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Fancy a Puzzle?

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Dear puzzle lovers!

This unique hiking trail leads you and your family through the breathtaking nature of the Alps and offers tricky puzzles and exciting tasks at every station. Whether young or old - everyone becomes a detective here and can put their nose to the test.

The puzzle trail is perfect for families who want to spend time together in nature and at the same time put their grey cells to the test. Each station has a new challenge to solve.

Pack your backpack, lace up your hiking boots and get ready for an adventure full of surprises. The puzzle trail in Viehhofen is waiting to be discovered by you!

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

Puzzle:

TURN right, TURN left, in this quest,
None of it seems to be the best.
Study the DIRECTIONS with a look,
Or the first book will remain a rook.

CLUE 1:
Have a close look at the cardinal points.

CLUE 2:
Doesn‘t the writing of the cardinal points remind you of a pocket calculator?

CLUE 3:
The cardinal points can be rotated.

Solution:
The cardinal points West, South, and East show the letters W-S-O. If you turn the W 90 degrees anticlockwise, the letters look like numbers.

W - 3
S - 5
O - 0

Solution: 350


Bibliography Hermine

Puzzle:

Read ALOUD and just LISTEN through,
then the solution will come to you in lieu.

CLUE 1:
Do not pronounce the images clearly.

CLUE 2:
Don’t the pictures sound like something else?

CLUE 3:
The pictures represent one letter each.

Solution:
The different pictures sound like individual letters, and the corresponding numbers are below the letters.

Bee - B - 6
Pea - P - 1
Why - Y - 9

Solution: 619

Book content:

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
Bibliography - Hermione
The Animals of Farthing Wood - Colin Dann
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
Emil and the detectives - Erich Kästner
Heidi - Johanna Spyri
Around the world in 80 days - Jules Verne
Labyrinth of dreaming books - Walter Moers
Three Little Pigs - Joseph Jacobs
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Now we also have the order of the books we are looking for.


The Animals of Farthing Wood Colin Dann

Riddle:

Smiling will be here, who knows,
that the hand backwards goes.

CLUE 1:
The animals are always in a very specific place.

CLUE 2:
Are those grimaces that the animals are pulling?

CLUE 3:
The clock hands indicate the direction (backwards), the smiling animals, the number on a clock.

Solution:
As the hands move backwards, you should line up the numbers in reverse order. Each animal represents a number on the clock. All the animals are grimacing, but only 3 are smiling.

Hamster - 9
Deer - 6
Rabbit - 2

Solution: 962


Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

Riddle:

Everyone enjoys a little riddle,
Smoothly rolling, no need to fiddle.
If the three browns, you haven’t guessed,
The fourth arrives, an uninvited guest.
Cut, tear, fold, and snap,
No need to hesitate, just unwrap.
The booklet’s not just for reading, see,
or else clarity won’t come to thee.

Divide the browns by four,
Follow the guide, there’s more:

1.)
Halve the card as I do,
Be bold, not timid, it’s true,
Triangles at 90 degrees raised,
The number is quickly appraised.

2.)
Fold the flower triangle inside, edge to edge,
So a new line is pledged,
Together fold back, away it hides,
The number on the other side.

3.)
The tiny triangle, oh so slight,
Hides behind a stone, out of sight,
Stones piled from small to tall,
What number does this befall?

CLUE 1:
I dare you. Tear up the notebook.

CLUE 2:
You should act according to instructions.

CLUE 3:
After folding, the wide lines per card result in a number.

Solution:
The first 3 puzzles are on brown cards. You have to divide them into 4 cards. Fold the cards according to the instructions, the lines on the edge makeup a number.

1.) Hold the card with the fingerprints vertically towards you. Fold the card once across the width of the guideline by placing your fingers on the fingerprints. The guidelines at the corners must be dropped one by one and positioned at 90 degrees. If you hold the card by the fingerprints and turn it towards you, you will see the number 8 on the back.
 
