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Tranchot Obelisk on the Lousberg

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Hammocks on the Lousberg Terrace – View of Soers from Lousberg loop from Aachen

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2. View of Soers from Lousberg – Lousberg Forest Park loop from Rehmviertel

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3. View of Soers from Lousberg – Wildbach (Aachen) loop from Rehmviertel

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

December 9, 2024

Several weeks after the end of French rule, on April 1 and 2, 1814, some Mecklenburg soldiers, together with citizens of Aachen, destroyed the base of the Tranchot Obelisk in an attempt to gain access to the coins and medals hidden within. The obelisk shattered and tumbled down the hill. During the reconstruction, the Prussians replaced the French inscription with a German one and placed the Prussian eagle on the top.

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Nieres

November 19, 2021

How the Lousberg came into being - The legend of the devil and the market woman

Text by Ursula Bein

The devil had been badly outwitted during the construction of the cathedral - instead of the human soul he had hoped for, the soul of a she-wolf had been his reward. He could not leave this disgrace of being outwitted by the people of Aachen unanswered. They were to be destroyed! He ran to the North Sea, loaded dunes into two sacks and dragged them back towards Aachen. His revenge was to cover the cathedral, the city and all the people of Aachen with sand.

The path was long and the sacks heavy. The wind was also blowing in his face and obstructing his vision. When he arrived in what is now Soers, he was in the mood for a break when he met a market woman. Despite the day's work behind her, she was awake and alert. She immediately recognized the stumbling block in her counterpart and suspected that his visit did not bode well. When he asked her how far it was to Aachen, she replied, pointing to her old shoes, that she had bought them new at the market in Aachen and that he should just see how worn they were, then he would be able to judge how far he still had to go.

The devil heard the words, saw the shoes and knew that he could not manage such a long journey with the heavy load. Full of anger and exhaustion, he immediately threw down both sacks and left. The mountains of dune sand can still be seen today: Lousberg and Salvatorberg.

The cleverness in dealing with the devil may have given the mountain its name. In Oecher Platt, the word "lous" means clever.

Read more at
lousberg-gesellschaft.de/der-lousberg/wie-der-lousberg-entstanden-ist-die-sage-vom-teufel-und-der-marktfrau

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Frank Rmr

January 24, 2022

Located directly north of the city center, the wooded ridge with its forest-park landscape and its viewpoints is a beautiful local recreation area.

The park-like design dates back to 1807, when the city council decided to plant the Lousberg at the suggestion of the French prefect Alexandre de Lameth. This makes it one of the oldest public parks in Germany.

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Tranchot Obelisk on the Lousberg

1. Hammocks on the Lousberg Terrace – View of Soers from Lousberg loop from Aachen

2. View of Soers from Lousberg – Lousberg Forest Park loop from Rehmviertel

3. View of Soers from Lousberg – Wildbach (Aachen) loop from Rehmviertel

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