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Baden-Württemberg

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Illmensee Bell Sculpture

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Tübingen District

Landkreis Sigmaringen

Illmensee

Illmensee Bell Sculpture

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Location: Illmensee, Landkreis Sigmaringen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Trip to the three-lake region from Pfullendorf to Illmensee

29.3km

01:49

280m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Oberteuringen Waterfalls – Rotach Valley Trail loop from Althaus

52.2km

03:19

430m

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3. Boundary Stone Museum Ostrach – Illmensee Lido loop from Pfυllendorf

42.5km

02:39

270m

Expert bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Hannah 🦥💗

April 18, 2025

This is the characteristic of the bell that was pulled out of Lake Ilmen.

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sverson

March 24, 2021

The Legend of the Illmensee Bell

Before the Thirty Years' War, Illmensee had a large bell with a magnificent tone. When the Swedes arrived, the townspeople sank their bell in the lake.

After the war, the community was completely impoverished. They had other worries, and the spot where the bell had sunk into the depths was forgotten. When, in better times, the townspeople remembered their bell again, they could no longer find it.

One day, a traveling scholar came to the village and offered to retrieve the bell from the lake with the help of 30 men, whom he ordered to observe absolute silence. The bell was indeed found. It was already half raised from the water when the clock struck 12 o'clock.

One of the men said a prayer of thanks, others joined in, and the bell sank back to the bottom. Since then, all searches have been in vain. Only on full moon nights can one hear dark tones rising from the lake.

(Source: kunstschmiede-klink.de/illmenseer-glocke.html)

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Thorsten B...

May 2, 2021

The bell is beautiful to look at.

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Location: Illmensee, Landkreis Sigmaringen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Illmensee Bell Sculpture

1. Trip to the three-lake region from Pfullendorf to Illmensee

2. Oberteuringen Waterfalls – Rotach Valley Trail loop from Althaus

3. Boundary Stone Museum Ostrach – Illmensee Lido loop from Pfυllendorf

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