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Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 03 aug 2019, 19:31
door thomas
The Gollenstein is considered the largest Menhir in Central Europe.
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But arrived there, the information board tells me that the Gollenstein is not a Menhir at all.
For Menhirs are Celtic and the Gollenstein is from 3000 BC, from the Neolithic Age. There were no Celts yet.
This Gollenstein was overturned in the war and broke. Later erected again (cemented), hence the bright joints.

Then to the holy mountain of the Celts, the 1009m high Donon. Perhaps I can find something there.
The ascent through the hills is very nice.
Birches are the last deciduous trees as usual. In addition many colorful shrubs.
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And there is also a free snack.
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Shortly before the summit I can already see a promising structure.
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But here I must read that the temple is not original, but a reconstruction of a Colmar architect (after all, a descendant of the Celts) by order of Napoleon.

Then maybe this little round thing in the middle of the picture is an original sacrificial altar?
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Oh no, that looks German!
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Remains the tower in the background, steel frame with fiberglass fairing of the antennas.
At least I'm not reading anything different up here. Now that must be Celtic!

The Donon forest is the source of the rivers white and red Saar, joining together later. I follow them back to the clinic.
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Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 04 aug 2019, 12:42
door Victor-San
Wow Thomas, very nice place!!!

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 04 aug 2019, 23:06
door henkhouet
Beautiful thomas,

gr, Henk

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 04 aug 2019, 23:48
door thomas
Continue along the Saar.
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Suddenly the valley gets narrow again. Almost like at the Mosel.
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And then we get to the Uitzichtpunt Cloef.
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200m boven die Saarschleife op een rots uit taunuskwartsiet.
De meander bestaat al tussen 2.6 en 5.3 miljoen jaar in de vorm van een dubbele meander.
Het gebied errond wordt gedomineerd door zwwer weersbestendig, devonisch taunuskwartsiet, waardoor de Saar op het harde gesteente van de rotsen botsteen haar koers wijzigde.
Zo ontstond er, een 8 km lange dalmeander, de zogenaamde 'Saarschleife'.
Since I was here a long time ago, they have built a tree trail with viewing point.
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From up there, the view is probably even more beautiful. But 10 € entrance for a few hundred meters path? Not with me, I'm half a Dutchman!
It gets warm, so I climb again. I ride the Hunsrücker Höhenstrasse, through the Black Forest (which is a different Black Forest than along the Rhine!).
And suddenly I notice something that I would not have suspected here. Lots of planes, several Phantoms, Migs, etc.
(My scoot helped towing the Concorde.)
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Here is a nice overview image: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugausst ... ellung.JPG
Again I am too stingy for the entrance.
I continue to the highest hill of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Erbeskopf.
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It is all free up there.
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Looking towards the Netherlands, far far away. The ski slope is waiting for the next ice age.
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The flower and shrub sea also interests many bees and bumblebees.
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For the first time in many years, I also see a snake in nature again. Here is a harmless little grass snake (why is it called grass snake? It likes water! In German: Ringelnatter)

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 05 aug 2019, 07:04
door henkhouet
Thomas, those pictures, so beautiful.
I enjoyed reading .
Thank you for sharing

Gr, Henk

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 05 aug 2019, 18:50
door martin66
Thomas
You went the same things i did around Trier
Der flugasustellung is nce to see
Martin

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 07 aug 2019, 13:43
door Jan-H
Das ist eine schöne Tour Thomas. Ich wünschte ich hätte einen 125 ccm Roller, ich würde dann gerne eine solche Tour zusammen machen. Ich wünsche dich schöne Tage und eine gute Heimreise.
Tschüss,
Jan.

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 08 aug 2019, 01:32
door Rolinda
Wow Thomas! Beautiful!!

Re: Sur les traces des Celtes

Geplaatst: 08 aug 2019, 06:36
door Will Go
Danke für deinen Reisebericht Thomas, macht Freude das ganze so mit zu erleben.