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Ritterstein 168: At the Big Oak

Ritterstein 168: At the Big Oak

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Ritterstein 168: At the Big Oak

Recommended by 53 hikers out of 55

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Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Frontalhütte shelter – Druid Plateau (Rock slab) loop from Mehlingen

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2. Former US Ammunition Depot – Ritterstein No. 167 Weidsohl loop from Fischbach

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3. Frontalhütte shelter loop from Fischbach

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02:12

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

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

May 14, 2022

This is one of over 300 knight's stones of the Palatinate Forest Association.
It "is located northwest of Hochspeyer on the old high road, the so-called Matzenberger Weg, on the northwest slope of the Harzkopf. [...]
The Ritterstein marks the location of a centuries-old oak tree that was knocked down by a storm in 1921. In 1925 a new commemorative oak tree was planted. There were many stories/sagas about the old fallen oak tree. For example, B. superstitious people have told scary ghost stories in which ghosts were up to mischief on the “Dicken Eich” at midnight. Others told of a white lady who was said to have guarded an iron treasure chest (Eitelmann 2005, p. 131). "
Source (quoted verbatim): kuladig.de Objektansicht/KLD-290230

The newly planted oak tree (from 1925) could be the oak tree that stands diagonally opposite this Ritterstein - on the other side of the wide path.

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Biitii 105 💗💜

April 17, 2021

Not far from the white lady is this knight's stone, which commemorates a 300-year-old oak tree, which unfortunately fell victim to a storm in 1921. But there is hope because a new oak tree was planted in 1925!

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

January 10, 2023

There was an oak tree over 400 years old that was knocked over by the hurricane. A legend says that the white lady guards a treasure chest here. A trumpeter was also heard...

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Elevation 330 m

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Ritterstein 168: At the Big Oak

1. Frontalhütte shelter – Druid Plateau (Rock slab) loop from Mehlingen

2. Former US Ammunition Depot – Ritterstein No. 167 Weidsohl loop from Fischbach

3. Frontalhütte shelter loop from Fischbach

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