At Pierheim you cross the main European watershed between the Rhine and the Danube. The MD channel has here with 406 m its highest point. There is also a monument …

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November 1, 2019

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Peak position Main-Danube Canal - The European watershed. The granite sculpture by Hannsjörg Voth stands powerfully in the landscape, marking the European watershed on the canal. The 17-kilometer peak, which crosses the low mountain range Franconian Alb as the European main watershed Rhine-Danube, is 406 m above sea level. NHN the highest point of the European waterway network.
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April 1, 2018

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Sculpture top view seen from the north (in the background Hilpoltstein-Pierheim). These are two walls aligned over the top of the canal. The front wall ends in front of the path in the foreground, the rear, southern wall begins after the southern operating route along the shore. Source Wikipedia.

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3. View of the Rothsee with its marina – Rothsee loop from Hilpoltstein

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Location: Hilpoltstein, Roth, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Scheitelhaltung Sculpture at the European Watershed

1. View of the Rothsee with its marina – Rothsee loop from Allersberg (Rothsee)

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3. View of the Rothsee with its marina – Rothsee loop from Hilpoltstein

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