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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 ascent to the Rheingrafenstein is worthwhile. The quickest way is to take the ferry across the Nahe. However, it is not always in operation.

The ruins of Affenstein Castle, which was probably an outer bailey of Rheingrafenstein Castle, can also be seen clearly from here. The ruins of Affenstein Castle are located in the southwestern steep slope of Rheingrafenstein, just below the ruins of Rheingrafenstein Castle. In 1426 it was mentioned in documents as "Affensteine unter Ringravensteine"