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Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Totentruhe and viewpoint overlooking the Upper Palatinate Valley

Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Totentruhe and viewpoint overlooking the Upper Palatinate Valley

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Totentruhe and viewpoint overlooking the Upper Palatinate Valley

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Naturpark Oberer Bayerischer Wald

Location: Rötz, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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March 30, 2021

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A little below the castle is a natural granite block in the shape of a large coffin with a chest and lid. This stone is called the "chest of the dead". This coffin is supposed to contain all of the castle's treasures, but the chest is guarded by the last lord of the castle, in the form of a fiery cat. Is it true, who knows? But that's how it is told.

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March 30, 2021

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From the vantage point at the chest of the dead you have a beautiful view of the surrounding area, and there is also a bench. Nice place for a break.

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March 31, 2021

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A stone in the shape of a coffin, there is supposed to be a beautiful virgin in it.

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Elevation 660 m

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Location: Rötz, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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