In Rhineland-Palatinate, South Hesse, North Baden and the Saarland, a "woog" describes a dammed body of water, be it natural or artificial.
Here the huge dam is used to keep …
The Teufelsgraben forms the border between the neighboring communities.
Because of missing people, animals and recurring epidemics and bad harvests, which were ascribed to the devil, he was banished to …
The Wildfrauenloch is a rock cave in the forest. Many stories and legends are entwined around it.
It is said that the Huns left a woman of unusual size and …
The only gemstone mine in Europe offers a great insight into the mining of various gemstones in Idar-Oberstein. During a guided tour, you not only see the tunnels (and regularly …
In the town of Idar-Oberstein, Kammerwoog is a part of the Nahe with its banks, downstream from the barrage of the same name to just before the inner-city development of the river.