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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Bollendorf

Maria Theresa Boundary Stone

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Bollendorf

Maria Theresa Boundary Stone

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Maria Theresa Boundary Stone

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Location: Bollendorf, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

November 10, 2024

From bollendorf.de/maria-theresien-stein-bollendorf

The Maria Theresa Stone, erected in 1771, is one of the most famous cultural monuments in the Southern Eifel Nature Park. In the 18th century, Bollendorf belonged to the Imperial Abbey of Echternach, which was under the protection of Maria Theresa, the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and Duchess of Luxembourg. She arranged for a cadastre to be introduced, her lands to be surveyed and boundary stones to be erected.

The Maria Theresa Stone, which also bears the Empress's coat of arms, the Austrian double-headed eagle, once marked the border between the possessions of the Abbey of Echternach and the County of Vianden, whose coat of arms can also be found on the stone. After the Congress of Vienna, which reorganized Europe's territory, two Prussian crosses were carved into the stone around 1815/16, since Bollendorf no longer belonged to Luxembourg but to the Prussian Rhineland.

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

November 11, 2025

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The large, sculpted stone was erected during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, around the 18th century. It marked the border between the lordships of Echternach and Vianden, thus forming the border region between the Duchy of Luxembourg and the Electorate of Trier. The east side of the stone displays the coat of arms of Echternach Abbey: Saint Willibrord with his bishop's staff. The west side, however, bears the coat of arms of the County of Vianden with a rampant lion. On the Echternach side, one can also see the letters A.O. (Abbatia Ordinis – Abbey Order) and E.E. (Echternachensis Ecclesiae – Church of Echternach). On the Vianden side, the letters C.V. (Comitatus Vianden – County of Vianden) can be read. The stone was restored and re-erected in the 1970s. Originally, it stood slightly further south, directly on the historical border. Today it is located on the hiking trail between Bollendorf and Wallendorf.

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