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A brick shelter integrated into a rock face. Function? Hunting blind, bunker, or shelter?

This artificially created Marian Grotto features a statue of the Virgin Mary and a small enclosed spring. Since then, the grotto has been renovated several times, and the spring had to be re-enclosed to ensure its long-term preservation.

The Rauhberg Tunnel is a somewhat unique tunnel on the Rauhberg, located between Hauenstein and Spirkelbach. The tunnel portals are very close together, perhaps only 40 meters apart. Despite this relatively short distance, two bends extend the effective tunnel length to perhaps 100 meters. The cross-section of the tunnel, including the portals' lining, is reminiscent of a railway tunnel, but is considerably narrower and lacks a slope at the base of the lining. The tunnel is only partially lined, with the aforementioned lining on one side, which quickly transitions on both sides into a roughly finished cavern without any further construction. Sections of the tunnel, particularly where it is lined, have a poured concrete slab, which is provided with a drainage ditch on the Spirkelbach side. The lining towards the Hauenstein portal is shorter and designed without a drainage ditch, as the tunnel floor drops by approximately two meters relatively shortly after the Hauenstein portal towards the beginning of the cavern. However, this depression is rugged.

Viewing rock and a small cave below.

This Lourdes Grotto is also a sign of solidarity between Catholics and Protestants in Dernbach: "Every Whit Monday, a Catholic service takes place at the Lourdes Grotto in Dernbach. The Protestant parish deliberately does not hold its own service on this day, but invites people to the service at the Lourdes Grotto." Source: https://www.bistum-speyer.de/bistum/oekumene/leitfaden/bewaehrte-praxisbeispiele/gottesdienst/gottesdienst-an-der-lourdesgrotte/

You can go up the narrow crevice to a small cave

Nice rest area and shelter from rain and wind

A cozy spot that also offers some shelter from rain or sun, or to just relax