Rest area with information board about the Via Imperialis, which passed by here: It was the most important medieval west-east connection for merchants, craftsmen, pilgrims and armies with formerly supra-regional transport significance.

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Five paths cross at the path spider visible here. One path leads over Schöchleins, which was called a forest estate as early as 1500, down into the Zeubach valley, another …

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Informative board about the old trade route

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