ヴェンデルスハイムの天然記念物・トップ20

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Nature is taking back bit by bit!

Sandstone quarry near Flonheim

Very beautiful heathland... you feel like you are on the Lüneburg Heath

The Hauck'sche quarry is one of 16 sandstone quarries in the Flonheim area. The emergence of the Flonheim sandstone goes back to the time of the "Rotliegend" approx. 290 million years ago. The light yellow color, partly interspersed with dark brown and black iron rinds (limonite), gives the Flonheim sandstone its unique appearance. The Flonheim sandstone was already quarried by the Romans and probably used for country houses, temples and tombstones. Excavations at the former Roman fort in Alzey bear witness to this. Over the centuries, the sandstone was used for numerous buildings in Flonheim, e.g. for the former Augustinian monastery, the defensive wall and the historic town hall. However, the Flonheimer sandstone was not only a popular building material in Flonheim, but throughout the entire region. The stonemason trade reached its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries. You can still admire this today in the magnificent baroque inns and town houses with their unique door portals. The evangelical market church and the bear pharmacy bear witness to a second boom in the sandstone industry around the turn of the century (1900). Flonheim sandstone was also used in the construction of Cologne Cathedral in the 19th century.

Very nice vineyard lounger. Today, with a stiff breeze and rain, it wasn't occupied either.

The imposing monument with the stone inscription "Gott mit uns" under the feet of the one-headed imperial eagle at the top is made of coarse porphyry blocks. This memorial was built in 1914 by a replacement battalion for the fallen of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. The eagle looks west to the "evil archenemy". On the pillar the admonition: "To honor the fallen, to teach the living". This conflict was the birth of the German Empire, which was symbolically proclaimed in 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. With the founding of the empire, the old dream of a unified nation state came true for many; it permanently changed the balance of power on the European continent.

everything good has already been written. Unfortunately, there is only one bench, but in the route that follows there are other beautifully situated seating options, also with a great view