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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Kreis Düren

Kreuzau

Split Rock (Devil's Ley)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Kreis Düren

Kreuzau

Split Rock (Devil's Ley)

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Split Rock (Devil's Ley)

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Location: Kreuzau, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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R.Bungartz

October 10, 2021

Hiking

The legend of this impressive rock formations goes as follows: “Good and bad. Angel and devil. The legend of Teufelsley tells of this eternal struggle. Your setting: the castle on …

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Stundenschwimmer

March 8, 2019

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the "split stone" at the Mausauel has already led to many a mystic legend - sometimes it says the devil has struck his claws - elsewhere it says Satan have struck his flaming sword 3x in the rock - or only millions of years the erosion of softer sediments 😉

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Marc BODSON

August 13, 2023

Nordic walking

Two huge blunt and almost similar rocks. stand in your way

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Elevation 280 m

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Thursday 11 June

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Location: Kreuzau, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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