Katzenstein (Affalter)
Survey point at the summit
The Katzenstein ( 627 m) is located Aue a mountain in the form of an elongated ridge in the Ore Mountains, about eight kilometers northeast of the city. The Katzenstein is the highest point of the Ore Mountains North Escarpment and at the same time represents the highest elevation in the hallway area of the city Loessnitz
Location
In the immediate vicinity of the Katz stone located on the territory of the town Loessnitz to the east of the district armed forest, south of the district Affalter, southwest and north Gruena - within the city limits Stollberg lying - the district Gablenzgasse. On the northwest slope there is a small settlement, which was named after a former highway takings place and later restaurant forest tavern.
At the summit there is a trigonometric point on the ground, one standing at 500 meters Mobilfunkmast Deutsche Telekom with six antennas, and a surveying point of the Royal Saxon triangulation ( " Nagelsche pillar") of 1864, the year value - 1804 - is painted wrong.
Administratively, the Cat Rock is part of the upper part Affalters and since the incorporation in 1999 to the city of Loessnitz. Southeast - lain in neighboring Zwoenitz - the Wind Mountain, with 627.5 meters is the highest peak just on the Zwönitzer plateau.
Geography
The Katzenstein is part of the Ore Mountains North Rim stage, the abundant 100 meters from the environment prominent forehead along the iron road direction Galgenholzstrasse on tobacco Fir ( at Thalheim ) until after Burkhardt village northeastward runs while gradually drops to 530 meters. The northern escarpment was cut by erosion of their source streams and is about 50% forested. Westwards have Mulde and Loessnitz Bach Escarpment dissolved erosive and buried itself deep into the mountains. Its continuation is found only west of the Mulde at Langenweißbach. Even in the Northeast behind the hard Hauerberg the escarpment was dissolved by the erosive Zwoenitz, its continuation is found beyond the Zwoenitz with the Dittersdorfer height at the Official Mountain.
The Katzenstein also belongs to the northern part of the Zwönitzer plateau which extends as far south as Kühnhaide. It consists mainly of only low to moderately sloped hillside hollows and Muldentälchen which drain mainly to Chemnitz out. The next highest mountain is 2.6 kilometers away, and also belongs to the Zwönitzer plateau Wind Mountain, which is just across the upper Lößnitztal from Katzenstein.
The markedly over the western and northern environment towering plateau is exposed to strong winds. The exposed position of Katzenstein's causes in Northwest weather conditions climatic Luveffekte.
Geology
The Katzenstein consists mainly of softer Ordovician phyllites of the woman brook series ( Kohlwald quartzite ). The Ordovician phyllites are distinguished from the other on the southern edge of the Loessnitz Zwönitzer trough upcoming normally bright and mica- rich phyllites by a higher content of feldspar ( albite ), which will make up to pea-sized grains. Therefore, one also speaks of Albitphyllit. Slightly south of the summit will be resistant and weathering resistant quartzite. Further east to the source of the Upper troughs neck creek finds Silurian alum and chert. In lighter weathering Alaunschiefern one finds frequent graptolites. Consistently finds weathered rock strata tonschieferartiger phyllites.
History
To forest areas east of Katzenstein's began in 1431, a dispute of the abbot Ern Eberharde the green grove monastery with nice burgers on hard stone and the manor Niederzwönitz. Only in 1476, an agreement was reached and finished with setting a three-layer stone. It is believed that thus the name for the adjoining forest area comes, ym Streitholcze. The triple-layer brick, in 1618 still listed on Oeders card and the last time in 1876, there is again today. On June 3, 1995, created by the daughter of the last Lords of Schoenberg Niederzwönitz, Mrs. Benedicta of Schoenberg Paulich three-part stone was inaugurated with the coat of arms of the von Schönberg, beautiful castle and the monastery Gruenhain by the Mayor of Affalter, Stollberg and Zwoenitz. Another stone of the same name located in Geyer 's forest and was also set with a Berainung. Many a time was usually in vain to operate in Streitwald tried mining. Only in 1597 a mine was recorded that could have possibly delivered Eisenstein for the niederaffalterer Waffenhammer. 1582 came the hartensteinische share of the Lichtsteiner Schönburger, which built a game fence with a gate, near which, at the upper end of Affalter, there was 1603, a forester's house. 1715 awarded by the rule next to the forester's house forest plots for construction of houses and clearing. The resulting settlement was called in 1723 Neudörffgen or dispute Häußer. East of this - today Streitwald mentioned - Holiday complex is a Moor, which provided until 1880 Torfziegel. In the time of need around 1948 million Torfziegel to the residents of Affalter were produced within three years.
At the forest tavern until 1885 a road was money to be paid (eg 12 pence for a horse ), and also here was a milestone, in 1972 the road was destroyed.
Flora and Fauna
The flat back of the Pocked Zwönitzer plateau are mainly used for agricultural purposes. In the most waterlogged hollow forms one finds grassland, in Streitwald even small peat formations. In addition to the part stauvernässten Streitwald the corridors of Kühnhaide have the least significant soils. The above-mentioned rock additionally supplies filthy rich and at the same nutrient-poor soils. However, there are opposite the Lößnitzgetäle favorable topography. Are in the full forms of the flat wave reliefs spread skeleton containing brown soils. In the shallow source wells of the upper neck creek one finds alternating fresh and moist silty Staugleye, also occur in small boggy and peaty islands.
The forest district Niederzwönitz, which lies between the Great Stone and Big Pond, together with the Streitwald the only larger forest area on Zwönitzer plateau. This east of Katzenstein's lying spruce forests at first appear like a piece of unspoiled nature. But the forest has now nothing more in common with the jungle at the time of the first settlement, as he has since been subject of centuries of continuous use, especially because of mining.
The drainage of the forest area takes place on the east by the upper neck and the Wern Bach Bach towards Zwoenitz, and in the north by the Gablenzgasse creek and the Upper Querbach towards Würschnitz. Furthermore, spring on the west side of Katzenstein's the Oberdorfer Bach and the Bach Beuth, also in the Würschnitz fluently, as well as in the south of Loessnitz Bach towards Mulde. The Zwönitzer plateau with Katzenstein and Wind Mountain represents a watershed
View
The view includes much of the western Erzgebirge, the Erzgebirgsvorlandes well into the Leipzig lowlands. To the south are mainly the Fichtel (29 km), Wedge (32 km), plate (29 km), Auer ( 26 km), disc mountain which bears stone (25 km), the mirror Forest ( 9 km), (18 km) and the Geyerische TV tower to see the Morgenleithe (15 km), the upper reservoir of the pumped storage plant markers Bach, in the north of the two chimneys of the brown coal power station at Bohlen lip village (64 km). At only a few days a year and a distant view of the Battle of the Nations Monument (77 miles) in Leipzig is possible. Previously, you could also west four pointed conical heaps (50 km) make up which were a relic of the Ronneburger uranium mining, the leveling is complete since 2007.
Ways to Katzenstein
The forest tavern, as well as the armed forest, offers free parking and is the starting point for ascents. Furthermore, the iron path offers the possibility to reach the Katzenstein by bicycle.