Talgang (Kellerwald)

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The Talgang is a 566.1 m above sea level. NN high mountain forest in the basement in Waldeck- Frankenberg, Hesse ( Germany ). It is known the Talgang and its northern foothills Quernst (approx. 545 m) as a former location of the Quernstkirche and today Quernstkapelle and a viewpoint with panoramic view option.

Geographical location

The Talgang is located in the western part of North Hesse in the southern part of the National Park basement Edersee, whose territory is almost congruent with the Eder heights. It is located between the Valley of Lorfe ( Lorfebach ), in which hiesig Frankenau and Frankenau - Altenlotheim are, in the west and that of Eder influx Wesebach, lies in the near the Talgang Frebershausen ( part of Bad Wildungen ), to the east.

The northern foothills of the wooded Talgangs is the Quernst where the small Quernstgrund springs, a flowing to the southeast Wesebach inflow.

Earlier Quernstkirche

On a treeless plateau north of Quernst one located at 534.9 m height Wegabzweigs located just northeast of the remains Quernstkirche.

Even before Christ, was there a pagan Germanic shrine or such a place of worship. Probably the beginning of the 8th century, but before the time of the Christianization of the area of the basement Forest, here the lonely Quernstkirche was built as a pagan building.

Even after the Christianization of the people paid homage to their pagan shrines. Gradually, the Christian missionaries were the pagan churches and temples not completely destroy, but mostly just the former idols and symbols, to which she could transform inter alia, by the erection of altars to Christian churches sanctuaries. As for the mountain chapel this was done by iro - Scottish missionaries.

While the Quernstkirche was probably consecrated bishop Quirinus, since she was Winfried Boniface, of from 718 - among others in Hessen and in the area of the basement Forest - missionary and preached the Gospel, subordinate to the Pope. Documented it was first mentioned in 1230. The Quernstkirche served in the Middle Ages as a pilgrimage church and in the 16th century as a place of worship with its own walled cemetery for the people of the aforementioned places ( Frankenau, Altenlotheim and Frebershausen ), Asel, bring- and Gellershausen. Every year on May 3, the day of the alleged finding of the Cross of Christ ( in the year 326), a market was held on the church building. It is believed that the Quernstkirche was abandoned as a result of the local Reformation (1527 ), after which the decline began and took place the last service in 1570. Already in 1590 it was noted on a map as a ruin, but still should have been in 1860, the six -meter high ruins of the two church towers.

The Quernstkirche was probably not deliberately destroyed, but the inhabitants of the area used the stones of the church building and cemetery wall until their normal expiration as material for other buildings. Today, earthworks and exposed remains of walls are still visible.

Today Quernstkapelle

After a church interested group had to the establishment of a place of worship on the treeless plateau, where once the Quernstkirche stood, trying the " Quernstkapelle " was built near the ruins of the former church building as a new chapel. It consists of stone walls with greywacke and wood. It was inaugurated ( 1st Advent ) with a small prayer room on 3 December 2006. In addition, the building contains a shelter for hikers.

View opportunity

Not from the wooded Talgang but from the treeless plateau before Quernst you look north to Waldecker panel on which Korbach is, in the west the Rothaargebirge can be seen that up to 843.2 meters high with the Langenberg, otherwise one looks over the basement Forest.

Pfaffenwald

The area of the former Quernstkirche called Pfaffenwald, which was planted in the early 20th century nationwide with spruce. The hurricane Vivian destroyed the forest cover in the night of 25 almost completely on January 26, 1990. In the resulting open areas were reforested again with conifers, which due to heavy deer browsing a large part of the grassy open space and thus prevented the return of the deciduous forest.

Transport links

Situated away from roads in the National Park basement Edersee mountain Talgang and its northern foothills Quernst are from the trail parking lot north of the National Park Information Centre " KellerwaldUhr " ( north-northeast of Frankenau in the " holiday village Frankenau " ) to achieve the shortest path. The Talgang can be reached at the beginning there "Forest Ecological trail ", the Quernst on the " Quernstweg " a location on the plateau in front of the Quernst way junction (approx. 526 m).