Hünenhacke in der Stadtmauer Templin [Mahltrog Templin, Trogmühle in Mauer Templin] Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Submitted by Boeddel on Friday, 18 August 2023 Page Views: 450

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hünenhacke in der Stadtmauer Templin Alternative Name: Mahltrog Templin, Trogmühle in Mauer Templin
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 0.26 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Brandenburg, Berlin Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Templin
Latitude: 53.118664N Longitude: 13.497963E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Boeddel visited on 2nd Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Unfortunately the stone is smeared with green paint and there was a lot of rubbish lying around and it smelled like people peeing there more often. :(

**Hünenhacke in der Stadtmauer Templin** submitted by Boeddel : Hünenhacke Templin 02/08-2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

A small stone Mahltrog (grinding trough) from the Bronze Age built into the medieval city wall of Templin, Brandenburg. In folklore it is described as the impression of a Giants footprint.

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F.W. Ehrhart in the book "Die Hünenhacken auf der Insel Usedom, Baltische Studien 1858", explains as follows:
"Ueber den Ursprung dieser Steine herrscht bei den Landleuten kein Zweifel. Sie waren ursprünglich vom Regen erweichte Thonklöße, in welche einer der Hünen, von denen vor Zeiten die Insel [Usedom] bewohnt wurde, mit dem hinteren Ende des Fußes getreten und den Eindruck der Hacke bis zur schmalsten Stelle der Fußsohle zurückgelassen hatte, später ist der weiche Thon verhärtet und versteinert."

English Translation:
The folk have no doubts about the origin of these stones. Originally they were clay dumplings softened by the rain, into which one of the giants [Hünen], from which the island [Usedom] was once inhabited, stepped with the rear end of the foot and left the impression of the heel up to the narrowest point of the sole of the foot, later the soft clay is hardened and petrified again.
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