Bayard rocks

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The Bayardfelsen (fr. Rocher Bayard ) is a striking rock formation in Dinant on the right bank of the Meuse .

French pioneers from the invading army of Louis XIV blasted a passage in the rock to clear the way for a road along the right bank of the Meuse. In this way the monolithic character of the Bayardfels was created. A legend of the miracle horse Bayard is entwined around the rock . It is one of the sights of Dinant.

The Bayard Rock. View from the left bank of the Meuse

geology

The Bayard Rock in Dinant

At the Bayardfelsen the geological Devonian - Carboniferous border is exposed.

Legend

The Heymons children on the horse Bayard. Keystone in the crossing of the Reinoldikirche in Dortmund

The rock is named after Bayard, the magical horse of St. Reinoldus . The forecast for a hoof of the horse hit the rock formation, as it is with the Haimonskindern on the run from Charlemagne was. The power of the wondrous horse is said to have been so great that the rock was split 40 meters deep by the step.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ludwig Bechstein : German book of legends. Leipzig 1930, p. 107.

literature

  • Eric Groessens, Bernard Noël: Etude litho- et biostratigraphique du Rocher du Bastion et du Rocher Bayard a Dinant. Publication - Geological Survey of Belgium. Volume 15. Brussels 1974.

Web links

Commons : Rocher Bayard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 40.6 "  N , 4 ° 55 ′ 16.2"  E