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RadlerUnterland🚵♂️
February 27, 2022
Cycling
The hut is part of the bridle path, which is always worth it and leads directly to Veste Heldburg.
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May 26, 2024
Mountain biking
The bridle path is part of the messenger route between Heldburg Fortress and Coburg Fortress.
Sending messages was quite difficult in the Middle Ages. It often took a very long time for messages to be delivered. Unfortunately, simply dropping a letter in the mailbox wasn't possible. Messengers had to deliver written or oral messages to the recipient on foot or on horseback.
Source: blog.burg-posterstein.de/tag/ritter/page/2/#:~:text=Nachrichten%20zu%20verschicken%20war%20im,Pferde%20an%20den%20Empf%C3%A4nger%20%C3%BCberbringen.
Sending messages was quite difficult in the Middle Ages. It often took a very long time for messages to be delivered. Unfortunately, simply dropping a letter in the mailbox wasn't possible. Messengers had to deliver written or oral messages to the recipient on foot or on horseback.
Source: blog.burg-posterstein.de/tag/ritter/page/2/#:~:text=Nachrichten%20zu%20verschicken%20war%20im,Pferde%20an%20den%20Empf%C3%A4nger%20%C3%BCberbringen.
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May 26, 2024
Mountain biking
Connecting trails often take their names from this. Well-known examples are the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest or the Rennweg in the Hassberge Mountains.
Rennsteig:
In Old High German, the "renniweg" (Renn Trail) is a narrow running or bridleway, unlike a passable military road.
Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennsteig
Rennweg:
Ludwig Hertel demonstrated in 1896 that the word "Rennweg" does not come from "Rain" (meaning border) but from "rennen" (to run). Here, "rennen" also means "to ride a horse."
Source: hassberge-tourismus.de/erleben/gastgeber/rennweg-test/anreise
Rennsteig:
In Old High German, the "renniweg" (Renn Trail) is a narrow running or bridleway, unlike a passable military road.
Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennsteig
Rennweg:
Ludwig Hertel demonstrated in 1896 that the word "Rennweg" does not come from "Rain" (meaning border) but from "rennen" (to run). Here, "rennen" also means "to ride a horse."
Source: hassberge-tourismus.de/erleben/gastgeber/rennweg-test/anreise
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