Funkenburg

Looking for Funkenburg at Wehrendorf

The Funkenburg is a terrain elevation in the Lusatian mountains in Saxony in the district of Bautzen. It lies about 50 meters above the surrounding countryside and nearby at the highest point 376 meters above sea - level.

She pushes approximately 1 km northeast fortified village ( hamlet of the village Sohland an der Spree ) bastion -like from the north into Wehrsdorfer valley and part of the Lusatian mountains, its numerous higher elevations rise an average of 500 meters above the sea level. It is an extension of the ridge between the Hohberg and the Steinberg and is penetrated by Lamprophyrgängen. A water-filled quarry debris heaps and still remember the quarry mining, which was until about 1915 underway.

Properly it should be called radio mountain. In the mid- 19th century, the house was burned to the mark. A new small tavern at the quarry was then popularly called " Funkenburg ", but this was burning again from 1897. The present simple cottage dates back from 1929, which was up in the 1960s, fully managed as a tourist restaurant. After many changes of ownership, the Funkenburg 1997 regained in solid hands. Thus the decay of the historic mountain cottage from 1929 was halted. In many hours of work has since been taken care of for obtaining the radio castle in its original form and (wooden) construction. Once a year, always to Ascension, is an "open - door Funkenburg " instead.

From a ledge you have a good view over the valley and the Wehrsdorfer Sohlander heights. Behind it you can see the Czech basalt mountains Špičák ( Spitzberg, 481m ) at Císařský (Kaiser Walde ), Partyzánský vrch ( Bolzano, quarry ) and Hrazený ( Pirsken, 610m ), both at Šluknov ( Schluckenau ) see.