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Rhönrad Monument in Schönau on the Brend

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Rhönrad Monument in Schönau on the Brend

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    January 10, 2018

    Mountain biking

    If you have something ringing in the term "Rhön" - probably it's because you've already heard something about the Rhönrad. By the way, that does not really have anything to do with cycling. But: It was here in Schönau a.d. Invented Brend. And by Otto Feick. He remembered funny childhood experiments and in 1925 applied for a patent for the "tire gymnastics and sports equipment". Until today it is turned into sports competitions. The Rhönrad monument reminds of it.
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    October 4, 2019

    Hiking

    Here in Schönau 1925, by Otto Frick, the Rhönrad was invented. The monument reminds of it
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    September 18, 2020

    Hiking

    As a child, Otto Feick, the son of a blacksmith, rolled down the mountain in front of his grandfather's forge in two connected wagon tires in Reichenbach (Palatinate). During his …
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    Elevation 310 m

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    Location: Schönau an der Brend, Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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