Highlight • Natural Monument
The Hallensteine
Hiking
5.0
(20)
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Naturpark Bayerischer Odenwald
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Nico
December 18, 2022
Hiking
Imposing stone formation with history...visibly worked on by the Romans
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•dr.te
April 20, 2025
Hiking
A quiet but beautifully restored stopover in the "Fraecian ODW": the Hallsteine (Hall Stones). Here (in this area), red sandstone was once quarried, used in/on buildings, castles, churches, official residences, and noble estates, but also for wayside shrines, boundary stones, well posts and well troughs, staircases, door and window surrounds. Some of the boulders were already worked in the forest and brought to the rivers by oxcart, then transported further by ship. Quarrying is a family business... and here are some "examples".
Anyone with an eye for "small things" must have been here (at least once)! It's worth it!
Anyone with an eye for "small things" must have been here (at least once)! It's worth it!
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Best routes near The Hallensteine
4.5
(2)
16
hikers
10.1km
02:58
270m
270m
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.
Moderate
4.7
(3)
17
hikers
10.1km
02:59
290m
290m
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.
Moderate
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Elevation 480 m
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