Plettenberg (mountain)
Plettenberg, seen from Ortenberg from
The Plettenberg ( 1001.6 m above sea level. NHN ) is a prominent mountain on the west side of the Swabian Alb. He is one of the most outstanding mountains of her that was built on it, 158 meter high telecommunications tower is clearly visible from a great distance. The Plettenberg belongs next to the Punch ( 963 m above sea level. NHN ) and the sheep mountain ( 1000 m above sea level. NHN ) to the so-called Balinger mountains, of which it is the highest.
Geographical location
The Plettenberg is above the Upper Schlichemtals and of the cities and municipalities Schomberg, Dotternhausen, Roßwangen (district Ballingen ), Hausen am Tann and Ratshausen surrounded.
Nature
The Plettenberg plateau is dotted with many juniper bushes. These areas are protected. In the so-called Plett basement on the southern slope of the mountain very rare club mosses are found in a pristine forest and moss landscape.
Limestone quarrying
Since 1908 is obtained on the Plettenberg limestone for cement production. The stone extracted from the mountain was transported from 1909 with a cable car to Balingen to local Balinger Cement factory. The work had to be abandoned due to financial difficulties in 1926, so the work was completed for the time being in limestone quarry. The cable car to Balingen was degraded by it still generates a mast base on the northern slope direction Roßwangen.
In 1939, the Portland cement plant Rudolf Rohrbach KG was built in Dotternhausen, which took over the quarry and the limestone mining resumed. Today's Holcim (South Germany ) GmbH, to 2002 Rohrbach- cement GmbH & Co. KG, this quarry operates even today for cement production. Every day 3,000 tons of limestone from the upcoming White Jura be blown here from the mountain, crushed and transported with the 2.3-kilometer ropeway Dotternhausen - Plettenberg.
The ropeway for transportation of limestone was built in 1942 and modernized in 1971. It runs from the west side of the mountain Plett to the cement plant in Dotternhausen, crossing among others, the federal highway 27 There is a wagon concentricity cable car with 65 Loren cars, each with a capacity of 1.7 tons.
Telecommunications tower
The German radio tower GmbH, a subsidiary of the German Telekom AG operates on the northern tip of Plettenberg plateau a 158 meter high telecommunications tower (type reinforced concrete tower, FMT 13 ), which was built in 1980 and since then is considered as the distinctive mark of the mountain.
Tourism
The Plettenberg is a major goal of the tourism area Upper Schlichemtal. Numerous hiking trails open to mountain, the plateau is easily accessible from all sides. Some trails here are very challenging, as the steep climbs of the Council Hausen, Schomberg ( Känzele ) and Dotternhausen ( Eselsteigle ). The Plettenberg hut on the road to Dotternhausen is open on Sundays and public holidays for walkers and was operated until 2011 by the Swabian Albverein, local group Dotternhausen.
Two main trails of the Swabian Alp Association run over the Plettenberg: The main trail 1 ( Swabian Alb - northern edge path ) and the main trail 3 ( Rhein- Main-Neckar - way ).
Since the Plettenberg is a very far outstanding from the line of Albtrauf mountain, you have there a good distance vision in the Black Forest, the Vosges, the Albvorland up behind Stuttgart, the other Albberge and Upper Swabia, the region of Lake Constance and the Alps.
The Plettenberg is mentioned in many hiking guides since the early 19th century, such as in Gustav Schwab's hiking guide and travel description under the title The Neckar side of the Swabian Alb, in which a hike Ballingen to Plettenberg (height 3520 Württemberg. feet) is described. It was also the Plettenberg Julius Wais, who was the author of many hiking guide at the beginning of the 20th century, mentioned as one of the best viewpoints Württemberg.
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The Plettenberg is still called by the residents in the surrounding communities today Bloachta, the ancient name of the mountain Plaikten, which is presumably of Celtic origin, to which also indicates, as in the neighboring punching, female gender of the name form.
At the southern end of the Plett Bergs are grave remains of the castle Plettenberg from the 12th century.
Out of gratitude that Dotternhausen had survived the Second World War unscathed, the inhabitants built in 1947 on the north side of the mountain a mountain Plett cross of oak ( restored in 1997 ). From 1968 to 1986, a mountain mass was at this point annually celebrated on Pentecost Sunday.