Diebeskrippe

Fascinating rock formations. Here the legend of the Wegebager hid.

The hiking path merges into a ravine that was created by an incomplete mountain slide, according to the information board.
The name was given to the place by the vernacular, since such chimney-like mountain slides have been used by robbers and thieves in the past as a hiding place - however, it is questionable which thief on such a sloping slope wanted to lurk which merchant.

A very nice area

A nice place to stay ...

On the roads through Jena you will find a great place to rest. The path leads you to a geological trail.

This place has something very enchanted - as if, as legend has it, every moment, the highwaymen come around the corner

Assuming sure-footedness and suitability for altitude is a nice way. 👍

A fantastic stage destination on the middle horizontal plane of the Saale

On small paths you can enjoy a magnificent view over Jena.

On small paths you can enjoy a magnificent view over the whole of Jena.

you just have to be there

Thieves' crib, also known as the devil's crib:
This chimney with the huge boulders was created by a landslide.
In the vernacular, this name came about after such chimney-like landslides were used as hiding places by robbers and thieves in the past.

(Source: visit-jena.de)

Mountain slide - thieves' crib:
From a geological point of view, it is a rock slide that has not yet been completed. An 80 m long and opens between the demolition wall and a ridge-like wall about 12 m high
3-12 m wide chimney, which is traversed by the oolite bank. These layers belong to the wave limestone series (Lower Muschelkalk). (... from information board)

Somehow I didn't feel like sliding down the slide ;-)

In case you have to hide your cattle from the Swedes or your robbery from the gendarmes ...

Magnificent view of Jena.