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Reichenberg - Bistand (Bienstand)
Germany

The name Bistand has been falsified into Bienstand in the course of time. But it has nothing to do with a booth. The locals say "Impen" to the bees. If the word came from the bees, the mountain top would have to be called "Impenstand".

In reality, the word "Bi" comes from two or twice and the word "Stand" from lookout point, lookout pulpit.
Bistand means lookout point with a view on two sides. The local history researcher Maria Schöner interpreted the name around 1960 in such a way that it comes from the time when the ancient Celtic people roamed the forests of Bohemia and Bavaria. The Celts are considered to be the first settlers in the Northern Forest and in the Bohemian Forest. The bishopric could therefore have been a double guard point of the Celts.

Until the 2nd World War the bistand was not forested and actually offered a view to the south into the Grafenauer Land and to the north to the mountains Arber, Rachel, Lusen and over the entire Bavarian Forest National Park. In the meantime it is surrounded by a dense spruce forest and has not offered a view in recent decades.

In autumn 1999 the south side was cut down so that the Bistand summit is now a good and interesting vantage point again.

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Copyright: H.J.Weber
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Taken: 02/06/2021
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Tags: exterior; lookout; forest; hill; summit; cross; day; hike
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