Beckenberg

Eibau with Beck mountain in the background

The pelvic mountain north of Eibau in the southern district of Görlitz is a mountain of Lusatian hill country with a height of 407.6 m above sea level. NN, which drops sharply after three pages. The mountain got its name probably due to its geographical location isolated about 50 meters above the valley floor of the southern Eibauer valley basin of the country water. Other lower peaks from Nephelinbasanit are separated by narrow saddles in a southeasterly direction.

Geology

Tertiary tuffs can be on the northern slope of the marginal zone of the Leutersdorfer basalt ceiling to which the pelvic Mount, was found. Therefore, also the soil at a striking reddish to light purple color caused by weathering material. Furthermore, the groundwater close to the surface jammed through the rock, which is why only allow extensive drainage, also on the inclined slope means an agricultural management. The subordinate of silk Berger granodiorite tertiary tuffs seem 376.6 meters to communicate, that is very close to where the field boundaries of inclusive, Ruppersdorf and Oberoderwitz collide with the deposits of the height. Receptiveness of the basanite is in a former quarry on the western slope.

The 385.6 meter high, one kilometer located in a southeasterly direction Kühnelsberg was after the resident or joke peasants Christian Kühnel, the 1717 sold his property and aufteilte named. The located at its tip former quarry, which shows vertical columns, was abandoned in 1935 and is now completely overgrown with wood.

History

Starting from the low grinding capacity of the water mills in place Eibau allowed the city council in Zittau the installation of a windmill on the survey, which was to the 19th century still called Becker- or Bäckerberg. In 1759 the mill was built, together with a dwelling house and a barn. From 1759 to 1900 the windmill was operated. In addition to the windmill on the Beckenberg two more windmills stood on Eibauer hall, two kilometers north location Röthemühle and another windmill south of the pelvic mountain.

After the founding of the country Eibau brewery in 1810 by the roaring legitimate citizen of the town of Zittau, the need for brewing fresh spring water was brought, among others, by a wooden pipe water pipe from the Beck Mountain. The miller from Beckenberg therefore received as consideration the time hard to obtain license for beer.

Baude Museum and former home

In 1905 the mountain inn " Beck Mountain cottage " was built, which was ( until now ) and pensions, as well as summer camps for children of VEB Bekleidungswerke Neugersdorf used as a restaurant in GDR times. The immediately adjacent single barn of a former mill built by the community to the local museum and expanded it 1953/54, with an exhibition space. The home and Humboldt Museum -inclusive, which was built 1864-1945 by the collecting activities of the Humboldt Association of Alteibau, a scientifically oriented home club, showed up to April 2012, in addition to the exhibition on the history of Eibau a natural history collection (eg geology, fauna ) as well as curiosities and rarities and two moving nativity scene with 80 Bohemian nativity figures. Today ( since October 31, 2012 ) is the museum in Faktorenhof on the B96 directly into the local situation Eibau.

A road leads from the local situation Eibau of the B96 to the summit of the mountain.