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One-Thousanders: Schneeberg, Hochstaufen, Knigsberg, Heinrichshhe, Groer Arber, Herzogstand, Groer Riedelstein, Mittagstein, Kehlstein

One-Thousanders: Schneeberg, Hochstaufen, Knigsberg, Heinrichshhe, Groer Arber, Herzogstand, Groer Riedelstein, Mittagstein, Kehlstein


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Schneeberg (Fichtelgebirge) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The name Schneeberg may be derived from snede ("border"). However, it is more likely that the name comes from Schnee ("snow") and the fact that the mountain is snow-capped for long periods of time. The group of rocks at the highest point on the mountain is called Backfele ("baking oven"), after which the observation tower was named. In the Thirty Years' War, folk from the surrounding village are supposed to have fled to this place where they baked their bread. The mountain has always had great strategic significance due to its commanding field of view. In 1498 Captain Kunz von Wirsberg, captain of the Gebrg, was assigned from Markgrafen in Bayreuth to establish a warning system. As a result he set up a network of observation posts on various mountains in the Fichtelgebirge that in time of danger had to send beacon or smoke signals to the neighbouring posts. The Schneeberg was one of these posts. In 1520 the villagers of Weienstadt had to establish a permanent sentry position here. In 1713 the ruins of this post could still be seen. In 1879 the Fichtelgebirge branch of the German-Austrian Alpine Society (predecessor of the Fichtelgebirge Society or Fichtelgebirgsverein) built the first simple platform on the rock summit; at the same time a rude stone hut was erected. In 1904 a log cabin followed and in 1926 the Weienstadt group of the Fichtelgebirge Society built the observation tower Backfele from oak logs. Backfele The telecommunication tower in August 2007In 1938 the Luftwaffe had a 35 metre high wooden tower built on the mountain, the purpose of which was kept "secret". In 1942 it was razed due to "unexplained reasons". On 14 November 1951 US Forces requisitioned part o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22258681


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157220657
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157220657
  • Publisher Date: 28 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Schneeberg, Hochstaufen, Knigsberg, Heinrichshhe, Groer Arber, Herzogstand, Groer Riedelstein, Mittagstein, Kehlstein
  • Width: 229 mm


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