Leuthenforst |
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in old documents also mentioned as
Grießhäuser, Forsthäuser, aufm Forst,
consists in 21 houses with about 60 inhabitants.
The scattered farms were built between 1600 and 1709 as "Reuthgüter in der Forstey Leuthen" (Cleared Woodlands In The Forest Leuthen). In 1818 Leuthenforst became part of the village Hebanz and in 1978 part of Marktleuthen. In 1966 there was built a new road to Marktleuthen and in 1974 new streets in the village. On a hill there is located a characteristic pavilion, which was built by a repatriated soldier after the world war II. |
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Margrave Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1735-1763), builder of the hunting lodge in Kaiserhammer |
Noteworthy is the near "Rondell", a point
on a hill from where 8 straight forest roads direct star-shaped
into the woods. It concerns the relics of a parforce-hunting
garden, layed out in 1754 by the margraves of Bayreuth.
At "Parforce" a deer was hunted for hours with horses and dogs
in a fenced area until complete exhaustion. Than it was
put to death with a hunting knife called "Hirschfänger".
In the center of the road-star there was built in 1761 a hunting pavilion with 8 windows, every in one direction of the 8 alleys to watch the animals. It was pulled down already in 1795 and the stones were used to build the palace and cure-buildings in Alexandersbad. Actually at this place there is a big lime-tree with a bench. For accommodation in accordance with their rank the distinguished people built in 1700 a hunting lodge in Kaiserhammer. Margrave Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth began 1755 to build the manor house Kaiserhammer. Parts of it are well preserved in this days. |
