Großer Arber

View from the north to the summit area of the Great Arber with the ski lifts and the two striking radomes

Main peak with a radome

Großer Arber from the Vogelperspektivebdep2

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The Große Arber is 1455.5 m above sea level. NHN, the highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria. Moreover, a rock barrier west of the summit cross of 1439.6 meters above sea level the highest point of the Upper Palatinate dar. Located in the counties of Cham and Regenberg is therefore also referred to as the "King of the Bavarian Forest ." Its summit area consists of paragneiss.

Name

In a document of 1279 he is named Adwich, Johannes Aventinus calls him Hädweg 1500 and 1540 Ätwa. In Philipp Apian he is called Aetwha m, so Aetwha mons. (Mons, montis: Latin Berg), 1720 he is referred to as a map Aidweich. In 1740, can be found in a document for the first time the name Arber.

Geography

The summit of the Great Arber is located in the municipality of Bavarian Eisenstein, the rain is one of the Lower Bavarian district. The south-western flank of the mountain is part of the located in this County Town ground corn and its western flank to the municipality Lohberg in the Upper Palatinate district of Cham.

The mountain has four peaks: the main peak with the peak cross built in 1913, the Bodenmaiser ties with the characteristic, often depicted Richard -Wagner- head, and the small and the great Seeriegel.

In addition to the Great Arber Mountain belongs to the group and the Small Arber with 1384 m. Below the summit there are the Great and the Small Arber Arber, both of which are surrounded by a nature reserve.

In the north direction Lam prevails rural farmed selection forest, in the south against ground Corn State Forest. The largest part of the Großer Arber and the surrounding forests are owned by the Prince of Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen. These acquired in 1852 the estate of Glashütte master Hafenbrädl in Bohemian Eisenstein, later Markt Eisenstein, today Železná Ruda, and 1872 in Bavarian Eisenstein. The treeless summit zone of the Großer Arber is characterized by subalpine oligotrophic grasslands, rocky corridors and dwarf shrubs, as they occur in this expansion in the Bavarian Forest nowhere else. Among the most characteristic birds of the summit region include Meadow Pipit, Alpine accentor, Water Pipit, Ring Ouzel and Wheatear.

Since the summer of 1995, the Bavarian Forest Nature Park employs a full-time nature watch in the Arber region. The field supervisor is focused on the Arber summit area, but also for the nature reserves " Big Arbersee " with its Arberseewand and the NSG " ream hole" as a point of contact for nature conservation issues and guides available. In addition to visitor information and public relations include the monitoring of reserve requirements to their tasks. For the neighboring Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park since 1999, another area care for the Great Arber (focus on the summit plateau and NSG " Small Arber Lake " ) in use.

The year 1884 brought the construction of a wooden shelter in the Bavarian Forest Club. In 1903 the first shelter on the summit. The current studded with shingles Arberschutzhaus was built in 1936 and expanded in 1985.

Climate

The Arber summit has an average of 160 days of frost and snow cover duration of 150 days. Because of the late and early frosts the vegetation period has a duration of slightly more than 100 days. The July temperature is in the ridge areas at 11 degrees. Of the approximately 1950 mm annual precipitation falling as snow 40 %.

Arber fair

When the Saint Bartholomew consecrated chapel Arber Arber is celebrated every year the fair in August at the peak of the Großer Arber on the penultimate Sunday. After the mountain mass people meet for lunch at Arberschutzhaus, then show folk singers and musicians in the entire summit area their performances.

The chapel was built in 1806 by the glassworks Lord Baron of Hafenbrädl and has since been renewed four times, the current was 1957. At St. Bartholomew in 1906 celebrated abbot Willibald Adam from Metten Abbey in the presence of 2000 participants on the occasion of the centenary of Arber chapel the first mountain mass. On August 29, 1965 Arber Father Josef Kufner celebrated here again a fair, bringing the first real Arber fair was founded.

Arber Mandl

In winter, the east wind, together with the so-called ice snow Arber Mandl. The pines and spruces on the Arber mountain solidify while bizarre and often bizarre -acting forms. The cameraman Martin Lippl turned 1985 a film about it. The pictures were taken by chance in a short break with sunshine during a snow storm. Elfie Pertramer highlighted these shots later with a mystical poem. Under the title Voices from the enchanted forest, the film aired at the beginning of each on Bavarian television in the program between Spessart and Karwendel.

Radar installation

At the top there are two buildings of the Air Force radomes. The plant was built during the Cold War against severe protests by conservationists as close to the Czechoslovakian border in order to monitor the air traffic in the Eastern bloc can. The device was put into service in 1983, originally with two radar antennas. She was refitted and equipped with a large-capacity radar RRP 117 1996. The second tower contains since the transmitting and receiving antennas for wireless communications. The air defense system Großer Arber is operated as part of the integrated NATO air defense system.

Arber mountain railway

Run by the Group Prince of Hohenzollern Arber mountain railway is open all year. Through several ski slopes of the Great Arber in the past was opened as a winter sports area. On September 17, 1949, the first chair lift was opened to Arber. Through a consistent renewal of the lifts in recent years, with the construction of a 6-round gondola lift and the construction of two six- chair lift, the ski area has risen on the Arber to the most modern ski resort in the Bavarian Forest. In summer mode the gondola hikers and day trippers promoted to the summit area of the Großer Arber.

Winter sports

Since 1973, here slalom and giant slalom competitions take place at the European Cup and since 1976 at the Ski World Cup. This race is awarded by the German Ski alternating between Ofterschwang, Zwiesel and Berchtesgaden.

In addition, the Arber mountain, biathlon and cross-country European Cup races take place on the foot.