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Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda
Gersfeld (Rhön)

Old Field Stone Wall

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Old Field Stone Wall

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Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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    May 5, 2023

    That's how you got rid of the stones in the middle of the field.. laborious manual work

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      February 22, 2023

      A holdover from days gone by.

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        September 18, 2024

        The stones were stacked by women and children to form walls. This was how the land was cultivated and the cleared area was protected from the wind. Later on, these stones were used to build roads, so there are not many such walls left. For information on the stones, see e.g. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesestein_(Geomorphologie)

        In some places during the Nazi era, the Reich Labor Service was also used to stack the stones. For information on this, see e.g. rhoenpixel.de/reichsarbeitsdienstlager-hochrhoen.html

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          Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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