オクテンドゥングの天然記念物・トップ20

A magnificent 🏰, looming over the vineyards of the town of Alken 🤩. Wonderfully accessible via the Moselsteig trail or the Traumpfade trail 😊.

Genoveva Cave However, this one is no match for the cave of the same name in Kordel near Trier🧭❣️ Still very interesting🖤 Dark, take a flashlight 🔦 with you to explore the cave for a few meters. 🖤Super interesting outdoor fun 🖤

Very nice corner - especially the many benches invite you to relax and look over the lake.

Below the Hochstein is the rock face with the Genoveva Cave. Here the residents of the village of Bell mined millstones from the basalt rock. The basalt solidified in a columnar shape by the lava flow from the Ettringer Bellerberg volcano and was ideal for making millstones. Genoveva from the Sigfrid legend is also said to have sought refuge here.

Definitely my favorite cave in the area! It is worth taking a flashlight with you, because without light you cannot see anything in the cave.

Here you can listen to the ducks chattering on the lake - unfortunately, the background noise of the nearby motorway is a bit annoying

Nice to cool off in summer - spectacular when the snow melts / floods

The ruins of Thurant Castle (also Thurandt) stand on a wide slate mountain spur high above the town of Alken on the Moselle. It is located in the district of Mayen-Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate) and belongs to the spur castle type. A special feature are - in addition to the location on the steep valley shoulder - the vineyards on the sunny side. From the middle of the 13th century, the archbishoprics of Cologne and Trier were joint owners of the complex and had their respective shares administered by the burgraves. Each half therefore had its own keep, its own residential and farm buildings and a separate entrance. Since the beginning of the 16th century, the double castle gradually fell into disrepair and was completely in ruins due to destruction during the War of the Palatinate Succession. Robert Allmers (1872–1951) from Varel, co-founder of the local Hansa-Automobil Gesellschaft and from 1914 director of the Bremen Hansa-Lloyd-Werke, acquired the plant in 1911 and had some of it rebuilt. The castle is still privately owned today, but can be visited for a fee from March to mid-November. According to the Monument Protection Act of Rhineland-Palatinate, it is a protected cultural monument and entered in the state monument list. The entire facility is designated as a monument zone. Thurant Castle is also a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and is marked with the blue and white trademark.