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<< Our Photo Pages >> The UFO-stone of Egmating - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Germany in Bavaria

Submitted by Isiniscensis on Saturday, 19 August 2006  Page Views: 6368

Natural PlacesSite Name: The UFO-stone of Egmating Alternative Name: Kaltenbrunner Schlag
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 10.662 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Bavaria Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Munich  Nearest Village: Egmating
Latitude: 47.983730N  Longitude: 11.805270E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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The UFO-stone of Egmating
The UFO-stone of Egmating submitted by Isiniscensis : The oval holes give a kind of "technical" association and are lined up in circular shapes. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Stone / Glacial Erratic in Bavaria

Do not take the title too seriously, we only nicknamed the stone UFO, because of its shape and the carved holes in it looking like the oval windows or hatches of a cosmic ship.
The explanation of a UFO-Monument might be exciting to some specialists, but there are common and less spectacular explanations: It could have been a Celtic sacrificial stone, the holes used as cases for corn.
The forest around the stone shows very interesting features such as dead-ice holes (round ponds filled with water, left back by a glacier of the last ice age). Some ponds are connected by a system of artificial ditches, which could be interpreted as water systems from very different ages.
The site could have well been a home to human beings in the stoneage, too. Many places for animals to drink and rich forests around could have been ideal for hunting.
The stone was undivided not very long ago, the lower half sticking in the ground so that the shape of an upside-down saucer with windows in it was more obvious.
Some people became curious and dug a big hole around and even partly under the stone.
As a result it broke into two parts. But there are eye-witnesses who saw it in the original form.
Egmating is 21 km SE of Munich. If you follow the road to Lindach up the hills, after 1 km a small straight forest footpath called "Bernrieder Weg" (on the right) will lead you directly to the stone (a walk of one more km).
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The UFO-stone of Egmating
The UFO-stone of Egmating submitted by Isiniscensis : Stone with alien. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The UFO-Stone of Egmating
The UFO-Stone of Egmating submitted by Isiniscensis : We only nicknamed the stone UFO because of its appearance. It was transported by a glacier into the forest south of Egmating 21 km SE of Munich (47° 59' 01,4" N, 11° 48' 19" E). Oval holes were carved into it, probably Celtic or from the stoneage. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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