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Rhineland-Palatinate

Westerwaldkreis

Alte Poststraße (Historic Post Road)

Rhineland-Palatinate

Westerwaldkreis

Alte Poststraße (Historic Post Road)

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Alte Poststraße (Historic Post Road)

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5.0

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Location: Hachenburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Westerwälder Waldläufer

August 1, 2021

Hiking

Before 1657 and again from 1678-1680, Count von Sayn-Hachenburg, Salentin Ernst von Manderscheid and Blankenheim, tried to direct traffic on Cologne-Frankfurt-Strasse (today's B 8) via Hachenburg. This should no longer branch off from Cologne-Leipziger-Straße (today's B 414) in Altenkirchen, but instead lead from Hachenburg past Alpenrod via Lochum to Wölferlingen and meet the original route there again. However, the elector of Trier opposed these plans. The diversion - called "Alte Poststrasse" - had to be reversed and was soon forgotten. In local traffic, however, it was still used, such as a register from 1689 confirmed.

alpenrod.de/tourismus/wandern

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Thomas Wölferlingen

August 5, 2021

Hiking

old connection between cologne and frankfurt

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February 20, 2022

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A beautiful path with history

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Location: Hachenburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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