Gedenktafeln am Riesensteinweg, Commemorative plaques at Riesensteinweg, Heidelberg, Germany
Gedenktafeln am Riesensteinweg are two stone plaques mounted on a retaining wall with engraved text from 1934. The plaques document significant moments from that year and remain fixed to the rock face above the pathway.
The plaques were installed on August 3, 1934, by the Reich Labor Service and document President Hindenburg's death and labor initiatives of that period. They stand as testimony to a time when such monuments were erected to commemorate historical events.
The plaques show how Germany has dealt with its past, particularly through visible changes made to the stones over time. You can see where political symbols were removed later, which reflects how these sites have been reckoned with since the war.
The plaques are located on Gaisberg Mountain below Johannes-Hoops-Weg and can be reached on foot via a forest pathway. Access is on narrow trails that run along the rock face and eventually fade into dense undergrowth.
Nearby sits an abandoned sandstone quarry where stone was extracted for centuries to build many Heidelberg structures. This quarry shows the close connection between the mountain's natural resources and the city's building history.
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