2.) Hold the card with the flower upright and fold the flower in at the first crease line. This creates a second crease line that folds backwards. You can now see the number 7 on the edge at the back.
 
3.) Hold the card with the stones upright and fold the card backwards so that it is behind the smallest stone. Now fold the card in a zigzag so that the stones are on top of each other. You can see a second tile by the edge lines.
 
Solution: 872

Emil and the detectives Erich Kästner

Riddle:
Look closely, you will see,
It’s right there for you and me.
But if you miss, don’t dismay,
You’ll need me to show the way.

CLUE 1:
You urgently require a tool here.

CLUE 2:
Now just the right order.

CLUE 3:
If you place the magnifying glass in the right place, you will recognize a number through the QR code.

Solution:
Use the lines on the QR code as a guide for the magnifying glass when looking at the numbers through the magnifying glass.

Solution: 432


Heidi Johanna SpyriIn

Riddle:
You can fold the mountains steep,
Stand them up, make sure they keep.
Just as lightning demands to be,
Like the emblem upon the book, you see.

CLUE 1:
After a mountain, there is always a valley. It folds better this way.

CLUE 2:
After folding, only the flash is missing.

CLUE 3:
Fold the sheet as indicated and place it in the flash of the book.

Solution:
Fold the sheet in a zigzag along the guidelines and place it in the flash in the book. If you look at it from the right angle, you will see the numbers 924.

Solution:924


Around the world in 80 days Jules Verne

Riddle:
Finger food’s worth the trip, no doubt,
Even if the map’s turned about.
Visit all our restaurants with ease,
With fingers, it’s a breeze.
Back and forth, forth and back,
Together, it all makes sense in the pack.
You’re not lost, don’t you fear,
Start at the Oberwirt, you’re near.

CLUE 1:
Finger & Food = Finger food

CLUE 2:
Place your finger on the restaurant you are looking for and turn the map to move on.

CLUE 3:
It goes from one restaurant to the next. Put the letters together.

Solution:
Start at the Oberwirt and place your finger on the map to cover the Oberwirt. Pinch the map with your second finger and look on the back to see which pub you need to go to next. Repeat this until you have been to all of them. When you line up the scraps of letters, you have the whole word and the solution number.

THR - Oberwirt
EEH - Bergrestaurant
UND - brandgut
REDE - Hecherhütte
IGH - Glemmerhof
TYF - Dorfstadl
IVE - Burgerbaron

Threehundredeightyfive

Solution: 385


Labyrinth of dreaming books Walter Moers

Riddle:

Mind the fold, a term of art,
In crease and play, it plays its part.

CLUE 1:
And whether we can bend that.

CLUE 2:
But which line is the right one?

CLUE 3:
Fold on the red line, the arrow shows you which row you have to take.

Solution:
If you bend the sheet at the red line, the numbers 2 and 3 will disappear and the new numbers 159 will appear in the direction the arrow is pointing.

Solution: 159


Three Little Pigs Joseph Jacobs

Riddle:

Believe me not,
Not a word or hue,
Trust in naught,
I say to you.

BLUE
YELLOW
RED

CLUE 1:
All colours are wrong.

CLUE 2:
All words are wrong.

CLUE 3:
Which colour will remain?

Solution:
If neither the colour nor the word is correct, one colour remains. Place the sheet in the book at the marked nails and place the wooden beams in the correct colour sequence. If you look through the knotholes, you will see the solution numbers.

Red
Blue
Yellow

Solution: 374


Moby Dick Herman Melville

Riddle:
The path was long, barely in sight,
A telescope now would be just right.
Luckily, you possess the skill so mighty,
To discern the numbers, oh so brightly.

CLUE 1:
How do we get a telescope?

CLUE 2:
The lines certainly also have a meaning.

CLUE 3:
Roll the sheet up to the lines and look inside. You can recognize words by the overlap.

Solution:
Roll the sheet up to the lines and look inside. You can recognize words by the overlap.

Solution: 315

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