Bungsberg

Summit stone and masts

The Bung mountain is 168 meters above sea level, the highest point in Schleswig -Holstein. It is located in the Holstein Switzerland in the municipality of Schonwalde am Bungsberg ( Ostholstein ) between Scheel wood and Mönchneversdorf.

On Bungsberg arises with the Schwentine one of the longest rivers of Schleswig-Holstein.

Formation

In the Bungsberg is a glacial terminal moraine. A special feature is its origin already in the Saale ice age about 150,000 years ago. In the Weichsel ice age - around 10,000 years ago - were the glaciers of the mountain due to its height is not overcome, bathed him, therefore, and thus formed a Nunatak.

Use

Today, the Bungsberg is a popular vantage point from which one can look in good weather to the Baltic Sea. A lookout tower, the Elizabeth Tower, was built by the Grand Duke on the Bungsberg 1863/1864 and has been measuring an increase of four meters in 1875 22 meters. He is now not accessible to the public.

To replace a viewing platform was installed on the communications tower Bungsberg in 42 meters height of the mast. In April 2007, the investments made ​​on the Bungsberg for excursion passengers a neglected impression. The inn was demolished in large parts and fully fenced. Also, the observation deck was closed due to vandalism. From the end of May 2007, the tower was reopened to visitors. From the platform you can see large parts of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg- Vorpommern parts with good visibility. Since 2013, the purpose association Bungsberg and the East Holstein Savings Bank Foundation are for an increase in the attractiveness of the Bung Mount as a destination for the whole family, and as non-formal learning center as part of the "Education Fun Ostholstein " one. In 2014, re-open the newly established " Waldschänke " a gastronomic operation.

On top of the mountain is a granite pillar of the Danish level measurement, which was carried out around 1838.

In winter the Bungsberg Schleswig- Holstein, Germany's northernmost one and thus " winter sports " with a drag lift up especially for the few days with snow cover. A descent on one of the three slopes takes about 25 seconds; pure lift time about a minute thirty. A runway is for sledders, two for skiers or snowboarders. The 300 -meter-long downhill slope has 17 degree slope. In the 2009/2010 season up to several hundred skiers were counted daily, arriving even from Lübeck, Hamburg and Kiel. In theory, the 250 -meter-long steel cable lift with its 34 galvanized tow bars up to 600 people per hour transport to the summit. He was purchased in the season 1970/1971 by the municipality Schonwalde am Bungsberg to boost tourism. Due to weather conditions, the lift only a week and 2007/2008 do not run in the 2008/2009 season. In the 2009/2010 season, which was the longest in the history of the ski lift, the lift was 54 days. A few years ago was conducted by an event company making equipment.

NDR radio mast

The transmitter Bungsberg near the summit is the transmission of radio programs of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The steel lattice tower is 179 meters high.