Regional Studies
During the first 2009 january weeks several photographic excursions have been led to the Weilmuenster Kirberg mountain, the so called villages `house-mountain` with it`s restored `Roman`s Tower`, that sits in state over the villages old center at the southern `Hessen-Street` exit, an historic trade route from Wetzlar to Wiesbaden.
Wall segment of an Kirberg casemate
Interesting is this site for several reasons, but mostly because one fact makes visitors curious, the namegiving of the `Roman`s Tower`, that is called so, even if the historic Roman Empire`s northern frontier, the LIMES, is far southward from Weilmuenster so that these colonists never could have constructed a fortification with that name in `our` village.
The photographic registry of all historic constructions in the Roman`s Tower surroundings made obvious, that this site unites fortification ruins of several centuries, the latest of these construction possibly date in the time of 1914-1918 or 1933-1945.
Inquiries about village history brought the fact, that the probably oldest construction is an escape tunnel from earliest time of the Weilmuenster monastery foundation, that connects the church with the Kirberg mountain. Later tunnels might have been drilled inside the mountain rock, first for mining reasons, searching worthful minerals. Later these constructions have been extended before or during wartimes as refuge or bunker. In the beginning of the past century an additional, parallel 333 meter long railway tunnel was drilled through the mountain but closed again during the 70ies. Today the tunnel is bat nature reserve.
The existence of an old fortified castle on the Kirberg mountains terraces also was discussed, but no facts that could support that theory could be found. During medieval epoche most Weiltal castles have been destroyed, beginning at Hattstein Castle between Schmitten and Reiffenberg, Weilnau Castle, until the castles of Phillipstein, Freienfels and Graeveneck. The Weilmuenster Kirberg also could have been fortified during that time, but if this would have been so, all ruins would have been completetly removed.
The findings have been documented by photography in the Foto CID image stock and an article for the CID Publishing Regional Studies series was edited under
http://www.paujiles.blogspot.com.
Surrounded by tales remains one of the tunnels that has been constructed parallel to the train tunnel and maybe is related with that construction by interconnections. Maybe the construction initially was an mining gallery or related as catacomb to an hypothetical old fortress on the Kirberg mountain. Obviously it was used during WWII as air raid shelter. It is said, that inside are halls that served as refuge, but some unmentioned tragic events seem to be related to that gallery, that was not yet completely explored by CID because of missing company and equipment.
One of the Kirberg tunnels, that starts as `wine-cellar`and deeper inside converts in rock gallery
Over-local studies
During the report period from januar 2009 until january 2011 no further regional study investigations for consolidation of actual knowledge have been lead through. Excursions, as already detailled in the chapter Natural Science www.report-2011-local.blogspot.com, reached the Weil Valley between Weilmuenster and Weilburg and the Lahn Valley between Graeveneck and Selters. Tasks of the excursions have been entomological registrations and environmental photography. The photographic excursions brought several results that have no relationship with the CID Offices research thematics but could be seen as casual collateral problem findings during documentation field works. The still missing integration of the CID research activities in it`s regional surroundings makes impossible for the office to give an opinion or explanation about the documented facts. Their potential relevance in legal investigations might declare the facts as restricted information, their publication probably is not prudent. For that reason the following documentation is reduced to the basic facts of findings without final results. The data here are given to prevent an informational isolation of the office as problem-data collector. Readers with the religious philosophy `See nothing bad, listen to nothing bad, speak nothing bad` should stop to read this blog here.
Buchwald Mine, Loehnberg / Weilburg Ahausen
Besides the Loehnberg Lahn Bridge, an historic metal construction that initially was constructed at Weilburg train station and in 1918 was removed to Loehnberg as access to a KRUPP mining factory, is situated the BUCHWALD MINE. The building complex was used several years ago as housing area. All 3 apartment buildings now are abandoned. Severe violent destructions of the buildings insides can be registered actually. To rescue the buildings remaining substance an restoration is urgent.
