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Plackensteiner Kuh Rock Formation

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Mengerschied

Plackensteiner Kuh Rock Formation

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

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Location: Mengerschied, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Henau

21.3km

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490m

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2. Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Winterbach

28.4km

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3. Mengerschied Village Center – Lametbach Waterfalls loop from Mengerschied

6.84km

01:51

90m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Philipp Hesse

November 7, 2023

An extraordinary rock with a special history. It takes millions of years and a lot of tectonic pressure to create this folded rock from an ocean floor.

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

April 8, 2020

Today I was able to see the face of the "Plackensteiner Cow" for the first time!

If you stand directly in front of it, you can only see the layers of rock. From the path that runs parallel to the Lametbach, you can see a face (two eyes, nostril and mouth) from a westerly direction (two eyes, nostril and mouth) that is more reminiscent of a crumpled pug face, but could also be the frontal view of a cow.

You can only see this in spring as long as the trees do not yet have leaves.

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

June 15, 2019

Quote: The "Plackensteiner Kuh", a rock formation, is only a few hundred meters further along the path that leads past the quarry. According to legend, "the cow" turns on its own axis when it hears the noon bell. Unfortunately, the sound of the church bells does not reach there.

Source: mengerschied.de/daten/machen.html (no longer available)

The rock formation of the "Plackensteiner Kuh" is the outward appearance

not necessarily in a stable form.

In order to recognize dangers here at an early stage and also to prevent them, in

Reports and measurements of the columns have already been carried out and recorded in recent years. In order to rule out a hazard, the gap dimensions of the rock formation will continue to be monitored and documented!

The "rockfall danger" signage proposed in a municipal council meeting was made quite provisionally. If the gap dimensions change, there will be another discussion about a possible securing, demolition or dismantling of the "Plackensteiner Kuh"!

Source: gemeinderat.mengerschied.de/protokolle/150420.pdf

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Location: Mengerschied, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Plackensteiner Kuh Rock Formation

1. Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Henau

2. Quiet forest trails – Alteburg Tower loop from Winterbach

3. Mengerschied Village Center – Lametbach Waterfalls loop from Mengerschied

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