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Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
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Niederwald Viewpoint over the Rhine Valley

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Niederwald Viewpoint over the Rhine Valley

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Niederwald Viewpoint over the Rhine Valley

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    December 11, 2019

    Hiking

    What you learn by hiking so everything. In the past I only knew the Niederwald near Rüdesheim (Niederwalddenkmal / Germania) and considered this a proper name. Only through recurring names elsewhere and by signs I learned that a coppice is a forest in which felled beech and oak trees from the tree stumps again and again and thus form rather bushy, low deciduous forests.
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    September 15, 2019

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    Here you go through low or crippled (oak) forest.
    The bark was needed for the Gerberlohe. Other trees were always cut in the fall to have twigs for the winter furnace fire. For this reason, these trees never grew to their final size and was called due to their short stature as cripple oaks or cripples, the forest as a coppice.
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    August 20, 2021

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    Niederwald lookout point

    The views from the edge of the Rhine heights into the narrow valley of the Rhine are breathtaking. The Niederwald viewpoint also highlights this wildly romantic character …
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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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

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