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Submitted by ladrin on Tuesday, 18 February 2020  Page Views: 566

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Bear Hill Alternative Name: Medvědí Vrch
Country: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 15.717 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Bohemia Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Nýrsko  Nearest Village: Chudenín
Latitude: 49.307356N  Longitude: 13.061557E
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
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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
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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
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The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Southern entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Bohemia

A quite interesting place called Medvědí vrch (The Bear Hill) can be found between the small western Bohemia town of Nýrsko and the Czech / German border. About 2 km from the border stands the picturesque forest chapel of St. Bernard from the 18th century. According to folk tale, a wild bear attacked the local man called Kohlbeck here.

After a tough fight, the man killed the beast and built a chapel as a thanksgiving. The chapel itself, standing in the most heart of "iron curtain" was pretty ruined during the socialist period and was gently restored in 90th.

About 60 metres south of the chapel lies large unusual group of rock and stones. The stones were obviously deliberately placed into U shape alignment, forming a kind of stone sanctum. The most probably it served as an ancient place of cult.

There are two smaller menhirs in the southern entrance of the place and one huge, two metres tall standing stone is dominating the centre.

In the 20th century, some of the stones were fitted with small metal sheets with German inscriptions to commemorate the victims of The Great War. These were destroyed in communist times and only small holes remained. Recently the new plaque was installed which again commemorates the victims of both wars but only in general now.
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The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Many smaller standing stone can be seen almost all around. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : St. Bernard forest chapel observed from the ancient stone sanctum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Stones of The Bear Hill in late autumn.. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Tip of the big menhir with two smaller entrance stones in background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Tall menhir is dominating to this enigmatic stone formation. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Big menhir was recently fitted with the plaque..

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Several stone alignments can be found here.

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : The tallest menhir has two metres in height.

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Stony sanctum on The Bear Hill, observed from the chapel.

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Nice stone in chapel wall with dating.

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : Sacred place for different cultures and times...

The Bear Hill
The Bear Hill submitted by ladrin : The place is well signposted, there is a tourist trail along there and it is protected natural monument.

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