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Roßdorfer Gate

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Roßdorfer Gate

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Rhön

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Location: Thuringia, Germany

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1. Schönsee – Pleßturm Observation Tower loop from Bernshausen

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Rhöni

July 7, 2020

It is very interesting historically. These bumps were in the 14th / 15th Century created for the defense of human hands and planted with almost impenetrable thickets.

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BAMA

March 9, 2021

The Roßdorfer Tor, formerly also known as Plessschlag, was a passage through the Henneberger Landwehr. This Landwehr began at the Hohe Klinge near Laudenbach

and led through the Hen Hills

up to the high Rhön. It was 60 km long in total. The section from Hohe Klinge to Roßdorfer Tor is also known as the "Breiter Landwehr". The continuation towards Schönsee is called "Bernshäuser Hähl".

The Landwehr consisted of single or multiple trenches and ramparts,

strengthens with impenetrable hedge strips that are often several meters wide. A few Landwehr passages, the blows, concentrated the traffic on these crossing points, which were guarded if necessary and could also be closed if necessary. The name "Roßdorfer Tor" suggests such a blow at the location, with which the

Road from the direction of Fulda after the Werra crossing in Breitungen or Salzungen checked and at

If necessary, it could also be blocked. The spans handed down in the immediate vicinity in the direction of Breitungen are directly related to this street. The Landwehr was probably in the 14./15. Erected in the 17th century. After the Thirty Years' War, their importance steadily declined. Especially in the forest so also at this location you can see the ramparts and

Recognize trenches well and often follow them almost continuously over long stretches. As a historical and soil monument, they deserve our special protection. (... v. Information panel)

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🌸INCHEN🌸

January 3, 2023

The best way is along the way. Finally away from these wide gravel forest highways

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