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Bear Trap at Großer Waldstein

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Location: Zell im Fichtelgebirge, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

August 3, 2022

Brown bears once lived in the Fichtel Mountains. This is impressively demonstrated by the Bärenfang, made of granite stones, from 1656 below the Waldstein summit. The last bear is said to have been caught here in 1760. Nine years later, the last conspecific from the Fichtelgebirge near Vordorf was shot.

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Wolly

May 15, 2018

The Bearfang is a 17th century building that was used to drive bears and then be held prisoners. The bear catch on the large forest stone in the Fichtelgebirge is a hunting monument and is considered the only preserved building of its kind in the nearby Selber forest as well as on the king's heath obviously similar buildings stood, which were broken off however after the disappearance of the bears, since the mighty granite cube a coveted Building material were.

As a result of the Thirty Years War, the predators in the German forests had increased rapidly. The Margraves of Kulmbach-Bayreuth then set bonuses on the shooting of bears and wolves. Since bears are difficult to hunt, they decided to attack them with a trap on the forest stone.

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Sylvia

February 5, 2019

Interestingly explains how bears were caught in the past.

The gentlemen who shot down Bruno might have had a look.

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Location: Zell im Fichtelgebirge, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Bear Trap at Großer Waldstein

1. Source of the Saale – Bear Trap at Großer Waldstein loop from Zell im Fichtelgebirge

2. View from Arnsteinfels – 🏔️ Großer Waldstein loop from Weißenstadt

3. 🏔️ Großer Waldstein – Source of the Saale loop from Zell im Fichtelgebirge

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