Rockelmann

Rockelmann with two quarries on the outskirts of Schwarzenberg

The Rockelmann is a mountain in south-southwest of the large district town of Schwarzenberg in the Saxon Erzgebirge District with a height of about 580 m above sea level.

General

The Rockelmann was first mentioned in 1552 in a church statement. The origin of the name is unknown. From the two on the northern slope of the survey created centuries ago you took granite quarries, among other things for the construction of Schwarzenberger St. George's Church in the 1690s. In 1908, there were serious efforts to establish an observation tower on the Rockelmann. Curt Rambach had, for example, for the poem " Wos iech refresh themselves hoo off'n Rokelmaa! " written, that was expelled in favor of Rockelmann - Turmbaues on a postcard. In the 1930s, built on the site of the upper quarry the borderland ceremony site. The lower quarry was transformed in the 1920s into a natural theater. A district of Schwarzenberg was named after the Rockelmann.

Nature Theater

Inaugurated on July 9, 1924 Nature Theater on the grounds of lower Rockelmann quarry initially offered 700 visitors place and had a mobile translation stage in front of a fitted with stairs and climbing rock wall. Since the 1960s, the number of performances declined, the theater closed temporarily completely and is now a stage for only a few sporadic events.

Warriors Memorial

On the site formerly known as Jahnwiese a memorial to the fallen in World War Schwarzenberger soldiers by the members of the Saxon military organization " King Albert " was inaugurated at Black Mountain on October 10, 1926. The fortified on the eight -meter-high brick pillar swearing warrior figure was created by the sculptor Ziegler Chemnitz and was melted down during the Second World War. During the renovation of the column, which had become necessary due to emerging salts, was discovered in a soldered copper cartridge in October 2008 under the head of the column, the old contemporary notes, a newspaper, Program for the consecration and a text written by the grandfather of the sculptor Hans Brockhage report on the Denkmalbau contained.

Borderland ceremony site

After the early 1930s the idea arose to build on the site of the upper Rockelmann quarry a plant for mass events, the groundbreaking ceremony was done on April 7, 1934. Much of the explosive, transportation and construction work was accomplished by working conscripts. A total of 1300 Working men were used. Contemporary claims to the labor service 60,000 Tagwerke were made, of the 20,000 skilled workers. At the widest point the plant measured 102 m, from the stage to the tower, which is reached via a 174- step staircase, the length was 30 m. In the area of the right stage setup a copper canister with construction documents, a daily newspaper and coins walled. Still planned as Thingplace, the plant was 25-26. June 1938 as a " celebration site of the national community " ( borderland ceremony site ) inaugurated and summarized according to a construction drawing 6500 seats and 5600 standing. 1950 she was the President of the GDR, who was present in person, renamed " Wilhelm- Pieck - party site ," In 1993, she received the name " forest stage." Today, the system holds up to 15,200 visitors, but is used only rarely for events.

Swell

• Free Press, Issue Schwarzenberg, 23, and 25-26. October 2008.

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