Rodenburg on the road to Olingen. Reachable via the hiking trails J23 and PW16 approx. 150m further in the direction of Olingen

The village of Rodenbourg, with its villa set back from the road, became famous for the American author Ernest Hemingway who, in his function as a war correspondent during the German offensive, recuperated from his illness here in the villa. Apparently the well-stocked wine cellar in the villa made a decisive contribution to his recovery. A memorial in the form of a stele in front of the villa on the street in Olingen recounts this memorable occasion. For over 600 years, on the site of the villa in which Mr. Hemingway convalesced, stood a mill. It was documented in the good registry of 1317. Because the mill was no longer profitable, it was torn down in the 19th century and replaced by this villa. From 1685 to the present day, the mill and later the villa, including a large estate, have belonged to the same family. Behind the villa there is a spring, known as “roude Bour”, which is tinted red due to the iron-contained minerals in the water. It is from this spring that the village, which was previously called “Rodenburne”, gets its name.