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Weiselberg Summit Cross & Viewpoint

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Weiselberg Summit Cross & Viewpoint

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Weiselberg Summit Cross & Viewpoint

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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1. Eulental Waterfall – Weiselberg Summit Cross loop from Schwarzerden

14.5km

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370m

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2. Eulental Waterfall – Weiselberg Shelter loop from Reitscheid

14.5km

04:13

350m

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3. Weiselberg Shelter – Weiselberg Summit Cross loop from Freisen

12.8km

03:38

270m

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 12, 2022

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘂ß𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘄ö𝗵𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁ä𝘁𝘁𝗲 - Part 1

The Weiselberg is one of the most legendary sites in the home area. There are eleven legends, three or four of which are not regarded as independent Weiselberg legends, as they were probably transferred to the mysterious Weiselberg from other folk tales.

𝑫𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒖𝒓𝒛𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈

𝔇𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔠𝔥𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔰 𝔞𝔲𝔣 𝔡𝔢𝔪 𝔚𝔢𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔤

A magnificent castle, in which a kind and just king lived, once adorned the mountain top. You can still find hewn sandstones from probably formerly sacred buildings from Roman times in the summit region. The round terrace and the stone wall with dry stone wall in the summit area are of unknown time and function.

𝔇𝔞𝔰 𝔎ö𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔰𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱

The bed of the benevolent and righteous king, murdered by a nefarious hand, turned to stone at the moment of the heinous act. The round terrace surrounding the mountain peak gives it the appearance of a burial mound. The field name of the summit region of the Weiselberg has been called "Auf Königsbett" since time immemorial.

𝔇𝔢𝔯 𝔎ö𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔰𝔨𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔯

There is a precious castle inside the mountain. Only now and then does the king, who lives in it, come to light through the access to this underground castle, the royal cellar, which is filled with gold and precious stones. One of the former agate tunnels on Weisetberg is called "Königskeller".

ℌ𝔲𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔴𝔢𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔩

In the interior of the mountain, a queen, enchanted as a bumblebee, is waiting for her redemption. A possible explanation for the origin of the mountain name, the origin of which is still not clearly established.
Source: Text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 12, 2022

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘂ß𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘄ö𝗵𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁ä𝘁𝘁𝗲 - Part 2

𝔇𝔦𝔢 𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔫 ℜ𝔲𝔫𝔢𝔫

Ghost hands have engraved mysterious runes in the hexagonal stone pillars. What is meant here are the mostly line-like groove patterns that appear on the surface of the stone pillars. They emerged in the course of weathering in weak areas of the rock, which were caused by shrinkage cracks.

𝔇𝔢𝔯 "𝔣ü𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔢" 𝔍ä𝔤𝔢𝔯

Women looking for wood in the gnarled beech forest have repeatedly met a "fiery" hunter. The area of the rocky sea with its unspoilt trees is apparently regarded as the place of residence of ghost figures because of its seclusion and inaccessibility.

𝔇𝔞𝔰 "𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔢" 𝔏𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔱

A pale glowing light sometimes rises from the mountain top to the swampy meadows and makes night hikers shiver. A haunted story that developed around the mysterious Weiselberg.

𝔇𝔦𝔢 𝔅𝔲𝔯𝔤 𝔞𝔪 𝔖ü𝔡𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔢𝔰 𝔅𝔢𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔰

Dark fellows once built a castle on the southern slope of the mountain. She collapsed when they murdered the righteous king who resided on the mountaintop. The sea of rocks on the southern slope can give the impression of a collapsed fortress.

The legend of a golden carriage in the Weiselberg or golden apples that were seen on a fountain are legends that occur more often in the home area and that were transferred to the Weiselberg. Source: Text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 12, 2022

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠

Weiselbergite is an igneous hardling.

𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑎: Greek: dough; glowing material of the earth's interior
𝐿𝑎𝑣𝑎: Magma reached the surface of the earth in the course of volcanism

Magmatites are the result of the solidification of magma or lava. In terms of geological history, Weiselbergite was formed by volcanism in the Permian period about 260 million years ago. The time of the Carboniferous 340 million years ago, in which, as is well known, the Saarland coal was formed, lies before the Permian period. The first reptiles, from which the mammals and thus also humans descended, dated matt only about a hundred million years after the Permian period. The Weiselberg consists of a single type of rock and is divided into columns of different sizes and directions of incidence. These "columnar rock formations" often occur in volcanic rocks. So-called contraction fissures were responsible for the creation of the mostly pentagonal rock pillars that make up the entire mountain. These are shrinkage fissures that have arisen during the cooling process by reducing the volume of the solidifying lava. The Weiselberg is the remnant of what was once a much larger igneous “plug”. For about 70 million years (beginning of the erosion, after the uplift of the south-west German area out of the chalk sea) it has been constantly exposed to the ravages of time, which freed it bit by bit from the covering and enveloping softer sedimentary rocks. Source: Text information board

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