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Former air raid shelter built by Stromberg residents during the war years 1943-44 in the Schlossberg. Source: Sign at the entrance to the shelter

The tunnel mouth, located directly on the L108, leads - partly filled with water and the remains of a railway track - for approx. 50 meters straight into the mountain.

Above the district of Layenkaul (= digging for stones) there is a former pit with 2 tunnels on the slope of the Kahlenberg. Above the large heap of rubble there are still a few foundation walls of the mine buildings.

From the paved bike path you can see the entrance to the tunnel, which you can easily reach through a ford a little further down the stream. The tunnel leads about 60 meters into the mountain.

So my daughter was a bit disappointed with the "cave". Even as a child, it was difficult to crawl a few meters into the tunnel. But a flashlight helps with the Schinderhannes Cave adventure. In front of the cave there is a small stream and picnic tables that invite you to linger.

The cave can only be reached on step stones over the Hoxbach. And besides, only to explore on all fours and with the muddy ground, I preferred to do without it.

So we didn't want to get in on our knees, but at least we dared to walk on the stones across the stream and take a look inside. And we stopped here, beautiful with the sun shining through the trees

The only 13m long cave in the valley of the Kieselbach was probably used by the Schinderhannes as a hiding place for some time during his many raids in the Hunsrück. Read more: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schinderhannesh%C3%B6hle_(Pferdsfeld)