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Menhir "Hinkelstein"

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Menhir "Hinkelstein"

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Menhir "Hinkelstein"

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Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Wooden Sculpture Trail – Igelborner Hütte loop from Drehenthalerhof

22.6km

06:17

410m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Udo Lenhard Memorial Stone – Menhir "Hinkelstein" loop from Otterberg

7.89km

02:09

120m

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

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3. Menhir "Hinkelstein" – Otterberg Shelter loop from Schneckenhausen

10.9km

02:57

140m

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

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Pfalz

May 19, 2017

Menhir "Hinkelstein" Menhir is an originally Breton name for a monolith erected several meters in length and means "long stone" (maen = stone, hir = long) In the German-speaking world, menhirs have been carrying the popular name Hinkelstein since the Middle Ages "Hinkelstein" met the dominions of Falkenstein, Kurpfalz and Schallodenbach until the French Revolution, and today the mighty Hinkelstein is still a three-star rock, along which the borders of the municipalities of Otterberg, Höringen and Heiligenmoschel meet.Hinkelstein was first documented in 891 in Roman times 2.20 meters high and 1.50 meters wide and is flanked by two hewn landmarks.The hiking trail "Hinkelsteinweg" leads past here.A seating group invites you to linger.

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Biitii 105 💗💜

September 22, 2019

Surrounded is the monolith (also "Hünenstein") of landmarks of the county Falkenstein / Zweibrücken and the monastery Otterberg.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

March 24, 2023

A special place: very steep in history and nice to rest (seating area + single bench).

This is "undoubtedly a sacred stone from ancient pagan times. The massive colossus may have played an important role almost 3,000 years ago in the orbit of an Iron Age ancestor cult."
To the right of the menhir: a well-preserved boundary stone with an "Otterberg abbot's staff.
The left [boundary stone], only preserved as a stump, once bore the inscription 'Falkenstein'."
Source (quoted verbatim) and further information:
Article by Alfons Müller in the “PWV Magazine”, issue 4/2023 (p. 13)

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Menhir "Hinkelstein"

1. Wooden Sculpture Trail – Igelborner Hütte loop from Drehenthalerhof

2. Udo Lenhard Memorial Stone – Menhir "Hinkelstein" loop from Otterberg

3. Menhir "Hinkelstein" – Otterberg Shelter loop from Schneckenhausen

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