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North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Paderborn

Altenbeken

Max and Moritz Spring

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Paderborn

Altenbeken

Max and Moritz Spring

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Max and Moritz Spring

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

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Location: Altenbeken, Kreis Paderborn, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Viadukt-Wanderweg Altenbeken

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2. Altenbeken Viaduct Trail – View of Altenbeken loop from Altenbeken

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3. Max and Moritz Spring – Waterfall at the Max & Moritz Spring loop from Bad Driburg

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JakobusPilger

January 5, 2022

At this point / I would like to quickly / say something about the source:
To quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 - 1979), who was known to a wide audience for his word jokes and "Noch'n poem", with a short quatrain:
"There is certainly much beauty in
on the element, the wet.
Because you can drink the water.
But you can - also leave it."
(H.Erhardt)

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wanderwurst

May 26, 2019

According to tradition, the spring was named after two railway workers from Altenbeken, who regularly chose this place for a leisurely rest on their hikes. These two were real Altenbeken originals. They were known to the locals as a funny couple, as "Max and Moritz".

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Andreas Seifert 🥾🚴🏼🏊🏼‍♂️🏄🏼‍♂️

September 20, 2020

Via the “Viadukt Wanderweg” you can reach a cool resting place from the Driburger Grund. A narrow footbridge leads from the path to a noticeable incision in the slope. In this incision, driven into the slope by iron mining, water emerges from the rocky subsoil in three places.

It flows in small rivulets into a dammed pond. The basin was created by an opencast mine over four hundred years ago. The original name for the spring did not come into use until the beginning of the last century.

According to tradition, two railway workers from Altenbeken gave the source its name because they regularly chose this place for a leisurely rest on their hikes. These two were real Altenbeken originals.

In the population they were known as a funny couple, as "Max and Moritz".

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Elevation 300 m

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Location: Altenbeken, Kreis Paderborn, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Viadukt-Wanderweg Altenbeken

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3. Max and Moritz Spring – Waterfall at the Max & Moritz Spring loop from Bad Driburg

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