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Waldfischbach-Burgalben

Saltuarier Tombstone Relief

Natural Monuments

Waldfischbach-Burgalben

Saltuarier Tombstone Relief

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Saltuarier Tombstone Relief

Recommended by 66 hikers out of 67

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Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. Wolfsschlucht – Pinkesbrunnen loop from Waldfischbach

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3. Beer garden at Clausensee – Saltuarier Tombstone Relief loop from Leimen

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Frank Rmr

August 27, 2024

Here, a copy of the Saltuarius/forest manager gravestone is embedded in the rock. The original was found during archaeological excavations and is kept in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer.

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ichbindannmaldraussen*

March 2, 2023

Worth seeing and a special place!

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Pmbvw

February 16, 2023

A tombstone slab was embedded in the rock here.
According to the local description, it is a "Tombstone of a 3rd century AD Saltuarian".

The tombstone of a married couple gives an insight into forest management in Roman times.
The man on the tombstone is holding a long-handled ax like the one found in the Waldfischbach hoard. He wears them as a sign of his authority. As a saltuarian, he monitored an economically used territory (saltus), in this case the forest.
He wears a Gallic cloak (sagum), which identifies him as a native.
Nevertheless, he has himself and his wife depicted on a tombstone according to Roman custom.
This shows that Roman art and culture had spread to the farthest corners of the empire by the 3rd century AD.

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Location: Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Saltuarier Tombstone Relief

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3. Beer garden at Clausensee – Saltuarier Tombstone Relief loop from Leimen

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