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Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Stone Horse

Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Stone Horse

Highlight • Natural Monument

Stone Horse

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Mountain biking

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Naturpark Steinwald

Location: Fuchsmühl, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Tips

August 31, 2019

Mountain biking

A car that drove from Falkenberg Castle to Weissenstein Castle was so heavily laden that the horses could barely pull it. At some point the tired horses stopped exhausted and the wagon slowly sank into the mud. "God damn me," yelled the carter. "Let the gel pump turn to stone and sink!" The curse was instantly fulfilled. Even today you can see a petrified horse, cursed by the coachman, lying on the forest floor.

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April 22, 2022

Hiking

Loaded with household goods, a chamber wagon once drove from Falkenberg Castle to Weißenstein Castle. It was so heavily loaded that the horses could only pull the load with great …

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

August 15, 2019

Hiking

Peculiar rocks north of the Hackelstein.

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Elevation 740 m

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Location: Fuchsmühl, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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