히르슈펠트(훈스뤽)‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

Along the entire Moselsteig trail, viewpoints are lined up one after the other like pearls on a necklace

Rest area with a beautiful view 👍🏼

Note: you can't get all the way to the cross!

Nice spot with a bench on the rocky ridge. It's still a few meters to the cross. I haven't tried out how close the path gets to the cross. It's very exposed. Steep rock is clearly visible from the other side.

The "Golden Cross" shines from a mountain top far into the area. It is not a magnificent piece, but a beam cross made of two simple squared pieces of wood with a gold-plated front. When you see it, you immediately think of the effort it must have taken to erect it there on the dizzying mountain face. We do not know when or by whom it was erected; nor has legend taken hold of the cross, except in the following short report: Years ago, the Bernkastel local historian Josef Dillinger told me that not so many years ago a Bernkastel carpenter from the suburbs put the Golden Cross on the mountain ridge. When this craftsman grew older, he gave up his profession and made the cross from his workbench, which he probably did in fulfillment of a promise he made in times of need.

Beautiful castle ruins, a great dream loop starts here. But it's still worth a visit.

A beautiful rest area. The return journey along the Song Trail begins here. The helicopter landing pad is just a few steps further towards Starkenburg.

From 1315 it was built by Archbishop Baldwin of Trier to secure the electorate of Trier. The castle was primarily aimed against the Counts of Sponheim. The counts were rival territorial lords of Trier in this area. In 1332, Balduin received city rights for a settlement near Baldenau from Emperor Ludwig in a collective privilege; in the end, however, such a founding never came about. The castle gave its name to the electoral office of Baldenau, which included fifteen surrounding villages. Two bailiffs, Rulmann von Partenheim and Clas von Nattenheim, have survived in the 15th century. Also in the 15th century, the castle and office were pledged to nobles, an indication of the low importance of the castle at that time. After being damaged several times during the Thirty Years' War, it was repaired as early as 1649, but was finally permanently destroyed in 1689 during the Palatinate War of Succession by French troops under Louis XIV. from 1982 the ruins were secured. In 1981 and 1982, the ruin served as the setting for the first part of Edgar Reitz's Heimat trilogy.