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Napoleon's Bench, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach
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Napoleon's Bench, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach
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Napoleon's Bench, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach
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🇺🇦Gerda M
September 7, 2021
Cycling
Replica of a Napoleon bench at the town entrance on the B48; south of the main road, there used to be a stone bench with two benches attached to the sides. (Author: Rudolf Wild, Annweiler)
Napoleon benches are a special type of stone bench typical of the French department of Bas-Rhin, as they were common throughout southern Germany. And our homeland belonged to France in 1811, when these benches were erected to celebrate the birth of the "King of Rome."
Napoleon benches are a special type of stone bench typical of the French department of Bas-Rhin, as they were common throughout southern Germany. And our homeland belonged to France in 1811, when these benches were erected to celebrate the birth of the "King of Rome."
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Euphemia Anna 🌳
April 20, 2024
Hiking
Here, at the entrance to the village and within sight of the beautiful Napoleon bench, there are several benches for a rest.
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•🇺🇦Gerda M
June 23, 2025
Cycling
Resting Stones and Napoleon Benches
Written by Alexander Klein (rittersteineundmehr.de)
In many places in the Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, and Alsace, you can often find these somewhat dated sandstone benches. They stand along roads or paths, on former postal routes, on mountain passes, by streams, by lakes, in clearings, under trees, at high crosses, etc. These are "seating and storage furniture" designed to rest a load carried on the head or back on the higher surfaces (lintel or widened capital), and to rest on the bench next to or underneath it.
Written by Alexander Klein (rittersteineundmehr.de)
In many places in the Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, and Alsace, you can often find these somewhat dated sandstone benches. They stand along roads or paths, on former postal routes, on mountain passes, by streams, by lakes, in clearings, under trees, at high crosses, etc. These are "seating and storage furniture" designed to rest a load carried on the head or back on the higher surfaces (lintel or widened capital), and to rest on the bench next to or underneath it.
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Location: Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, Südliche Weinstraße, Südpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany