バストハイムの天然記念物・トップ20

A mighty rock. Legend of the Devil's Cellar: When the Rhön was still pagan, the devil still felt like the master of the area. But then Saint Kilian came to the country, preached Christianity, and many were baptized. This made the devil terribly angry. When work began on building a church in the valley, the devil became so angry that he dragged all the stones that had been brought to build the church up to the Gangolfsberg and joined them together to form a grotto so tightly that no one could separate them. When people noticed this, they drew a cross on every building stone. The devil had to leave it alone. But the stones that he had brought up previously formed the Devil's Church. The devil lived hidden in this Devil's Church, which was actually just a dark cave, and continued to cause mischief on earth. Unsuspecting farmers, berry pickers, and hard-working forest workers had to make his acquaintance. He offered the good people money to win them over to his schemes and to lead them astray. One day, however, someone confided in a priest because he had a bad conscience. That same day, some brave men set out with the priest to drive the devil out of his hiding place with prayers and holy water. And so it happened. The cave smelled of sulphur and when the priest sprayed the holy water, the devil came out of the cave cursing loudly and has not been seen since. That is why the place is still called the Devil's Cellar today and sometimes it is said that it still smells of sulphur today.

Little water at the moment... still a place worth seeing

Legendary cave that you should definitely visit

Very pretty to look at... But hands off, climbing forbidden

Bathing prohibited, lingering and resting permitted

Gorgeous to look at basalt columns stored in a horizontal position...👍

Teufelsmühle waterfall ... an impressive Rhön biotope! https://www.bischofsheim.info/wasserfall-teufelsmuehle.html

Absolute natural highlight in the middle of the biosphere reserve core zone and the Gangolfsberg nature reserve. To protect nature, mountain biking in the core zone and the nature reserve is only permitted on marked MTB/cycle paths. Unfortunately, mountain biking is not allowed on the paths to the basalt prism wall and the neighboring Teufelskeller. Please stick to it out of consideration for hikers and nature! - Rhön biosphere reserve