The Parsberg is reminiscent of times several million years ago.
Today it is characterized by the main road and a lookout point
Puchheim
- South of Puchheim-Ort, the Parsberg towers 20 to 30 meters above the surrounding plains.
It tells the story of millions of years and recalls the times when rhinos, elephants, crocodiles or mammoths lived in the area around Puchheim.
The Alps were formed when the two continents Europe and Africa collided around 65 million years ago.
To the north of this a depression was formed, which gradually filled with rubble that was carried away from the Alps by meandering rivers.
In Puchheim it was mainly fine sand and clay that ended up.
During this time the landscape consisted of swampy primeval forests and savannahs, in which rhinos, two species of elephants and saber-toothed tigers lived.
The subsoil from back then is only visible in a few places such as the eastern slope of the Parsberg or the Aubinger Lohe.
The reason for this is that during the Ice Age, when mammoths and aurochs were up to mischief in Puchheim, glacier runoff from Lake Ammersee and Lake Starnberg carried rubble, gravel and gravel to Puchheim.
This material superimposed the clay layer almost everywhere and the Munich gravel plain was created.
In addition, the wind brought a fine layer of dust which, through weathering, turned into a fertile clay soil.
These conditions ensure the drinking water for Puchheim-Ort.
Because water has collected between a layer of gravel on the western flank of the Parsberg.
The two to three meters thick clay layer prevents pollutants from entering.
For several years now, Bundesstraße 2 has also shaped the Parsberg.
It was inaugurated in October 2010 after more than 30 years of planning and a good two years of construction.
The costs amounted to 9.5 million euros.
It serves as an alternative to Augsburger Straße, which at that time was one of the most heavily used local thoroughfares in Upper Bavaria.
Therefore, it was decided to relocate the bypass southwest of the village, towards the Parsberg.
In July 2011, the Ortler population and the community celebrated the downgrading of the inner-city thoroughfare and the associated traffic calming with a big street festival.
In the course of the construction of the federal highway, an 80 meter long landscape bridge was created over the B 2.
The “d'Buachamer” association recognized the excellent view from there of Germering and the Alps.
This gave rise to the idea of creating a lookout point with art objects on the bridge.
So today, walkers can look "with the stove pipe into the mountains" and marvel at a golden bird cage.
A bench on which you can dangle your feet and a wooden bulldog for children invite you to linger.
Today, the course is very popular across the district.
The series
The history of Puchheim goes back to the year 950.
In the Tagblatt, the cultural association d'Buachhamer looks back on the most important historical events and developments in the area.
If you want to get an impression on site, you can visit the 22 stations of the history trail.