A somewhat overgrown staircase takes you to the rock on which the castle was built and to the foot of the castle wall. A little further east you come across an 'archway'.

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September 24, 2023

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The lighter Bentheimer Sandstone - Gildehaus type and the brown to red Bentheimer Sandstone (the color varies with the iron content in the sandstone), occur in a sandy, spatially limited …

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Wanderfuchs

March 3, 2024

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On the southwest side of the castle there is a small, high, single sandstone rock, called the Drusus rock or the devil's ear cushion.

Further legends:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Bentheim

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Location: Bad Bentheim, Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Drusus Rock (Devil’s Ear Pillow) at Bentheim Castle

1. Bentheim Cliffs – Bentheim Sandstone Cliffs loop from Schüttorf

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