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The Mehlinger Heath is a man-made heath landscape in Rhineland-Palatinate, near the city of Kaiserslautern.
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It is hard to believe that a densely overgrown forest once stood here, which was first cleared by the Germans and used as a military training area.
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After the defeat of Germany, first the French and then the Americans took over the area.
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Even today there are still a few silent witnesses who remind us of the prehistory of the heath.
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One such example is the small "railroad station", which can easily be overlooked as nature has already begun to take over walls and tracks.
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It is very likely that it was once used as a supply route for the troops.