ヘリーデンの峡谷・トップ4

ディステルバックの古い採石場（アールベルク近郊、アンスバッハ郡）は、上部ブルク砂岩の採掘場所でしたが、現在は人気のハイキングスポットおよび展望台として利用されています。ディステルバック自体は、アールベルク市場の南にある標高約500mの丘です。 ここでは、ケッパー時代の地域特有の細粒ブルク砂岩が採掘されていました。以前はこの地域で建材を採取するために使用されていました。閉鎖後、自然はこの土地をほぼ取り戻しました。特徴的な動植物を持つ貴重なビオトープが発展しました。採石場の上部からは、アールベルク周辺の広大な景色を眺めることができます。

Waating through the mud is a bit desolate. But at this time of the year you can really enjoy the flowers of the bushes.

Nice, short section of the trail that is easy to walk on.

Haaren is the surname of a German-Baltic noble family. The family belonging to the Uradel had been based in Kurland and Lithuania since the middle of the 17th century. Their ancestors are said to have come from the Osnabrück area, even if they cannot be clearly proven. The Baltic lineage begins with Christopher Otto Alexander von Haaren († 1745). The noble family was predominantly characterized by landowners and civil servants.

The path along the gorge is very narrow, you have to go one behind the other as there is no space for two men next to each other. You should also have a certain surefootedness, as the path has slipped a bit in one area and is therefore steep.

Where the Devil's Trench got its name from remains unknown. From Dr. Eichhorn, once pastor at St. Johannis in Ansbach, reports that one day he was called to the deathbed of a man who wanted to make confession before him. The dying man confessed that he wanted to attack him, the pastor, once when he was on his way from Ansbach to Dautenhaben. But when he was about to pounce on him, he was shocked to see a figure suddenly standing next to Eichhorn and accompanying him through the gorge. Neither before entering the trench was the figure to be seen, nor afterwards, when the pastor had left the ravine again. It must have been an angel of God who guarded the pastor in these critical moments.

Nice trail on the edge of the gorge

It is an old quarry with a waterfall when water comes in