ハイナースロイトの絶景の山頂・トップ14

impressive cross and the story behind it

In memory of the refugees who found rest and help on the Bindlacher Berg, the cross is from 2002

At the summit, you'll enjoy a schnapps. Unfortunately, there's no view from the summit.

Since the community of Obernschreez suffered no casualties in the First World War, it planted an oak tree on the mountain in commemoration. The community of Schreez (formed in 1939 from the merger of Obernschreez and Unternschreez) erected a memorial on the mountain in 1952 for the fallen and missing soldiers of the Second World War.

A fortified Celtic hilltop settlement can be traced back to around 550 BC on Sophienberg. In the 12th century, Counts Ulrich and Poppo von Blassenberg built Culmberg Castle. In 1494, Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, had a watchtower erected there. Nikol von Heerdegen built a knight's castle on the hill in 1513. In 1614, Heerdegen sold the manor to Margrave Christian's first wife, Marie of Prussia, who had the castle restored. In 1662, Margrave Christian Ernst gave the estates on the hill to his young wife, Erdmuthe Sophie. Between 1663 and 1668, she had the already dilapidated castle converted into a new palace, Sophienburg. Tradition has it that the White Lady haunts this building. It was no longer inhabited by 1687, and from 1724 onward, it was no longer administered. It was left to decay, and only remnants of the foundations remain. The Sophienberg exerted a great attraction on Richard Wagner, who first visited it with his wife Cosima and Malwida von Meysenbug in 1872 during his time in Donndorf.

Beautiful mountain, with both flat and steep climbs. However, there is no expansive view at the summit, but rather a kind of plateau.

To the east of the summit runs the A9 motorway, which can be clearly heard at times. The lower northern circular route offers a magnificent view over Bayreuth, into the Franconian Forest, and into the Fichtel Mountains. If I'm not mistaken, the Sophienberg is the second-highest mountain in the area, following the Neubürg table mountain.

The summit cross was placed on a small plateau, which I suspect is still not the highest point of the mountain. Through a small gap in the bushes you can see Bindlach and Bayreuth.