Lokomotive

The locomotive is a distinctive rock climbing north of Rathen in Saxon Switzerland. The, also known as Big ruin rock is about 30 meters high and is divided into two parts, which are referred to as Cathedral locomotive and locomotive chimney hood. The line between the two is called the bearing edge, the jagged rocks right next to the forge as a whistle. Short term was at the cathedral also has a weather vane in the shape of a wheel. The locomotive rises on the Massif of the honey stones.

The current name of the rock emerged in the second half of the 19th century. Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger had called him Big ruin, later naming were Waldschloßchen, robbery castle and in 1880 even camel. The Cathedral of the locomotive was first climbed in 1886 by Friedrich Hartmann and Robert Kappmeier. In the history of climbing in Saxon Switzerland, on June 7, 1903 conducted by Albert Kunze and Oliver Perry -Smith first ascent of the forge marks the first step in climbing in the free wall. Until then, the climbers had focused especially on chimneys and cracks. The first ascent of today Difficulty V classified and designated as a locomotive raid climbing route on the forge kicked off a major, to 1910 constant development period in Saxon Switzerland, the climbers as Kunze, Perry -Smith and Rudolf Fehrmanns many important climbing peaks, such as the Barbarine the Great Hercules pillar, the bridesmaid or the vicious storm first climbed.

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