ビシュハイムの天然記念物・トップ20

Nature is taking back bit by bit!

Sandstone quarry near Flonheim

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.

There is a shelter at the Hirtenfels. From there you have a great view of the surroundings and the Palatinate Forest. Right next to it is the Kosakenfels.

The Hirtenfels with its 630m above sea level is well integrated into a beautiful hiking tour from Dannenfels over the Adlerbogen and Ludwigsturm. From the summit of the Hirtenfels you have a wonderful view of the Palatinate.

Also installed in Cologne Cathedral, so it is yet another cultural highlight on the Hiwweltour 👍🏻

Not much to see of this castle - still worth seeing, this enchanted place! https://youtu.be/QU4gA5UjPoA

history Nothing is known about the exact period when the castle was built. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1276 when the complex passed to his daughter Lukardis after the death of Philip V von Bolanden. Thereafter, further mentions were always made in connection with a change of ownership, so the castle came into the possession of King Albrecht von Habsburg between 1304 and 1308 through an exchange for the Gleichen Castle, in 1321 King Friedrich the Handsome locum Wildenstein enfeoffed to Count Philipp von Sponheim- Dannenfels and finally in 1328 she became an afterfief of the Counts of Leiningen. Presumably it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War (1618–1648). In 1657 the castle was already described as a ruin. In 1938 the ruin was owned by the municipality of Albisheim. Excavations took place in 1963, during which crossbow bolts, arrow and spearheads as well as a Romanesque key were found. Today the castle is located in the Dannenfels district. Source and more information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Wildenstein_(Pfalz)