Keilberg (Schneeberg)
View from the Wedge Mountain Tower
The wedge is a mountain approximately 559 meter high mountain in the Ore Mountains. It extends to the northwest of the center of Schneeberg. At its peak there is a 1893 erected observation tower and a mountain restaurant.
The mountain
It covers an area of about 900,000 square meters. Its north side is mostly covered up to the summit with spruce and birch. In surveys of the 19th century, its height was reported to be 551.9 meters, newer methods of measurement led to the current altitude. About halfway mountain height are four ponds on the western flank. The largest, the brick pond, served as a drinking water reservoir. In the 1970s, the peace settlement was established in prefab on the lower southern slopes, which offers 400 apartments. In the environment of a school, a pharmacy, doctor's offices, several small gardens, sports court and social institutions were settled. The traffic even opening up to the summit was carried out by a network of paved roads. The area between the village and the mountain restaurant is used for agriculture.
A panoramic hiking trail leads from Schneeberg on the Gleesberg, the Sandberg, the wedge Mountain and Hammerberg. The wedge mountain is part of the recreation area at the Wedge Mountain, which also includes bike paths.
In 1987, the head of the group home snow Maad Barger, Erich Schoenfelder, written the following song on the wedge in the Erzgebirge mountain dialect:
"E guide bar Flackel in the mountains, dos is dr wedge Barg forest. Training was always my favorite as a kid ar my stay. Wu spruce Stinne slim un green, de Haad as reddish flowers, do rushes dr forest is melody, e haamitliches song. Do :: stieht is wedge Barg house, peeping out between Baamle. Un drüb'n to Waldessaam stieht equal to dr tower drnaabn. :: Zengstrüm de blackberry blossoms, de Black Leaf sings her song, if Ahmd de su Sundays shoot su unnergieht golden. I climb mol of the wedge Barg tower, peep into the far nei Gebirch, saw 'n Kuhbarg, States Barg un snow Barg with the Kirch Ho I mol luck, do I saw Aane Fichtel Barg oops stieh, dan athletes Barg in Arzgebirg. Un thinner with the Greens, do it stieht wedge Barg house. Do :: stieht is wedge Barg house, ... :: Net far vun wedge Barg, well hidden su between Busch and Baam, is inclined bed the brick pond, de " Waldesruh " dernabn. Many Rehle jumps in the spruce forest, many Bachel rushes derzu. O wedge Barg forest, o Hamit forest, do find't e geds was peace. Thu stieht is wedge Barg house, ... At the wedge slope Barg many neies house nei looks into Haamitland, de " peace settlement " certainly has long been known zengstrim. Un peace mog aa is always about unerm wedge Barg forest to mer Freidig sing ka, ub supply un aa whether old. Do :: stieht is wedge Barg house ... :: "
Observation tower
The Erzgebirgszweigverein Schneeberg, who looked after in accordance with the Statute of the development of the Erzgebirgsheimat had taken care of in the 19th century with a collection of money that except built by Erzgebirgszweigverein Neustädtel lookout on the Gleesberg on the wedge mountain also an observation tower could be built. Baumeister Görling from Schneeberg designed a 21-meter high stone tower, whose prismatic square tower shaft consists of coarse sandstones and the octagonal building made of red bricks. About a wooden staircase inside with exactly 101 steps to the open observation deck is reached whose boundary is reminiscent of a crenellated tower. The cost was 4500 marks. The tower was inaugurated on August 31, 1893 and was named Wedge Mountain Tower. On the occasion of the 84th birthday of Bismarck on April 1, 1899 they took over the entrance to a medallion with Bismarck - profile and called the tower Bismarck Tower.
After the Second World War, the observation tower was again changed back in wedge mountain tower. He had to be closed in 1980 due to disrepair. Only in 1993 was financed by the city administration Schneeberg a reconstruction. Remains of the Bismarck reliefs were eliminated, but they brought the inscription wedge mountain tower at. On August 29, 1993, the tower renewed by the then Mayor Karl Henselin in a ceremony the public was made accessible again. On the attached from the Schneeberger city management declaration table, the building will be referred to again as Bismarck Tower.
Inn
The Erzgebirgsverein was until 1900 a single storey accommodation building next to the tower building. The property was demolished in later years and replaced by a new mountain inn, which could accommodate 60 people. He is also a low-rise, but has a covered terrace and through its L- shaped plan a sheltered courtyard. The inn also served as a venue for parties, how to read an advertisement in 1909 was " meeting place for summer fun on the wedge mountain with child care ." The building was privately operated over several generations. As the owner are: Family Barth (1900-1902), Carl famine (1902-1911), Emil Schellenberg (1912-1930), forester Fritz Baumann (1930-1935), Curt Boehm ( 1935-1955 ). In local newspapers advertised as Emil Schellenberg in 1913 next to a drawing of the house and of the observation tower with the following ad for a visit:
" A dear audience, I bring my renovated rooms for fl. Use in recommending memory. Draught-free porch. Open every day (with a raised flag ). Excellent cuisine and well cultivated beers. About 30 minutes from snow mountain. "
Also in GDR times remained privately owned Inn or was leased by restaurateurs: Karl Hirsch (1955-1964), Dietrich Neubert (1964-1967), Dieter Boege (1968-1971), Siegfried Hahn ( 1971-1980 ). Hirsch published in 1959 the following advertisement in the newspaper " Free Press ":
" Ausflugsgaststätte " Wedge Mountain. " Delightful country inn, situated at a forest, with two guest rooms and a veranda for 50-60 people ( heated in winter ). For travel companies prior notification. Panoramic lookout. "
1980 next to the tower and the restaurant was closed because there was no money for a renovation. However, the homestead has until February 1987 organized by the City Council and funded and supported by volunteers reconstruction be re-opened (but the tower remained closed). Relatives of a former operator now leased the inn and led him into the market economy: the families Bernd Böhm, Wolfgang Boehm and Hofmann. In 1993 the tower was opened by the support of many companies again, now both tower and guest house guests from near and far are available again. As a prominent guest, the hosts received in July 1991 Björn Engholm and served a fixed menu with local specialties. Visitors who want to climb the tower, the key to get the innkeeper.