Giebichenstein

The Giebichenstein in the state forest "crow " in Stöckse is one of the largest boulders in northern Germany. The 330 -ton stone granite is 7.5 m long, 4.5 m wide and 2.75 m high. An image of the Giebichensteins is part of the coat of arms of Stöckse and Samtgemeinde Steimbke in Lower Saxony. In the immediate vicinity of the stone there is the megalithic grave Devil bed.

Description

It is believed that the stone was deposited during the Saale ice age as part of a moraine around 250,000 years ago. In a 1967 made ​​excavation at the foot of the stone was found some 300 artifacts, such as knives, blades made of flint. It was the remains of a Stone Age hunter camp. Other early historical places of interest include a Bronze Age burial mound by 1,700 BC and a urn cemetery of the Iron Age around 800 BC Because of the concentration of the historical places of the first archaeological trail in Lower Saxony in 1978 created here, which is one kilometer long.

Forecast for Stone

According to legend, was under the stone was once the headquarters of a dwarf king named Giebich. When the giant Hans Lohe from the forest Grinder wanted to smash out of anger Wölper the steeple, it was the Giebich who forced his secret powers the large, heavy stone on the ridge of the crow on the ground. There he is today; it is called, after the benevolent Giebich that protected the people against all the evil forces, " Giebichenstein " - in the vernacular of the region " Gewekenstein ".

The Giebichenstein as part of the coat of arms of Stöckse

The Giebichenstein as part of the coat of arms of the velvet municipality Steimbke

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