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Schafpuhl Bridge

Schafpuhl Bridge

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Schafpuhl Bridge

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Location: Morbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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👣Albert Schäfer🚴‍♂️

April 16, 2021

The Dhron is crossed at the Schafpuhlbrücke. In the old days the stream was dammed here to clean the sheep's fur before the shear, hence the name Schafpuhlbrücke.

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Ein 🐟 namens Wander

June 5, 2021

Immediately near the bridge there is also a nice rest bench with a view of the river.

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Norbert 🌳

June 17, 2021

Out and about very early, all alone.

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Thorsten

October 19, 2021

Nice spot to let the eye wander

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🌾 Ilo 🌊💙 💚

March 27, 2022

The sheep used to be washed and cut in the drone. At that time a spectacle for the passing Voigts. The whole story s picture info board attached. 👌

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Sabine 🦁

May 18, 2021

The Schafpfuhlbrücke is located at a point where you used to not only come across the stream. There was also a small hollow or pool in which the sheep were properly cleaned before they were sheared.

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

July 3, 2021

This is where the sheep used to be sheared.

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Thorsten

October 17, 2021

A nice old bridge

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HWF

March 19, 2023

Text on the board:
The Schafpuhl Bridge, which connects Gräfendhron and Hunolstein, used to be the scene of a very complex procedure. At the extended point in the stream, which is also called Puhl or Pfuhl, great efforts were made as early as 1398
sheared sheep.
The spot at the Schafpuhlbrücke was particularly suitable for shearing, as the sheep could be washed standing up in the stream before being sheared.
The shearing itself was a very laborious process, for which the shepherds already got help from so-called sheep shearers.
Each animal had to be shorn by hand with scissors, depending on the breed, even twice a year. This work kept the sheep shearers and shepherds at the Schafpuhlbrück for days and was a spectacle for the subjects of the bailiffs, who crossed the bridge to deliver food to the castle, for example.

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Die_Ute

July 20, 2025

The Schafpuhl Bridge, which connects Gräfendhron and Hunolstein, was once the scene of a very laborious procedure. At this widened section of the stream, also called "Puhl" or "Pfuhl," sheep were sheared with great effort as early as 1398. The spot at the Schafpuhl Bridge was particularly suitable for shearing, as the sheep could be washed while standing in the stream before being sheared. Shearing itself was a very laborious process, for which the shepherds even then enlisted the help of so-called sheep shearers. Each animal had to be sheared by hand with scissors, and depending on the breed, this could be done twice a year. This work kept the shearers and the shepherd busy for days at the Schafpuhl Bridge and was a spectacle for the subjects of the bailiffs, who crossed the bridge to deliver food to the castle, for example.

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