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Sankt Martin에서 Kalmit까지 하이킹의 하이라이트는 Felsenmeer입니다. 많은 장관을 이루는 암석 지형이 눈을 즐겁게 합니다.

A brick shelter integrated into a rock face. Function? Hunting blind, bunker, or shelter?

Lourdes Grotto: In 1944, during the war, Bernhard Brossart suffered third-degree burns while handling a British phosphorus bomb. His friend Engelbert Gerstner prevented a more serious outcome through his quick intervention. Bernhard Brossart vowed that if he regained his health, he would build a Lourdes Grotto. Sixty years later, this promise was fulfilled. The forestry administration and the responsible district forester, Werner Gimmel, were receptive to the project. In 2004, Bernhard Brossart and Engelbert Gerstner constructed the Lourdes Grotto in the "Heilbrunnenhang" forest section using natural limestone from Büchelberg. The grotto was consecrated by Pastor Stefan Braun on May 8, 2004. This place is intended to invite visitors to offer silent prayer, recharge their energy, and draw new strength for everyday life. Text from the information panel

Landau Fortress was a polygonal fortification located in Landau in the Palatinate. Construction took place between 1688 and 1691. The completely outdated fortress was demolished in 1871, having been downgraded to a depot in 1867. Almost all of the structures below street level have been preserved. Today, several military buildings and many residential buildings are still visible in the city, along with the locks and walls along the rivers, and fortifications in parks. Among these, the largest remaining structure is the wall of the fort built in 1702 (with a length of 3.3 km). Following the Thirty Years' War, the Imperial City of Landau was placed under the protection of France by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Following the end of the War of the Palatine Succession in 1697, the city, along with ten other Alsatian imperial cities, was also legally ceded to France in the Peace of Rijswijk of 1697. As early as 1673/74, France had destroyed Landau's medieval city fortifications. With the Peace of Nijmegen, Landau came under French control and, with the simultaneous loss of the right-bank fortress of Philippsburg (1679), became its easternmost outpost, receiving a permanent French garrison in 1680. In September 1687, the military engineer Vauban arrived in Landau to develop a fortification plan. He submitted this plan to King Louis XIV on October 9, who gave his approval in November. Construction began later that same year on the 7-kilometer-long Albersweiler Canal, designed to facilitate the rapid transport of building materials such as timber, lime, and stone by barge. The foundation stone was laid at the end of April 1688 in the presence of the Minister of War, the Marquis de Louvois. Vauban initially oversaw the construction, but relinquished this responsibility to Jacques de Tarade in 1689. With the help of sixteen royal battalions under the command of General Montclar and approximately 14,000 construction workers (more recent studies cite a significantly lower number) from the surrounding area, the fortification was built in the second Vauban style. On the night of June 23-24, 1689, a devastating fire destroyed most of the town and provided an opportunity to modernize the garrison town's layout. This resulted in the creation of straight, wide streets and squares for troop deployments. ... Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festung_Landau#Weblinks

This artificially created Marian Grotto features a statue of the Virgin Mary and a small enclosed spring. Since then, the grotto has been renovated several times, and the spring had to be re-enclosed to ensure its long-term preservation.

"The idea of building a grotto in the community forest and placing a statue of the Virgin Mary there came from Jakob Simon, who worked as a chaplain in Weyher in 1903/04. It was intended to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma "Mary - Immaculate Conception" on December 8, 1854. According to church doctrine, Mary was born without the stain of original sin, which all other people carry through the guilt of Adam and Eve. [...] On Trinity Sunday, May 29, 1904, Pastor Adam Christmann consecrated the statue. Then the entire parish of Weyher went 'in solemn procession into the forest' [...]. In 1932/33, the Catholic Young Men's Association put the idea into practice and gave the complex its current appearance. On Kerwe Tuesday 1932, the young men began work on the grotto, which lasted until the spring of 1933. Blasting had to be carried out to expand the space in front of the grotto. [...] On Ascension Day, May 25, 1933, the inauguration was to be celebrated with a large festival, namely with the annual youth rally of the Catholic young men's associations of the Landau - Bad Bergzabern district. That year, the young men's associations celebrated the 600th anniversary of their main church, the Mariendom in Altenberg, and the church celebrated the 75th anniversary of the apparitions in Lourdes. To the initiators' amazement, over 3,000 young men accepted the invitation - normally around 500 people attended the rally. By taking part, they also wanted to demonstrate their rejection of National Socialism. [...] It was the last major Catholic rally in the southern Palatinate before the National Socialists banned all demonstrations of dissidents." Source and further information: Information board on site

Lourdes grotto in the middle of the forest. There are benches to rest

Viewing rock and a small cave below.