Großer Picho

Pichobaude

The Great Picho ( Upper Sorbian Wulki Pichow ) is a mountain in the Lusatian mountains in Saxony ( Germany ).

Origin of the name

In the exuberant romantic period of the 19th century was the Great Picho also Oberlausitzer Rigi, compared with the famous mountain in Switzerland, called. Officially, he was then Belzberg by the local forest owners Belz from Tautewalde. In 1826 he was named Dretschener Pychow. Linguists interpret the name as Pychow with little soil covered height or burn mark on rock, both as much of the region derived from Sorbian terms.

The meaning is confirmed in Lausitzisch Wendish Dictionary of Chr T. Poole, " pichow - knoll, burn ." The underlying word is outdated and is no longer used in modern Upper Sorbian.

On a panel at the summit following popular etymological explanation is to be read: "As the Picho got its name: As yet dense jungle covered mountains in our ancient times, settled in the valley turns. One day some of them climbed laboriously to the summit of this mountain up. The above first on a bald spot Arrived exclaimed to his companion, ' Bech jow !'. The people spoke, bich jow ' and it says: ' I was there '. This exclamation, gave the mountain the name Picho! "

Location

The following towns (municipalities in brackets) surrounding the Picho:

At the summit there is a mountain restaurant and a transmission tower of the Telekom.

History

After the rather fanciful years with different names for the peaks of the Great Picho got very late in a mountain cottage. 1927 established a defrosted Walder residents an easy refuge. Due to the swelling stream of visitors the mountain economy could be strengthened and expanded. To date, the mountain economy could survive against all odds and is available to hikers.

Geology

The Great Picho is the highest peak of a mountain train between Wilthen and Dretschen. It consists mainly of two- mica granite, but the crest is several hundred meters long and about 30 meters of powerful lamprophyre - passage, the rock is also suitable as jewelry or block. Unlike most mountains in the Lusatian mountains he has no remarkable summit cliffs in the summit area.

Way to the summit

• In addition to the track from the western outskirts of Tautewalde to Berggaststätte there are numerous hiking trails to the summit. This result both of Tautewalde, Wilthen, Arnsdorf, Neukirch and Dretschen to the summit. All paths lead through rich mixed and beech forest.
• Since the 1990s, the trail of German Unity of Gorlitz leads to Aachen on the summit.