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The bend near Eisenkaut, an old mine hidden in the sloes on the left side. The place is marked, and hard to get at, because the slopes are steep.
02-Quartsite * Along the quarry site - where unusable material is just spilled down the slopes. * 1984 x 1488 * (736KB)

03-AlongQuarry * The road once used by the quarry people. Larges blocks of rock on either side, or even bigger chunks of stone on the wooded slopes on the left. * 1984 x 1488 * (740KB)

04-Teufelskadrich * The forefront of an old quarry - most of the stone used in local building. * 1984 x 1488 * (709KB)

05-Window-Trechtingshausen * A window in the woods. * 1984 x 1488 * (544KB)

06-Woodland * Woodland over the Rhine; once, this has been covered with grapes. * 1984 x 1488 * (661KB)
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08-StoneMen * But proof is there; and people had piled stones to form stone men - a lot of them. * 1984 x 1488 * (748KB)

09-BachacherKopf * The 'peak' named Bacharacher Kopf. Though the village with that name lies on the opposite bank of the Rhine, and kilometres more north. * 1984 x 1488 * (714KB)

10-Slope * The path traverses a steep slope, returning to the river * 1984 x 1488 * (666KB)

12-RocksToScale * and bends passed a upright pile of rock - steep slopes all around * 1488 x 1984 * (685KB)

13-BurgRheinstein * But passed that point, there is this view of Burg Rheinstein. The zigzag road leads to a tunnel under both the railroad and highway to a parking place on the riverbank. * 1984 x 1488 * (561KB)
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