クラインバッハカウルバッハの天然記念物・トップ20

I find the remains of our ancestors very interesting. Unfortunately, there is not much left of them.

The Königsberg is 568 meters high. Its summit is forested, so you don't have a view from the top. It is still worth a visit, because there is a small summit cross, a hut and several picnic tables on the summit.

The prince's grave can be entered and the prince and his grave goods can be viewed.

is on the cycle path - information and explanations are available

At 568 m, it is one of the highest mountains in the Kusler Land. It is criss-crossed by numerous tunnels. In Wolfstein itself, the lime mine has been expanded into a visitor mine. Mercury, iron ore barite and coal were also mined there.

Weilerbach Celtic monument

heather dish In 1595 a travelogue wrote down what had been found at about this point: "There they found ... twelve carved stone pillars made by human hands. And one pillar stood in the middle between the 12 pillars, one was larger than the other." Today it is assumed that this is an old thing (place of assembly and court) from the early days. The replica reminds you of that. [Text: Flyer "Celtic Prince's Grave and Heath Court]

Opening times: from April to the end of October daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. admission free One of the most important finds from Celtic times in Europe is the golden bracelet from Rodenbach, which was found among other objects in the grave of a powerful Celtic man. Old records show that "more than 20 larger and smaller burial mounds, some of them of considerable height" could be seen in the vicinity of today's burial mound. But over the centuries these "sand mounds" have been mined or simply leveled, and grave goods have received little attention or, if they were gold or bronze, have been melted down. Only when a historically interested Rodenbacher presented two bronze basins and a richly decorated handle in 1874 did the excavation begin in a hurry and not very professionally. The finds were sensational: A gold bangle, forged in a highly artistic manner with symmetrical ornamentation, and a gold ring prove that around 500 BC. a rich and influential man, i.e. a Celtic prince, was buried. Both pieces of jewelery show human heads, which were considered the seat of the soul in Celtic times. For the journey to the afterlife, the prince was also given: a bronze beaked jug, a richly decorated canteen, two bronze basins with provisions, an iron sword, three lances and a curved slashing knife. That the prince also owned a Greek wine cup is amazing and proves the influence of the Mediterranean world on the Celtic elite. The originals are in the Historical Museum in Speyer. For the "700 years of Rodenbach" anniversary, the local community of Rodenbach had a replica of the burial chamber with replicas of the grave goods built in 2000. The second smaller mound is symbolic of the other "more than twenty" burial mounds. [Text: Flyer "Celtic Prince's Grave and Heath Court"]