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Dead Men Memorial

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Dead Men Memorial

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  • Location: Thuringia, Germany

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    June 24, 2019

    Mountain biking

    Legend:

    To prevent the introduction of the plague, the roads had been blocked. Two freight cars were stopped by guards. The search found two wagoners who had died of the …
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    About 3000m northwest of the city center, above the city, in the "Dead Men" forest town.
    Easily accessible on the hiking trail from Zella-Mehlis to Suhl, which starts on the southern outskirts of Zella, 500m south of the Zella-Mehlis train station, on Dörnbachstraße and leads upwards southwest into the forest.
    After about 1000m, this path joins the old trade route coming from the northeast, and the route of which is about 170m to the next crossroads.
    Here the stone stands in the north-east corner of the crossroads in the forest, about 80m west-southwest of the crossroads, 50m from the path.
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    March 21, 2024

    Hiking

    Not far from the crossroads is the “Dead Men’s Stone”. If you look closely, you can see ancient inscriptions and a lily flower carved into the stone. The stone was …
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    Location: Thuringia, Germany

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