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Großer Herrenstein Monument

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Großer Herrenstein Monument

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  • Location: Stockstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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    June 26, 2022

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    The inscriptions on the Herrenstein are now difficult to read. However, a large information board on the playground next to the entrance to the Kühkopf car park explains the somewhat strange background. From the dam there is a good view of the SKG Stockstadt venue.
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    November 21, 2021

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    The hunting enthusiast Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt often visited Stockstadt and the Kühkopf. After Ludwig VIII walked from Stockstadt with his retinue across the frozen Rhine on March 10, 1740, the two “Herrensteine” were placed on the respective river banks to commemorate this event, which have been preserved to this day.
    The text on the "large Herrenstein", which is on the Stockstadt side by the sports grounds on the dam, reads:


    L UDWIG THE EIGHT
    AND PRINCE TO HESS
    THAT GOD MAKES
    WILL NEVER FORGET
    I ST WHERE IS THIS STONE
    WERE OVER THE RHINE
    THE 10N MARCH
    1740
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    November 23, 2021

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    The great herrenstein was restored in 1983
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    Location: Stockstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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