Bienstand

Bienstand
Bienstand
Highest point
Elevation 865 m (2,838 ft) 
Coordinates 48°53′39″N 13°23′37″E / 48.8941°N 13.3936°E / 48.8941; 13.3936Coordinates: 48°53′39″N 13°23′37″E / 48.8941°N 13.3936°E / 48.8941; 13.3936 
Geography
Location Bavaria, Germany
Parent range Bavarian Forest
Geology
Type of rock gneiss

The Bienstand,[1] in several histories and novels called the Bistand,[2][3] is a low mountain ridge, 865 m high, in the Bavarian Forest between the villages of Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte and Grafenau, immediately south of the clearly higher mountains of the Rachel and Lusen, which lie within the Bavarian Forest National Park. Its name probably comes from the Middle High German ("bien"="near" and "stand"="forest pasture", see also Kirchlinger Stand) and means "near the forest pasture".

Description

On the flat summit plateau stands a great wooden cross. The view to the south is open and, on föhn days extends to the chain of the Alps from the Dachstein to the Kaiser Mountains. Several waymarked footpaths lead up to the Bienstand from the surrounding villages; the nearest being Reichenberg and Höhenbrunn.

References

  1. ↑ Federal Office for Cartography and Geodesy, Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Bayern: digital topographical map 1:50,000 scale, BayernViewer at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 July 2015), retrieved 9 January 2011
  2. ↑ PNP: Der Bistand - ein Berg voller Geheimnisse. In: Passauer Neue Presse dated 12 June 2008 (p. 27)
  3. ↑ tm: Neues Kreuz für den Bistand. In: Passauer Neue Presse dated 25 June 2008 (p. 24) Ausgabe GA
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