Stamped location 177 / Alexisbad engagement urn

The engagement urn was erected on the Habichtstein high above Alexisbad in 1845/1846 by a group of Württemberg noblemen.

It was intend­ed to com­mem­o­rate a care­free stay of young noble­men in Sep­tem­ber 1845. One of them was a Prince of Hohen­lo­he-Oerin­gen, in whose foundry the exhib­it was cast. The mon­u­ment is pop­u­lar­ly referred to as an engage­ment urn, as there was spec­u­la­tion about the rea­son for its erection. 

From Alex­is­bad, you can reach the engage­ment urn from the cen­ter of the vil­lage via the sign­post­ed hik­ing trail and con­tin­ue the tour via the cliff path to the Köthen­er Hütte HWN 195.