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Natural PlacesSite Name: Teufelsteine Hünxe Alternative Name: Teufelssteine HünxeCountry: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Hünxe
Latitude: 51.608714N Longitude: 6.825575E
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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The Teufelsteine are four freshwater quartzite rocks in Hünxe (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). They are situated in the Hünxer Wald forest.
The measurements of the stones differ between a hight of 0.33 m – 0.76 m and a size of 1.0 m x 1.5 m – 3.5 m x 4.1 m.
Local legends associate the stones with the devil ("Devil`s Stones"). According to the legend, the devil threw the rocks in order to destroy the Evangelische Dorfkirche Hünxe church. One of the stones can still be seen bricked in the church wall (coordinates 51.642828, 6.766168).
The remains of the Kürbaum tree can be found in close proximity to the stones in the forest. The Kürbaum is thought to have been a holy tree that possibly marked an early thing site. The Kürbaum consisted of an oak that had merged with a beech tree. This unusually old tree died in 1937.
The ensemble of Teufelsteine and Kürbaum was suggested to have been a sanctuary for the Germanic god Wodan.
Two information boards are located near the Teufelsteine and the Kürbaum.
Literature:
[01] Hasenj, A.: Wo Gott und Teufel mit Blitzen und Steinen warfen. In: NRZ (11.01.2014).
[02] Sondermann, D.: Der Kürbaum im Hünxer Wald. In: Lippesagen (2013).
[03] Schreiner, R.: Wo der Teufel mit Steinen warf. In: NGZ online (2. August 2010).
[04] Die Teufelssteine im Hünxer Wald. In: Der Kumpel, Ausgabe vom 23.05.1955 (1955).
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