Wartberg (Fichtelgebirge)

The lookout on the Wartberg

The Wartberg is a vantage point with its lookout tower (628 m above sea level. NN ) within the Selb - Wunsiedler plateau of the Fichtelgebirge mountains north of the village Graf Reuth, a hamlet of the municipality in the district of Thiersheim Wunsiedel.

Location

The mountain is accessible by Count Reuth or Thiersheim of a trail parking lot from. From Thiersheim the Saar- Silesia - way and of Arzberg about Röthenbach introduces another trail to Wartberg.

On the third weekend in July, the local chapter of the Count Reuth Fichtelgebirgshalle Association jointly organized with the volunteer fire department Count Reuth her ​​Wartberg hard.

History

On the hill was proven during the period 1499-1787 a watchtower as a multi-room margrave's signal station, which gave the neighbor wait for enemies incidence of fire or smoke signals. In the margrave's Wart order of 1498 he is not listed by name. Local historian Johann Theodor Benjamin Helfrecht drew the tower in 1800 in a anlegeten of him orographic map of the Fichtelgebirge one. Already in 1839 stands in its place only a rowan tree and there are no remains of walls more visible. From the present observation tower, which was built in 1969 on a water tower, one has a beautiful panorama view of the Cheb region and the Ore Mountains.

An inscription on the tower reads: "Water of peace, deleted from the fire of war ," A 100 quintals heavy stone syenite bears the inscription: ". Fathers cleared - we plowed deeper "