The best walks and hikes around Groß-Rohrheim

The historical landmark commemorates the significant Hessian chief building director Claus Kröncke (1771–1843), who was largely responsible for the regulation of the Rhine and, together with Johann Gottfried Tulla, planned and implemented, among other things, the visionary "Rheindurchstich" (Rhine cut-through) near Stockstadt. This massive structural intervention significantly reduced regional flood risks and, at the same time, shaped the present-day, extensive nature reserve Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue. According to the engraved inscription, the community of Groß-Rohrheim thanked Kröncke above all for his political and economic commitment, more specifically for obtaining tax exemptions as well as regulations on the indivisibility of property and the abolition of tithes and sheep grazing rights. Today, the historical stone obelisk with its striking, austere ornamentation is a popular stop for cyclists and hikers, for example, along the newly inaugurated Claus-Kröncke circular hiking trail.

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On August 4, 2018, a new project area for the Auerrind project was inaugurated in the nature reserve „Hammer Aue“ in Groß-Rohrheim as part of a festive ceremony. With the support of private donors, the Bergstraße district, the higher nature conservation authority, the municipality and the local heritage association Heimatverein Groß-Rohrheim, as well as the Förderkreis Große Pflanzenfresser im Kreis Bergstraße e.V., a small breeding group of the Auerrind project will initially be established on ten hectares and will ensure an increase in biodiversity in the areas. As part of the inauguration ceremony, the first two heifers were moved to the project area; the number of animals is to be increased to a total of four over the next four weeks.

The little house is still well preserved, but unfortunately the bell is missing.

Myriameter stones were placed around 1870 during the Rhine survey every 10 km on the right and/or left bank. After the straightening of the Upper Rhine, the Rhine Central Commission of the Rhine riparian states decided in 1863 to survey the Rhine from the Mittlere Brücke in Basel to the mouth of the Rhine. Survey markers, the myriameter stones, were erected every 10,000 meters. -->Very good Wikipedia article. and Wikimedia Commons. Usually, they bore a continuous Roman numbering on the river side, below it the height above the Amsterdam gauge. The Hessian stones were an exception; on the river side, only the distance from Basel was given in kilometers (Arabic numerals). On the land side, the distances to Basel and Rotterdam can be read, and on the sides, the distances to or from the state border. There were inconsistencies: at the Baden-Hessian border near Lampertheim and at the Hessian-Prussian border near Bingen, kilometer marker 447 was counted with full kilometers, although about 340 m or 480 m were still missing to the full kilometer: the "short kilometers". In 1939, it was decided to start the Rhine kilometer marking at the middle of the Alte Brücke in Konstanz. The bridge in Basel has been at kilometer 166.66 since then. Each full river kilometer was marked with a large rectangular white sign with black numerals, the 500 m point with a smaller sign with a cross. Narrow signs with the numerals 1-4 and 6-9 denote the intermediate 100-meter points. Before or behind these signs, survey markers are often/mostly attached. These can be hectometer stones of various shapes, but also, for example, metal markers in the ground. According to the Bingen Water and Shipping Authority, the myriameter stones still serve as height control points today.

On foot, I recommend walking on the dam.

The Dohle hydraulic structure in Groß-Rohrheim is a pumping station or a sluice, which is closed during floods to protect the district from inundation.

The Landdammschleuse is a historic hydraulic structure. It serves as part of the flood protection and drainage system in the Hessian Ried landscape to regulate the water level of the Langen Graben. The lock is sometimes mistakenly assumed in the literature to be the Rheinschleuse, but it is an important element of inland drainage (inland lock).