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View of the Rhine from Ploweslay (Blue Rock)

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View of the Rhine from Ploweslay (Blue Rock)

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View of the Rhine from Ploweslay (Blue Rock)

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Please check local regulations for: UNESCO Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal

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Location: Boppard, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Edgar Reitz Viewpoint (Middle Rhine Valley Overlook) – Kalkofen Viewpoint with Resting Bench loop from Boppard-Bad Salzig

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2. Kalkofen Viewpoint with Resting Bench – Steinerner Mann Viewpoint loop from Bad Salzig

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3. Edgar-Reitz Viewpoint – Kalkofen Viewpoint with Resting Bench loop from Holzfeld

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

August 20, 2021

Ploweslay = the blue rock

Ploweslay is the name of this field. What is behind this name? To decipher the name, the name must be separated into two words. Lay means stone or rock. Plowes has to be referred to colloquially as ploo, High German = blue, and probably has its origin in the French period on the left bank of the Rhine, when Boppard belonged to the French Republic from 1791 to 1813. At that time, many French terms were Germanized. This is probably how it was with the French word bleu, German = blue, colloquial = ploo, something blue. The rock emerging near the surface in the form of the blue Hunsrück slate definitely allows this view. The name Ploweslay can therefore be described as a blue rock that rises imposingly in a steep position from the river bed of the Rhine. Source: Text information board

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

December 11, 2019

Ploweslay = the blue rock
The name can be explained by the shimmering of the slate rock (ploo = blue, lay = rock)

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

November 22, 2020

A wonderful vantage point over the Rhine with a new, beautiful seating area invites you to rest.

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Location: Boppard, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Edgar Reitz Viewpoint (Middle Rhine Valley Overlook) – Kalkofen Viewpoint with Resting Bench loop from Boppard-Bad Salzig

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3. Edgar-Reitz Viewpoint – Kalkofen Viewpoint with Resting Bench loop from Holzfeld

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