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Hänsel and Gretel Rock Relief

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Arno

September 20, 2023

“Hansel and Gretel”, as it is popularly known, is an important remnant of Gallo-Roman culture. The cultural monument is located on the southern wall of a huge boulder, the top of which is artificially leveled.

About 15 meters above the valley floor on the mountainside of the Steinkopf there are two three-quarter life-size figures (1.20 meters and 1 meter), a male and a smaller female, carved into gentle niches. The weathered relief image that can be found in the narrow and quiet valley basin, which is only open to one side, may once have served as an altar. Worship often took place in the open air without a temple complex. The rock relief was created in the 2nd to 3rd century AD and is associated with forest deities from the Gallo-Roman circle of gods. Interpretations are based on the Celtic pair of gods Sucellus and Nantosvelta. Sucellus, the ancient Celtic forest god, is always depicted with the attributes of beer, wild boar, hammer and wine amphoras. The figure could actually be holding a hammer/staff in its hand. However, it can no longer be seen clearly due to weathering. The cultural monument is also popularly known as “The Little Angels” and “Mr. Rapp and his wife”.

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Christoph

June 9, 2017

As long as you can see something you should have seen that! The erosion increasingly eats it up

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Ralf Werner

July 6, 2017

Currently difficult to reach, as the ascent from the lower main path is blocked by felled tree trunks and the path has become overgrown in the meantime (stinging nettles ...)

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Location: Saarland, Germany

Hänsel and Gretel Rock Relief

1. Wogbachtal Ponds – Felsenbrunnen Waterfall loop from Sengscheid

2. Hänsel and Gretel Rock Relief – Spinne Junction Shelter loop from Sengscheid

3. Hänsel and Gretel Rock Relief loop from Saarbrücken-Schafbrücke

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