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Weisenheim am Berg

Toter Mann Summit Cross with Skull

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Toter Mann Summit Cross with Skull

Recommended by 61 hikers out of 62

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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    1. Lindemannsruhe Forest Lodge – Klosterschänke Höningen loop from Hardenburg

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

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    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    November 3, 2020

    A somewhat different summit cross on the Dead Man near Höningen.

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      January 4, 2024

      Origin of name according to Wikipedia:
      The mountain was originally called “Spießberg”. It owes its current name to two tragic events. In 1617, “a dead man” was found on the path and the Ganerben forester ordered the body to be buried on the spot. In 1787, below the mountain, in the Langental (Zwingweiler desert), “a dead man was found and is actually still lying on the blaz”. An administration examined the body and determined the cause of death to be a stroke. The dead man was a shepherd named Christoph Vollmar from Carlsberg.


      Popularly known as this for a long time, Bavarian maps from the period after 1830 definitively identify the mountain as the “Dead Man”.

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        January 7, 2021

        Weird place! What is the name all about?

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          Location: Weisenheim am Berg, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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