Frenzelsberg

Frenzelsberg seen from the south

The Frenzelsberg or Frenzelberg, sometimes also called Röthigberg, is a mountain in the Lusatian mountains in Saxony. It rises in the western corridor Seifhennersdorfer directly on the Czech border.

The occurring Nephelintephrit, a basalt, formerly used for supporting and retaining walls as well as road gravel. Already in 1770 the Office Rumburg had taken the rock material to build the other side of the Czech border road leading past. In the small, abandoned quarry is still clearly see the columnar shape. Due to its mineral composition of the rock once used in scientific geology by international agreement as the normal type of nepheline tephrite group of basalt.

History

The forested peak a licensed premise was built in 1877, after the mountain has become a popular tourist destination. Here in 1890 held its first May Day celebration of the workers, the second was in 1896 and another in 1930 instead. After the First World War, built the local branch of the tourist association " Friends of Nature " from the cottage to a natural friends house with hostel. This was after the coming to power of the Nazi party ( and the banning of the organization Friends of Nature ) seized in 1933, and fell with time.

Popularly

An older legend tells of a treasure in a treasure cave on the Frenzelsberg, a younger saga of raising a war chest. The older inhabitants of Seifhennersdorf consider the mountain as mountain weather. His basaltic rock, also called " Blue Stones " is supposed to prevent misfortune, after the vernacular.

Sanctuary

The Frenzelsberg (his wooded part ) is listed as a 4.2 hectare geological natural monument area.