Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Karlsruhe District

Sinsheim Whetstone‑Spitter Fountain

Karlsruhe District

Sinsheim Whetstone‑Spitter Fountain

Highlight • Monument

Sinsheim Whetstone‑Spitter Fountain

Recommended by 22 hikers out of 23

Save

Location: Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Sinsheim Whetstone‑Spitter Fountain

4.5

(26)

110

hikers

1. Wiesentalpolder inflatable dam – Fields Along the Elsenz loop from Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof

5.45km

01:23

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.7

(7)

hikers

2. Bench with a view of Sinsheim – Jewish Cemetery Sinsheim loop from Sinsheim

6.29km

01:42

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.8

(8)

hikers

3. Sinsheim District Court – Jewish Cemetery Sinsheim loop from Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof

12.2km

03:20

180m

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

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

Martin

March 9, 2022

Bronze by Renate Jung
Created in 1989

Here you stand,
with naked fiess,
shirt I uff the Elsenz-Wies!
He would have needed norre bicke
to dip his stoi into the water –
But the clever Kraichgau farmer
life was already sour enough!
He stands and haunts and smiles knitz
about his own joke!

–

The "Sinsheimer Wetzstoispucker" stands in bodily size, gnarled, down to earth as a water-spitting fountain figure on Karlsplatz. The artist did not choose a powerful, upright Hercules as the symbolic figure of the “whetstone spitter”, but a figure that corresponds to the economic and social conditions and bears a resemblance to a former Sinsheim farmer.
According to old oral tradition, the people of Sinsheim once stood up to their ankles in water at the Stadtgraben, at the Untertorwiese or at today's Karlsplatz, which before 1820 was still a swampy meadow in front of the city wall, and mowed the reeds. In this business, the scythes often became blunt and had to be sharpened with a whetstone. Although the mowers were deep in the water, they would have spat on the whetstone instead of dipping it in water or in the water-filled "kumpf" hanging from the waist belt. This is said to have been observed by some outsiders, and since then the people of Sinsheim have had their nickname "Wetzstoispucker".
(sinsheimer-erlebnisregion.de)

Translated by Google •

Karsten

June 10, 2022

In the immediate vicinity of the Wetzstoispucker, you can linger on the market square with a delicious ice cream or a latte from one of the surrounding ice cream parlors.

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 160 m

Weather

Today

Sunday 9 November

9°C

7°C

100 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Hexenbuschhütte Shelter

View of Steinsberg Castle and the Kraichgau Hills

Jägerhaus and Herrenhaus at Neidenstein Castle

View of Steinsberg Castle Between TU-144 and Concorde

Former Synagogue Steinsfurt

Animal Long Jump Station on the Hilsbacher Erlebnisweg

Birch Avenue Near Weissen Stein

View of the Meisenbaumweg Countryside

View of the Kraichgau Vineyards

Old Hospital of Sinsheim

View from Steinsberg Castle

Birch Avenue Towards Immelhäuser Hof

Sinsheim Whetstone‑Spitter Fountain

1. Wiesentalpolder inflatable dam – Fields Along the Elsenz loop from Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof

2. Bench with a view of Sinsheim – Jewish Cemetery Sinsheim loop from Sinsheim

3. Sinsheim District Court – Jewish Cemetery Sinsheim loop from Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️