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Three Lords' Stone (Ritterstein No. 57)

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Three Lords' Stone (Ritterstein No. 57)

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Three Lords' Stone (Ritterstein No. 57)

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    Location: Merzalben, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    April 2, 2018

    The Dreiherrenstein is an old border guard. It recalls the dominions of forest ownership. The so-called three gentlemen were 1. Gräfenstein, today Merzalben, 2. Pirmansbezirk, today Wigartswiesen, 3. Frankenweide, today Annweiler.

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      July 15, 2022

      “Two sovereign territories are engraved with their coats of arms and abbreviations on the top of the large and flat knight's stone.

      1. Baden coat of arms (bar runs diagonally through the coat of arms): Next to the coat of arms you can see the letters M and B, which are the abbreviation for 'Margraviate of Baden'. Before the land came into the possession of the Margraviate of Baden, it was the domain of Gräfenstein. Today the area belongs to the Merzalben Forestry Office.

      2. Coat of arms of the Wittelsbach family (several diamonds in the coat of arms): Next to the coat of arms you can see the letters P and Z, which are the abbreviation for Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Before the land became the property of the lords of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, the land was part of the Pirmans district and was then owned by the Eußertal monastery (Krummstab). Today the area belongs to the Wilgartswiesen Forestry Office. [...]

      The knight's stone shows the year 1657 as well as the numbers 84 and A 73. To date, no interpretations are known for these inscriptions. The abbreviation KW means Royal Forest. The forest received this name because the Palatinate belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria between 1816 and 1945. The KW stones served as boundary stones of the Rhine district.
      Source (quoted verbatim): kuladig.de Objektansicht/KLD-279005

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        January 24, 2022

        Just off the street. Don't forget to admire the characters on the top.

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