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<< Other Photo Pages >> Stein von Othmarschen - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Germany in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Sunday, 01 March 2015  Page Views: 2012

Natural PlacesSite Name: Stein von Othmarschen Alternative Name: Stone of Othmarschen
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.175 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Hamburg
Latitude: 53.550600N  Longitude: 9.899170E
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.
3 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
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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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Stein von Othmarschen
Stein von Othmarschen submitted by Creative Commons : Stein von Othmarschen is an erratic boulder in Hamburg (Germany). By Joachim Müllerchen (Jom) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Stein von Othmarschen ("Stone of Othmarschen") is a granite boulder in Hamburg (Othmarschen district) in Germany. It is one of the "Big Three" erratic blocks in Hamburg, along with the Herzog-Otto-Stein and Alter Schwede. It was discovered during the construction work of the fourth bore of the Elbe Tunnel in 1998. The Stein von Othmarschen had been the biggest known boulder in northern Germany until Alter Schwede was found in 1999.

The Stein von Othmarschen measures 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.2 m and has a volume of 22 m3 and a weight of 60 t. Research by the University of Hamburg revealed that the stone is a Younger Småland Granite and therefore 1.7 to 1.8 billlion years old. It stems from Målilla in south Sweden and came to northern Germany embedded in glacier ice during the Wolstonian Stage (Saale Eiszeit) 150000 years ago.

Today, it lies in the Elbtunnel Park above the entrance to the Elbe Tunnel. As the picture of 2012 shows, it has fallen victim to all too modern "Rock Art“.

References:
[01] Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt: Objekt 48; Stein von Othmarschen.
[02] Planungsstab der Universität Hamburg: Hamburgs größter Findling: 1,7 Milliarden Jahre alt und 60 Tonnen schwer. Stein von Othmarschen entpuppt sich als einer der mächtigsten Norddeutschlands. In: Forschung Nr. 6/98 (1998).

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