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Die Brücke von Marnheim

Short multi with a lost place feeling.

by Lakritz     Germany > Rheinland-Pfalz > Donnersbergkreis

Attention! This Geocache is "Archived"! There is no physical container at the specified (or to be determined) coordinates. In the interest of the place it should not be necessarily to search!

N 49° 38.012' E 008° 02.929' (WGS84)

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 Size: normal
Status: Archived
 Time required: 1:00 h   Route: 1.0 km
 Hidden on: 24 July 2006
 Listed since: 25 July 2006
 Last update: 13 June 2011
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC21FE
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

36 Found
4 Not found
2 Notes
3 Watchers
1 Ignorers
839 Page visits
3 Log pictures
Geokrety history
2 Recommendations

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Description    Deutsch  ·  English


If you are visiting the small town of Marnheim nowadays,
you'll notice the three arches of a former viaduct
- a relict of the industrial revolution, memorial of the war
and conspicuous landmark of Marnheim.
(N 49° 38.270 E 008° 02.820)
Theodor Fontane: The Bridge on the Tay
 
"When shall we three meet again?"
"By the bridge, at seven, down the lane."
"By the middle pier."
"I put out the flame."
"I too."
"I come from the northern sphere."
"And I from the south."
"From the sea I come here."
"A merry dance it will be, ho! ho!
And down to the bottom the bridge must go."
"And the train that passes at seven through
To cross the bridge?"
"Hey, that goes too."
"Goes too."
"On sand, on sand,
Rests all that is built by human hand."
[...]

(Translation: Helen Kurz Roberts)
 
Once a large railway bridge of which there are only a few parts preserved spanned the Pfrimm valley near Marnheim. The viaduct that connected Marnheim to Alzey and Mainz used to be a lattice bridge with abutments made from sandstone. It was built between 1872 and 1874 and blasted away by German troops in March 1945 to stop the French army from advancing to the North.
Source: Heimatverein Marnheim

The cache consists of 3 stages and the final.

Please try not to attract attention while searching and hide everything exactly in the way you have found it. (If this is impossible, please contact me asap.)

Caution! The railway below the remnants of the bridge is officially closed, but from the middle of April to the end of October on Sundays and some holidays there are special chartered trains of the so-called "Zellertal-Bahn" running. They drive very slow in this sector, but you should be very attentive near the rails and watch children very closely.

The hints for finding the cache will NEVER be close to the rails!

 

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Additional hint   Decrypt

2: fcyru ebeevz n
3: zntargvp

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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Log entries for Die Brücke von Marnheim    Found 36x Not found 4x Note 2x

Note 23 October 2010 Schrottie wrote a note

Dieser Cache ist auf geocaching.com archiviert und hier nicht mit dem Attribut "OC only" versehen. Das letzte Funddatum liegt lange zurück und die Logs bei geocaching.com lassen darauf schließen, das der Cache nicht mehr existiert. Aus diesem Grunde archiviere ich ihn auch hier. Sollten sich später neue Aspekte ergeben und der Cache wieder aktiviert werden, so kann dies durch den Owner selbstständig über die Funktion "Cache bearbeiten" erfolgen.

Schrottie (OC-Admin)

Found 02 January 2010 pandarve123 found the geocache

beim 2. versuch gefunden, dank der hinweise! Laughing pandarve123 2.1.10

Not found 01 January 2010 pandarve123 did not find the geoacache

Den 2. Cache haben wir nicht gefunden. Außer Scherben nichts gewesen-Frown. Werden es wohl nochmal probieren.
pandarve123

Not found 02 November 2009 ally-mania did not find the geoacache

Den ersten Cache haben wir sehr schnell gefunden. Den zweiten haben wir nach einer mehr als halbstündigen Pause nicht gefunden. Dort wo der 2. Cache sein soll, sind wahnsinnig viele Glasscherben :-(

Unsere Kleine hätte beinahe reingegriffen...

Werden es evtl. nochmal probieren!

 

Found 18 October 2009 majapi found the geocache

Gemeinsam mit Briggli den Cache gefunden