Hohenpeißenberg is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria , Germany . Hohenpeißenberg is situated in the Bavarian Oberland, in the Alpine Foreland .
17-552: It exists only as a local subdistrict. The highest point is the peak of the 988 meter high Hoher Peißenberg (high Peißenberg). Because of the panoramic view from it, it is also called the Bavarian Mount Parnassus or the Bavarian Mount Rigi . It is regarded as the most beautiful panoramic mountain of Bavaria and it is also a favoured destination for excursions. Formerly it was referred to as
34-535: A large part of its uplands are part of the Hohenpeißenberg municipality, the centre of which is located some 900m from the summit in a southern direction. Some of the lower eastern part belong to the market municipality of Peißenberg , the centre of which is located 3.5 km to the east of the summit. The mountain extends from east to west and is partially wooded. Buildings on the Peißenberg include
51-471: A pilgrimage church with a museum, a meteorological observatory and a broadcasting tower: On the mountain is the pilgrimage church of the Assumption. The earliest section, of what was later to become a double church, is the chapel of the year 1514. In the early 17th century, a larger church with a clergy house included was added. The pilgrimage has a long tradition of hundreds of years, and every summer,
68-423: A pilgrimage where the pilgrims wear national costume takes place. In 1990, a museum was opened in the oratory above the sacristy of the church and can be visited on request. The Hohenpeißenberg Meteorological Observatory , which weather observation and research facilities, is also located on the mountain. The meteorological observations reach back to 1 January 1781, almost without interruption. The weather station
85-595: Is regarded as the oldest mountain weather station in the world. Near the summit, in the Hohenpeißenberg hamlet of Pröbstlsberg, is the Hohenpeißenberg radio transmitter. This TV tower, built in 1978, has a height of 158.76 metres . On a clear day, the mountain offers a panoramic view in the southern side of the 200 km-wide Alpine chain from the Grünten in the west, across the Wetterstein range with
102-576: The Zugspitze in the south, to the Chiemgau Alps in the east. Because of its beautiful Alpine view, it is a popular destination for excursions, and it can be seen from 400 different places (towns, villages, hamlets, districts). Three bigger lakes are visible, with the Ammersee in a north-north-east direction. In an east-north-east direction, a small part of Lake Starnberg can be seen, and to
119-575: The program Global Atmospheric Watch program (GAW). The Hohenpeißenberg weather station has recorded the following extreme values: In 1514 a chapel was built on the Hohen Peißenberg. A carved image of the Mother of God was brought there from the castle chapel in Schongau . The figure soon became renowned as being a figure of mercy and pilgrimage to it began. Because of this, a second church,
136-529: The Mount Doctus, due to the scholarliness of the meteorological research taking place at its peak. The largest part of the areas population is found on the south side of the mountain, a smaller part on the west side (districts of Hetten and Buchschorn); a yet smaller part of the population is found on the north and the east side. The region is situated on the left bank of the Ammer . The Ammer flows south of
153-408: The Peißenberg pit also marked the end of mining activities in the area. Until 1972, the border of the administrative districts Schongau and Weilheims ran through the village. Now Hohenpeißenberg is the local center of the new administrative district of Weilheim-Schongau . In 1978 a large part of the former community of Ammerhöfe was added to the area of Hohenpeißenberg, because of the restructuring of
170-508: The Pilgrims church, was added to the chapel. Thus the two churches we know today came to be. The chapel lies west of the church tower, the pilgrims church lies east. The ensemble lends the peak its unique silhouette. From 1604 until the secularization in 1803, the augustinian canons regulars in charge of the cloister Rottenbuch also supervised the pilgrimage to the Hohen Peißenberg. The large ceiling fresco by Matthäus Günther inside
187-701: The administrative district of Weilheim-Schongau of April 12, 1976. The municipality has a railway station, Hohenpeißenberg , on the Schongau–Peißenberg line . Hoher Pei%C3%9Fenberg Hoher Peißenberg is a mountain of Bavaria , Germany . The standalone Hoher Peißenberg ("High mount Peißen") is located in the middle of the Pfaffenwinkel region, in the Bavarian Prealps, in the Weilheim-Schongau district. Its summit and
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#1732783548724204-574: The area, mostly on a small scale. State-owned mining began on May 8, 1837 with the inset of the so-called Hauptstollen (main adit ) in the area of Brandach, whereby the initial sinking of the Unterbauschacht (Unterbau shaft ) took place from the first of July 1889 onwards. A 3.6-kilometer-long cable car, operating from 1898 to 1928, transported coal from the coal washing plant to the Tiefstollen (deep adit) in Peißenberg. Old adits exist in
221-463: The chapel of Mercy also depicts the committal of the pilgrimage site to the cloister Rottenbuch. It was the Augustinian monks who also carried out the first meteorological observations on the site and these have been carried out continuously since 1781, making Hohenpeißenberg Meteorological Observatory the oldest meteorological station in the world. Following the secularization, it was initially
238-439: The community edict gave rise to the local centres as we now know them. Formerly, the district belonged to Peiting . Hohenpeißenberg belonged to the reformation of Munich and to the district of Schongau which in turn is part of the electorate of Bavaria. The first building section of the former school was built after the monks time there from 1882 until 1883. The discovery of pitch coal as the 1600s gave rise to mining activity in
255-646: The local center in a small ravine called the "Schnalz". The climate is oceanic ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dclo ), affected by altitude and proximity to the Alps (especially in precipitation). Registering data continuously since 1781, the Hohenpeißenberg Observatory is the oldest in the world located on a mountain. The station located in the alpine foothills integrates the German Meteorological Network and served for
272-543: The priests and the school teachers who carried on recording and observing meteorological conditions; after World War II the German Meteorological Service took over this duty. The monks also ran a school on the mountain. The Volksschule was founded by the Augustinian regular Primus Koch (1752-1812) and in April 1802 it first opened its doors to students. In lieu of the bavarian administrative reform,
289-654: The region, the Hauptstollen is open to guided tours several times a year. The air shaft at the Hohenpeißenberg train station was sunk from 1937 to 1939. From mid-October 1960 onwards it was the deepest shaft in Bavaria, measuring a depth of 1150 meters. There was also an air shaft in the district of Klausen. Mining in the Peißenberg basin discontinued first in Peiting (in 1968) and in 1971 in Peißenberg . The closure of
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