ヒセルの天然記念物・トップ20

ドイツのアイフェル地方にあるホルストゥムのローマ時代の墓地（Römisches Gräberfeld von Holsthum）は、シャンクヴァイラー・クラウゼの近くに位置し、ローマ時代の特別な石棺を収蔵しています。 墓地はホルストゥム村の上の森の斜面にあります。紀元2世紀初頭に遡ります。 これらはガロ・ローマ時代の墓で、その埋葬室は垂直な砂岩のスラブで構築されています。小さな家のように見えるため、「石棺」または「平坦な墓」と呼ばれています。 これらの石棺には、故人の遺灰が入った壺と副葬品が納められていました。 7つの墓のうちの1つは、印象的でより大きな石棺です。いくつかの墓は、屋根または家のような形の石で覆われており、その中にはオベリスク形の石や、截頭ピラミッド形の石もありました。 この墓地は、近くにあるローマ時代の農場（ヴィラ・ルスティカ）の墓地と考えられています。

The menhir stands northwest of Ferschweiler in the forest at a crossroads of hiking trails. The Fraubillenkreuz is a menhir that is now about 3.30 meters high and has been reworked into the shape of a cross. It is estimated that it used to be over 4 meters high. The menhir was probably reworked into a cross during the Christianization of the region in the 9th century. According to legend, it was the Irish wandering monk St. Willibrord from the Echternach monastery himself who carved it. In addition, niches were carved into both flat sides of the menhir, apparently for figures of saints. Source: https://tw.strahlen.org/praehistorie/rheinlandpfalz/ferschweilerkreuz.html

At the "Roter Puhl" the Enz has cut into the slope covered with beech trees at a considerable height. Here the rock of the middle Bunter sandstone from the Triassic period stands in bright orange-red colors. These deposits in river and delta areas are around 220 million years old. Source: https://www.naturpark-suedeifel.de/a-roter-puhl

This historic cross on the path is over 2m high! There is a very nice opportunity to take a break here. Table and bench. There is also a small shelter nearby.

At the "Roter Puhl" the Enz has cut the beech slope at a stately height. Here, in bright orange-red colors, the middle red sandstone rock of the Triassic geologic age can be seen. These deposits in river and delta areas are about 220 million years old. The oblique stratification of the sandstone visible in the bedrock in alternating layers with horizontal strata and gravel bands testifies to the different flow conditions of the primordial waters. The arch's shape is the result of thousands of years of exposure to water from the meandering Enz River. The surface of the rock face is still subject to constant weathering, in places the rock is slightly more porous. An interesting insight into the floor structure can be obtained in the upper part. The overlying Earths here only reach a thickness of less than a meter. Natural crevices provide nesting and breeding grounds for the kingfisher, which is native to the area.

Unfortunately, the website that is indicated on the metal plate with explanations is no longer accessible. A pity.

Above the castle complex is the pilgrimage site of the Neuburg citizens: The 46 cm tall Madonna, a replica of the Altötting Madonna from the 17th century donated by Kuno von Falkenstein, stands in a 700-year-old oak tree. Age and candle smoke have colored the statue of the Madonna dark brown, almost black. Station paintings of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, created by sculptor J. Hess in the 19th century, lead to this lonely pilgrimage site. https://neuerburg-eifel.de/index.php/stadt-neuerburg/wandern

The burning candles in the little chapel light up the tree opposite. At least that's how it looks when you approach in the dark from the other side of the creek valley.