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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

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Wirschweiler

Sonnenzeit Zwischen den Wäldern Sculpture

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Landkreis Birkenfeld

Wirschweiler

Sonnenzeit Zwischen den Wäldern Sculpture

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Sonnenzeit Zwischen den Wäldern Sculpture

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Location: Wirschweiler, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Barbarber

March 16, 2025

As a "waymarker" and "time object," the installation "Suntime between the Forests" consists of a base stone for the night, a second large stone for the day, and numerous smaller, layered stones for the hours.

By drilling holes in the large stone, the cardinal directions can be identified in relation to the position of the sun, and the shadow conveys the time of day.

In the field of view, from northeast to southwest, are the Wildenburg, Hohenfels, Kirschweiler Fortress, Ringskopf, and Pfannenfelskopf. Three seating stones symbolize "Past, Present, Future" and are intended to invite visitors to linger.

A time object made of 12 tons of 400-million-year-old quartzite rock was installed at the square. The "petrified" marine sediments are now mined in the Allenbach quarry of Steinwerk Allenbach GmbH & Co. KG (Wirschweiler district) and processed into stone and gravel.

The sculpture is a "signpost" found in various forms throughout the world, often in distinctive or magical locations and frequently made of layered stones.

Artist: Donor:

XO GERD EDINGER

Steinwerk Allenbach GmbH & Co. KG/Juchem Gruppe Niederwörresbach

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Location: Wirschweiler, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Sonnenzeit Zwischen den Wäldern Sculpture

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