Grube Buchwald, November 2010
Loehnberg – Buchwald Lahn River Bridge, November 2010
Buchwald Bridge House, November 2010
Weilburg – City Wall
Recently a part of the old town city wall between Vorstadt 6 and Bangertweg (upside terrace gardens) is treated by gardening measures, so that an access to several `window` openings in the base of an casemate like rampart have been opened. Throug these openings excavations into the rampart inside have been started and an excavation tunnel was drilled. The tunnel topside isn`t secured, so that a downbreaking of the filling material is risked. The rampart was filled in 1750 with stones and earth from demolition of city wall towers. The lowest level, where the tunnel is drilled, shows an zone with colour variation, as if organic material was accumulated there. Certain probability exists that the coloured earth layer contains bones, means that before the filling up of the turret base with earth and stones corpses have been thrown inside the turret.
City wall rampart with openings towards excavation tunnel
Weilburg / Guntersau - `Canadian` canoe
At 16th October 2009 a canadian canoe was discoverd at the Lahn River bank at Guntersau, near Weil river mouth. The canoe was obviously sunken intentionally by striking holes and cutting openings inside. Probably it remained longer time under water until it was discovered and pulled out of the river towards the finding site, where it remained during several weeks. The boat register number was KO 3487. The brown-white `canadian` canoe was produced by Bavaria Boote and labelled MUSTANG. Koblenz and Weilburg boat loaners where contacted for inquiries about the origin, but no informations have been given. CID Investigation used the exact same boat type with same colour during canoe trips between 1990 and 1995, also on Lahn river between Weilburg and Villmar. A boat trip from Weilburg until Villmar with foreign invites was planned for July 2009 but cancelled.
Canadian canoe at Guntersau at 16th October 2009
Canoe registration KO 3487, Producer `Bavaria Boote` type Mustang
Near the canoe finding site at 30. March 2009 towards Weil river mouth was discovered an nature reserve signpost with an bullet hole. The backward projetion of the projectile trajectory brought the result, that the shot was fired from upside the railway dam at height of the bridge over the Weil river mouth. A relationship between the bullet hole inside the signpost and the canoe finding is not necessarily given.
Registration of bullet hole inside nature reserve signpost at 30. March 2009 near canoe finding site at Weilburg Guntersau
Weilburg / Guntersau - Tunnel
Inside an mining tunnel at the roadside Guntersau – Kirschofen, exactly at the height of the canoe finding site and the nature reserve sign at 2nd July 2009 were discovered 3 cylinders that seemed to be used as gas storage containers. The cylinders carried an label of the owning factory. The factory was informed about the lost material and asked to prevent it from misuse.
Graeveneck – Savage Camping Site
Near Graeveneck Camping, separated and sight-covered by the railway dam from Lahn river, is situated an small woodlake that from time to time is used in summer by savage campers. The access is by an tunnel through the railway dam, about 150 meters before reaching the northern camping limit, coming from Weilburg along the riverside bikeway. The site was visited at 29th March 2009 in search for fosil finding sites.
Covered under leafs several heaps of hiker cloth were found near the lake border. The cloth had remained there least several month and probably have been left there at summer 2008. Several cloth had foreign labels. 1 heap was a complete man and womans clothing set, mostly in black colour. Nearby the leaf-covered cloth heaps a destroyed camping tent was found. The tent was half thrown in the lake. Several objects are documented here as follows:
Broken tent at Graeveneck savage camping site 29th March 2009
Cloth object 1 – Fleece (unknown use) / Land`s End
Cloth object 2 – Sweater (anthracite, Size S, probably female) / L`Artiste
Cloth object 3 – Sweatshirt (anthracite, Size 38/40, open armpits) / Fashion Affair
Cloth object 4 - Sweatshirt (black, Size L, 100% Cotton, Reg. 992125190, male)
Cloth object 5 - T-Shirt (black, Size S) / Carbonara
Cloth object 6 - Bermudas `Black Shark`(beige, Size L) / s`Oliver
The following two cloth objects seemed to have remained during longer time exposed to water, their state of decomposition was much more advanced than the rest of the found objects, even if both cloth have been found remixed with the complete cloth heap
Cloth object 7 - Leggins (black, Lambswool, Size 38/40, female) / Sherwood
Cloth object 8 - Slip (beige, Size 5, 100% Cotton, female) / ?
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Dipl. Biol. Peter Ulrich Zanger / CID Forschung
January 2011
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