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Die Zinnen von Schloss Montfort

Multicache suited for strollers at the Lakeside Promenade of Langenargen.

by Sheriff Woody     Germany

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 47° 35.842' E 009° 32.200' (WGS84)

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 Size: micro
Status: Archived
 Hidden on: 11 September 2012
 Published on: 01 October 2012
 Last update: 20 June 2014
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OCED3F
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

6 Found
0 Not found
2 Notes
1 Maintenance log
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In 2011, the Castle of Montfort in Langenargen was renovated. Some of the merlons on the tower were removed and replaced with new ones. The old merlons were placed throughout the lakeside promenade as ornament pieces.

The merlons are located between the waypoint "Zinnen NW" (N47 35.936 E9 32.200) and "Zinnen SE". The second waypoint is 857m away from "Zinnen NW" in direction 134°. Your challenge is to find all four merlons. You start at the castle's gate (N47 35.842 E9 32.200). This is the first stage. The other stages are the four merlons (see photos below).

  • This means that all in all there are five stages.
  • At each stage you find the answer to one of the questions within a radius of 15-20m.
  • The order of the questions and photos in the description is irrelevant. You have to find out for yourselves which question can be answered at which stage.

The following photos should help you to find the four merlons:

Zinne Zinne
Zinne Zinne

  The questions to be answered are:

  • How often does the orange flashlight blink in case of a storm warning (Sturmwarnung)?
    AB = Number of flashes per minute
  • You are standing in front of a merlon. Behind you on the other side of the road you see a restaurant (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HAUS). What is the house number of the restaurant?
    C = house number
  • Langenargen has won a gold medal in the contest "Unsere Stadt blüht auf" ("Our flourishing town") , according to which Agenda?
    DE = Number of the Agenda
  • On an info board you find the number of the year (four digits) when Prinzessin Luise von Preußen bought the castle. In which century did this happen?
    FG = century
  • On the floor you find two game boards. How many different games can be played on those boards (according to the signs on the containers of the gaming pieces)?
    H = Number of games

The sum of all numbers (A through H) is 32.

The cache (film container) is located at:
N 47° (H)(C-D).(C)(D+F)(G-D) E 9° (H+B)(E+F).(D+E)(C-E-F)(A-E).
From there you have a nice view at the (merlons of) Castle Montfort.
Please look out, there are many Muggles! Please be careful when you retrieve and replace the cache, and make sure that it is hidden well afterwards.

Have fun!

Additional hint   Decrypt

Svany: vafvqr, nobir gur urnq, 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 Zinnen von Schloss Montfort    Found 6x Not found 0x Note 2x Maintenance 1x

Archived 20 June 2014 Sheriff Woody has archived the cache

Listing wird ab jetzt nur noch auf geocaching.com gepflegt.

Found 21 April 2014, 03:26 Maverick245 found the geocache

Heute während einer kleinen Cache-Runde gefunden, ein Rätsel könnte Ich auch ohne das finden der Zinne finden, da das Schild doppelt vorhanden war. Eine nette Idee, DFDC Emma.

Found 03 April 2014, 09:51 UglyBadJo found the geocache

Für Heute hatten wir uns zum cachen in Langenargen, Eriskirch und der dortigen Umgebung verabredet.
So sind wir Mamosh, Somnambulist und meiner Einer recht zeitig zur Tour aufgebrochen.
Es sollten manigfaltige Caches gesucht und wenn möglich auch gefunden werden.
So fanden wir den einen oder auch anderen recht zügig, manch einen fanden wir erst nach einer halben Stadtbesichtigung.
Hier war der Fund des Caches dank der guten Vorarbeit recht gut und schnell zu finden
DFDC und dessen Pflege sagt UBJ vormals jotheonly
03.04.2014 09:51:00

Found 06 January 2014, 15:30 Wastel1958 found the geocache

Das Logbuch sollte bald erneuert werden.

Dieser Cache hat meiner Frau, Tochter und Mir 

einen sehr schönen Nachmittag am Bodensee beschert.

 

Found 21 July 2013, 13:35 SkyCacherFFM found the geocache

Noch so ein schöner Multi, allerdings war für mich die Schwierigkeit noch etwas größer, da ich die Fotos nicht sehen konnte. Dennoch alles gut gefunden und ein Detail gegoogelt und schon gings zum Final was auch schnell und gut zu heben war. Hatte am Freitag noch gedacht, hier müsste ein Cache hin Vielen Dank für den schönen Multi!

LOG: 21.7.2013; 13:35 Uhr
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TFTC und viele Grüße
frankimsauerland