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Karlsruhe District

Historic Stone Rest Bench on Arweg

Karlsruhe District

Historic Stone Rest Bench on Arweg

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Historic Stone Rest Bench on Arweg

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Location: Bretten, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Eisinger Loch sinkholes – Katharinenthal Estate loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

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2. Böllstrich Lakes – West shore of Aalkistensee loop from Bretten Wannenweg

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3. View Towards Bretten – Katharinenthal Estate loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

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🇺🇦Gerda M

July 30, 2023

A Ruhstein, also called Ruhestein, Ruhbank, Grubstock, Gruhe, Gruhbank, Krugstatt or Gruegstatt as well as Raststein, is a single or multi-part bench that was used by porters to rest in earlier times. While there were originally similar devices made of wood, the benches that have survived to this day are made of stone. As witnesses to earlier forms of transport and old traffic routes, many benches are now classified as small or field monuments.[Wikipedia]
The installation of the sandstone benches has been known since the 15th century.
In Baden-Württemberg, the Ruhbänke are usually referred to as "Gruhen".

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🇺🇦Gerda M

August 1, 2023

Hearthstones and Napoleon benches

Written by Alexander Klein (rittersteineundmehr.de)

Wissembourg-Weiler, the western benchIn many places in the Palatinate, in Hesse, in Baden-Württemberg and in Alsace you can always find sandstone benches that are a bit outdated. They stand on streets or paths, on former postal routes, on mountain passes, on streams, on lakes, in clearings, under trees, on high crosses, etc. ... It is a question of "furniture for sitting and putting down" made of one Load carried on the head or back on the higher built surfaces (lintel or widened capital) and the bench next to or below to rest.

It was mostly women (e.g. market women, farmers, maids, etc...) who carried baskets of firewood, field crops, butter, hay, manure, etc... on their heads and thus covered greater distances. The benches erected between the 18th and 19th centuries were popular places to rest. They are popularly known as Napoleon benches, butter benches, hearth stones or post benches.

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Location: Bretten, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Historic Stone Rest Bench on Arweg

1. Eisinger Loch sinkholes – Katharinenthal Estate loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

2. Böllstrich Lakes – West shore of Aalkistensee loop from Bretten Wannenweg

3. View Towards Bretten – Katharinenthal Estate loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

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