Schlechteberg

Considered poor mountain from the west

The Poor Mountain in Ebersbach is a mountain of the Lusatian mountain land in the district of Görlitz with a height of 485 m above sea level. NN. The mountain is just like the lying in close proximity Kottmar and the mountain Löbauer an extinct volcano of the tertiary volcanism. The name of the mountain allows for multiple interpretations. On an outward sign of the derivative Middle High German sleht = would just point.

The mountain is accessible via an access road from the main road 96 to the large surface parking offers waterfront cottage near the hilltop.

Since the year 1957, the Poor Mountain is considered by a Council decision as a recreational area.

Geology

The mischwaldbestockte Poor mountain with its surrounding grassland rises geographically situated in the residential area of ​​Ebersbach at the western end of the threshold height between the two Spree main source arms. Its ridge line sweeps from northwest to southeast and follows a wide corridor Nephelinbasanit whose blocks cover the three steeps of Poor Mountain. The transition, however, is wrapped on its eastern flank almost to the summit of profound decomposed granodiorite. East of the mountain adjoining open fields and the sports field in 1925 applied to hide among the hard subsurface smaller basalt deposits, but they are only slightly powerful and also partly accompanied by Tuff. All of these basalts belong to the outer edge of the basalt flows of Neugersdorf - Leutersdorf.

One finds in the Pleistocene meltwater deposits of the lower slopes numerous Nordic sediment, while they are absent at higher elevations in the mountains. The associated sand deposits were obtained until the 20th century in many sand pits. Kiesdorf, called after the vernacular, small settlement was built in the grounds of the former municipality of sand pits. Remains of a terrace indicate about 20 meters above the valley floor to an older valley floor of the upper Spree. The source horizon on the mountainside supplied before the establishment of local water line lying below the peasant farms and the nearby station area. On the slopes of the mountain are poor since 1913, the high container of the Ebersbacher water pipe.

Flora and Fauna

The usual since the 19th century in the forest as pure spruce stands were largely being replaced by mixed forest. In it lives a rich variety of small birds. Already since 1868, the Ebersbacher Humboldt Association for practical Birds began in the area. He published in his Commemorative various fauna and flora lists the area. In a comparison with the Flore lists 1886 and 1911 published one can find significant losses in the plant world, while most of the representatives of the local flora and basalt all orchids. In addition, since 1941, the Small Balsam ( Impatiens parvijtora ) overgrown low Representatives of the lowest layer of vegetation. Local climate table falls on the contrast between the warm dry layers of the south side of the Poor Mountain and its cool moist north slope, which affects not only in the stand. To fall on the phenological date differences of the beginning of the snowmelt of 8 or more days. For deep drawing thunderstorm often provides the ridge of the mountain is a bad local weather divide dar.

Attractions

Near the top of the hill there is a 1912 -scale alpine garden and built in the same year Humboldt cottage with its museum since 1998, a lookout tower. Over the entire northern slope extends from here also a ski slope and ski lift, which was built in 1970 by the Section winter sports.

The chalet with mountain restaurant was built in 1912 by former Humboldt Association Ebersbach, order a possibility of accommodation for its scientific collections to create. In this club is had come together in 1861 at the suggestion of Prof. Emil Adolf Rossmaessler from Leipzig, several villagers initially scientific knowledge in the spirit of Alexander von Humboldt's appropriating and later spread further. Furthermore, it soon also turned to other charitable tasks, including the Mountain Club activity. Of the own scientific researches testify except the documents in the museum the articles in the hard copies of the 1886, 1911 and 1938. The Homeland Museum of the City Ebersbach in the Humboldt Baude harbors in 5 exhibition rooms, the collection not only for the urban area of Ebersbach, but also for the surrounding landscape. Emphasis pieces of evidence from the fields of zoology, botany, geology, prehistory and early history, local and regional history and folklore. His scientific reputation owes the local museum the collections of two Ebersbacher lay researchers: August manner (1833 - 1910) and Hermann Andert (1879 - 1945). Except important documents of the surrounding landscape, the museum also holds originals of unique international trade value (eg fossils pieces of the Upper Cretaceous ). The redesign after the Second World War was created under Werner Andert, the Museum initiated a voluntary basis since 1946. The current collection component can be specified with about 100,000 Property witnesses. The mountain restaurant located on the ground floor is closed.

Immediately below the Humboldt Baude is the 2500 -square-meter plant garden. It originally contained only representatives of the high mountain floras, including but then also other ornamental plants are entered. Since 1946, Friends of the Humboldt supervised group Ebersbach the culture of the GDR since 1993 members of the NABU District Association Lobau eV in their spare time this system. A 1948 memorial stone in the privy garden plants reminiscent of Hermann Andert, under whose care the Humboldt cottage and the garden plants have emerged. His scientific researches in the field of paleontology are estimated to date from the international scientific community.

The 22 m high observation tower with 108 steps was inaugurated on 2 May 1998. Is impressive from him views to the east and south of the Giant Mountains ( with the Snow Mountain) over the Jizera Mountains, ridge, Zittau Mountains, the foothills of the Bohemian Central Mountains to the distant hills of the eastern Ore Mountains.

Poor Mountain seen from Neugersdorf from