Macaw Bacchi

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Merian engraving by Bacharach (1645), the Elterstein in the foreground on the right (No. 22)

Ara Bacchi ( Latin : 'Altar des Bacchus', also Elterstein or Altarstein ) was the name of a rock locatednear Bacharach in the Rhine , which was interpreted in the 19th century as a Roman sacrificial stone dedicated tothe god Bacchus . It was onlyvisibleat low tide and was a sign of a good wine harvest.

Ara Bacchi belonged to a group of rocky cliffs and rock heads that were blown away when the Rhine was regulated in 1850, as they represented a danger to shipping as shallows lying scattered in the fairway . Depending on the water level and visibility, the rocks could hardly be seen. A plan of the Prussian Rheinstrom-Bauverwaltung differentiates the small and the large altar stone as well as the altar bench in between . The 1850 blasts removed 1,275 cubic feet (39 cubic meters ). Between 1864 and 1866 an additional 2,413 cubic feet (75 cubic meters) were cleared using a diving shaft.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ara Bacchi . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 1 . Altenburg 1857, p. 638 ( zeno.org ). Bacharach . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape
     2 . Altenburg 1857, p. 123 ( zeno.org ).
  2. ↑ Hartmann: The rock blasting in the Rhine river from Bingen to St. Goar. (Part 1) In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen . 1868 (18), columns 395-408, here column 402 urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-87820 ;
    Hartmann: The rock blasts in the Rhine river from Bingen to St. Goar. (Part 2) In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen . 1868 (18), columns 547-562, here plan according to column 552 and column 557 urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-87835 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 25 ″  E