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Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
Frankeneck

Hengstental Spring

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Frankeneck

Hengstental Spring

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Hengstental Spring

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    Location: Frankeneck, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    November 18, 2021

    Another very romantic fountain in the middle of the forest.
    Helmuth Weitzel and Albert Kuhn are known for their great commitment to the
    Preservation of the numerous Esthal fountains and springs. Now the two have
    built a new well. The Hengstental fountain.
    The new fountain is at the end of the Hengstental, where a source from the
    Mountain produces clear water that flows down the valley to the county road. The
    Water seeps into the meadows there or, depending on the season, flows with it
    Water from the Wögelbrunnen and Tränkenbrunnen in the direction of the Sattelmühle.
    The Hengstental got its name, as the local chronicle describes it, because
    there used to be a horse changing station there.
    In a one-week work campaign, Helmuth Weitzel and Albert Kuhn first
    the site cleared of branches, the source revealed and professionally recorded.
    Now the fresh spring water gushes out of a metal pipe into one
    small sandstone trough, then further into a newly created small biotope, further into
    the usual run down the valley. A beautiful fountain stone with the inscription
    "Hengstental Fountain 2020" adorns the new facility. The stone comes from
    Area of the wayside shrine, explains Helmuth Weitzel, who masterfully cut the stone
    has hewn.

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      November 22, 2021

      The Brunnenweg is very recommendable

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        March 20, 2021

        New fountain (with rest area and a small pond) in the Hengstental on the new “Brunnenweg” hiking trail - built by Helmuth Weitzel and Albert Kuhn from Esthal in 2020.
        The Hengstental is named after a horse changing station that existed here in earlier times.
        Further information on the creation of this fountain is from January 20th, 2020 and can be found at:
        mittelpfalz.de/2020/01/16/neuer-brunnen-im-hengestental-gebaut

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          Location: Frankeneck, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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