alpannonia® Light 8. - The journey of millennia… (Velem)
Climbing Mount St. Vid inadvertently affects us, the harmony of former people and nature, then resting at the springs, we have another opportunity to deepen and affirm life.
Starting sign: Parking lot at the end of Velem (towards St. Vid, at the junction of Petőfi street - Gesztenyés street), 5.6 km approx. 2 o’clock
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1. St. Vid’s Chapel and its surroundings GPS: 47.350791 / 16.478515
The chapel can be found at the highest point of St. Vid Hill. It is not a coincidence that during the Roman Empire a watchtower stood on the foundations in front of
the chapel. They protected the plumbing system from here that supplied the former Savaria, today Szombathely. Thousands of years ago these terraces were designed by the people who were living in the Bronze Age, which have been continuously inhabited throughout history. Climbing
up the only slope of our way, let’s take a look at the rock ridge which was apparently broken by human hands. On the side of the cliff we see a startling example of the nature’s struggle for the existence: an old beech tree with roots weaving on the rock. Reaching the chapel we reach the highest point of the St. Vid Hill. It ’s not a coincidence that during the Roman Empire a watchtower stood on the foundations in front of the chapel. They protected the plumbing system from here that supplied the former Savaria, today Szombathely with the water of the mountains of Kőszeg. On the stairs next to the chapel we can descend one terrace lower. From here we can really see the terrace system of the former settlement.
2. Borha-spring GPS: 47.35819804496562 / 16.489260434942306
The Borha spring is close to the delta leading to Velem-St. Vid. One of the most beautiful springs in the mountains. The Borha Spring Valley has one of the most beautiful landscapes in theMountains of Kőszeg. From a few hundred meters of easy road approaching the spring, we can see mixed and pine forests. The tragedy of the drying, decaying spruce detail is also well observed. Previously, the spring originated from a rock above the spring house, then in recent years it emerged from the body of the mountain 3-4 meters below the spring house. At the red cross sign, the so-called Plan Road, which connects Kőszeg with Velem is located 200 meters from the last left bend before the St. Vid junction. Its catchment area is the Szerdahelyi brook - Gyöngyös-brook. The temperature of the spring water is 11.4 ° C. The average water flow is 16 l / min.
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