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The three stones are coat of arms boundary stones from 1841. Several benches in the immediate vicinity make the place a great place to take a break and relax.

The town church in Neustadt is worth seeing.

If Komoot or the map had not explicitly shown the summit, I would not have noticed it as such.

Dedicated in gratitude to the Lord for protecting the village from war damage.

Neustadt station went into operation with the opening of the corresponding section of the Main-Weser Railway on March 4, 1850. At about the same time, a stagecoach connection to Alsfeld began operating as a connecting line, and since 1912 it has operated as a postal bus - interrupted due to a lack of fuel in the First World War and then only reinstated in 1924. In the 1860s, six men were employed at the station. A topic that was repeatedly discussed was whether express trains should also stop in Neustadt. The city fought for this - with varying success. Their efforts to develop Neustadt station into a railway junction also failed: the railway line to (Bad) Hersfeld and the Kanonenbahn were threaded into the Main-Weser Railway in Treysa, and the project of a railway line leading north from Alsfeld was never implemented. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Neustadt_(Kreis_Marburg)

In the evening hours of August 13, 1881, city forester Johann Heinrich Becker said goodbye to his wife Wilhelmine. He went to the city forest. Poachers had recently been on the rise in the Weizenberg and Holzäpelgärten districts. The 23-year-old wanted to track them down. That was the last time he was seen alive. For days, gendarmes, the Marburg hunters' battalion and even schoolchildren searched the forests for the missing forester. Suspicion grew that he had been murdered by poachers and his body disposed of. It was not until six years later, in December 1887, that his body was discovered. During a hunt on December 15, a beater found a long bone while pushing through a spruce thicket, which the hunter Dr. Casper Braun identified as the thigh bone of an adult man. The search for further human remains and traces began. Finally, the missing city forester's uniform jacket, riddled with shotgun pellets, and his shotgun were found - with the right barrel fired. A large number of bones and the skull including the lower jaw were also found and reassembled by a district doctor who was called to the scene. Predatory animals had completely torn the dead forester's skeleton apart and gnawed at the bones. The doctor also found a shotgun pellet in a vertebra. A pocket watch with a chain, the pocket knife and the missing man's wedding ring were later discovered. On April 26, 1888, the remains of Johann Heinrich Becker were buried in Neustadt with great sympathy. The gendarmerie ruled out suicide or an accident at the time. According to a certificate from the royal district court in Neustadt dated February 24, 1888, the city forester's death was caused by a third-hand shot. Also because the city forester's wallet was never found, it was assumed that it was murder. However, it was not possible to solve the crime at the time. To commemorate the murder of the Neustadt city forester, a wooden cross was erected at the spot where Johann Heinrich Becker's bones were found. This place is popularly known as “Beckers Ruh”. Source: https://spd-neustadt.de/ein-neues-holzkreuz-erinnert-wieder-an-den-mord-am-neustaedter-foerster/

In the evening hours of August 13, 1881, city forester Johann Heinrich Becker said goodbye to his wife Wilhelmine. He went into the city forest. Poachers have recently been on the rise in the Weizenberg and Holzäpelgärten districts. The 23-year-old wanted to investigate this. That was the last time he was seen alive. For days, gendarmes, the hunter battalion from Marburg and even schoolchildren searched the forests for the missing forester. There was growing suspicion that he had been murdered by poachers and that his body had been disposed of. It wasn't until six years later, in December 1887, that his body was discovered. During a hunt on December 15th, a driver found a long bone while pushing through a thicket of spruce, which had been stolen by the hunter Dr. Casper Braun was identified as the femur of an adult man. The search for more human remains and traces began. Finally, the missing city forester's uniform jacket, riddled with shotgun pellets, and his shotgun were found - with the right barrel fired. A large number of bones and the skull including the lower jaw were also found and reassembled by a district doctor who was summoned. Predators had completely torn apart the skeleton of the dead forester and gnawed the bones. The doctor also found a pellet in a spinal vertebra. A pocket watch with a chain, the pocket knife and the missing man's wedding ring were later discovered. On April 26, 1888, the remains of Johann Heinrich Becker were buried with great sympathy in Neustadt. At the time, the gendarmerie ruled out suicide or an accident. According to a certificate from the royal district court in Neustadt dated February 24, 1888, the city forester's death was caused by a third-hand shot. Because the city forester's wallet was never found, it was assumed that it was a murder. However, it was not possible to solve the crime at the time. To commemorate the murder of the Neustadt city forester, a wooden cross was erected at the place where Johann Heinrich Becker's bones were found. This place is popularly known as “Beckers Ruh”. Source: https://spd-neustadt.de/ein-neues-holzkreuz-erinnert-wieder-an-den-mord-am-neustaedter-foerster/

Neustadt station went into operation with the opening of the corresponding section of the Main-Weser Railway on March 4, 1850. At around the same time, a stagecoach connection to Alsfeld began operating, and since 1912 it has been running as a postal bus - interrupted due to a lack of fuel during the First World War and then not used again until 1924. In the 1860s, six men were employed at the station. A topic that was discussed again and again was whether express trains should also stop in Neustadt. The city fought for it - with varying success. Their efforts to develop Neustadt train station into a railway junction also failed: the railway line to (Bad) Hersfeld and the Kanonenbahn were merged into the Main-Weser Railway in Treysa, and the project for a railway line leading north from Alsfeld was never implemented. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Neustadt_(Kreis_Marburg)