 1619 was also referred to as a "dwarf mountain" in the church book of Bert village.

1467 the Hussites were on Breiteberg inflicted great losses when they tried to pull with rich booty to Bohemia. They were here attacked by hidden Zittau, which killed 150 Hussites.

Early as 1880, a wooden lookout tower and Johann Franz Vorknecht on the summit opened a cottage as a summer restaurant. She is one of the oldest mountain chalets around. The original wooden tower had a total height of 12 m. 1898 had to be removed after a storm damage but the tower. 1936 then the Dr. Curt Heinke - tower designed by the architect Richard Zittau Schiffner was built with square base measuring 5 mx 5 m - this time made ​​of stone, which was won in a small quarry on the south side of the mountain width. It is reminiscent of a " meritorious connoisseur of Südoberlausitz ", the local historian and geologist Curt Heinke ( 1890-1934 ).

On September 2, 1891, a 5 -meter high monument to Emperor Frederick III on the north side. with the inscription "Learn to suffer without complaining " revealed. The bronze figure on a stone base reached a height of five meters and was created by the renowned Berlin foundry Gladbeck & Son. In 1947 the monument was overturned, the bronze sculpture is lost since only the stone base is still visible.

At the end of the 19th century two memorial stones were erected on the mountain by the width Bert village grove Ewalder Mountain Club. one in 1884 in honor of the researcher and pastor Karl Wilhelm Dornik from Hainewalde. This Dornikstein is now placed in the tower interior. The second memorial stone honoring Carl August publican. This tax collector stone has long been considered lost.

The tower was already set 1966-1969 repaired. Since the renovation of the Dr. Curt Heinke - tower by the municipalities Bert Village Hoernitz and Hainewalde 2003/2004 to a closed glass dome is located on the tower.

View

The summit is wooded, from the observation tower on the summit, however, has an excellent panoramic view of the Lusatian and Zittau Mountains, the Lusatian mountains, the country's crown at Gorlitz, the Jizera Mountains, the Giant Mountains and the ridge. The key to the tower is obtained in the mountain cottage.

Way to the summit

Three paths lead to the summit, two of which are lighted. By Bert village a road leads to the top, which is used to supply the width Bergbaude. The leading to the summit of the grove Ewalder page " Martin Köhler way " is hikers reserved.

Attractions

• Querxloch ( cave-like crevice )
• Tschoarschlsteen ( Phonolithplatte to slides for children )
• Phonolithsteinbruch