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Malstein (Murder Stone) on the Rotenberg

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Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Waldeck-Frankenberg

Twistetal

Malstein (Murder Stone) on the Rotenberg

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Location: Twistetal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Hofgut Rocklinghausen – Schnadestein Rest Area loop from Ober-Waroldern

13.4km

03:44

250m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Schnadestein Rest Area – Hofgut Rocklinghausen loop from Berndorf

16.5km

04:39

340m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Berndorfer Birkenallee – Tree Number 96 loop from Strothe

10.3km

02:54

220m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Haegar

May 2, 2021

This is a so-called murder stone. Here a money messenger was ambushed and killed. In 1562 a money messenger from a Sachsenberg carter was on the way from Sachsenberg via Korbach to Mengeringhausen; In Korbach, a Curdt Stracken from Goddelsheim offered himself as a guide across the Rotenberg, where he insidiously killed the messenger and robbed him of his belongings; the corpse is said to have been buried in the Berndorfer Kirchhof, whereupon the painting stone was immediately placed on the site of the crime; the murderer was beheaded on September 20, 1563 in Marburg.

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Michael Goette

May 4, 2020

The path over the ridge is very worthwhile. The boundary stones are also here.

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Location: Twistetal, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Malstein (Murder Stone) on the Rotenberg

1. Hofgut Rocklinghausen – Schnadestein Rest Area loop from Ober-Waroldern

2. Schnadestein Rest Area – Hofgut Rocklinghausen loop from Berndorf

3. Berndorfer Birkenallee – Tree Number 96 loop from Strothe

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