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Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Saxon Switzerland

Byrrhus Rocks (Märkel Memorial)

Natural Monuments

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains

Saxon Switzerland

Byrrhus Rocks (Märkel Memorial)

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Byrrhus Rocks (Märkel Memorial)

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Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz

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Location: Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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3. Uttewalder Grund Gorge – Teufelsgrund Gorge loop from Dorf Wehlen

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Tips

RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

April 12, 2023

If you walk up the Wehlener Grund for about 15 minutes coming from the town of Wehlen, you will come to a small open space. At this point, two paths branch off from the Wehlener Grund. This is the romantic path in Teufesgrund and the path high up on the stone ridge. If you linger here briefly to orientate yourself, you will notice a green wooden sign. On this is the following text:
J. Chr. Friedrich Merkel (1790-1860) cantor, schoolmaster, scientist in the city of Wehlen. Known as an Entomoge across German borders. Here he found the beetle species Myrrhs ornatus. The site has since been called Byrrhus Felsen".

Source: hm-noroc.de/persons/friedrich_maerkel.html

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RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

April 12, 2023

If you now turn your gaze to the Byrrhus rock, you cannot miss them. A marble tablet embedded in the sandstone. This plaque bears the inscription:

"the thorough researcher of this area Friedrich Märkel Cantor in St. Wehlen in his Tedesjahj 1860 erected by the ISIS in Dresden"

This was attached in the year of his death by the scientific society "ISIS", which has existed in Dresden since 1833.

Source: hm-noroc.de/persons/friedrich_maerkel.html

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Juschu ( Jürgen & Vicky)

December 25, 2022

here found J.Chr.Friedrich Märkel (entomologist)
the beetle Byrrhus ornatus, after which the rock was named

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Elevation 210 m

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Byrrhus Rocks (Märkel Memorial)

1. Teufelsgrund Gorge – Uttewalder Grund Gorge loop from Kurort Rathen

2. Teufelskammer Gorge – Teufelsgrund Gorge loop from Stadt Wehlen (Sachs)

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