One of the largest boulders in Lower Saxony.
The 7.5 m long, 4.5 m wide, 2.7 m high and 207 tons of granite boulder opposite Lake Stöckser See is one of the largest in Lower Saxony. A number of important archaeological monuments from different eras can be found around it. Paleolithic hunters camped at the erratic block, Neolithic people built the only preserved large stone grave in the district of Nienburg/Weser a short distance away and a burial mound was created here in the Bronze Age. An archaeological hiking trail has been laid out for those interested. For a long time, it was considered the largest erratic boulder in northern Germany. Although it is now known that there is an even larger one in Tonnenheide, the huge granite boulder is certainly impressive.
According to legend, the name of the stone goes back to a little man: the Giebich. He lived hidden with his clan in the nearby crow forest. The Giebich protected the people from the giants. So he probably had a hand in it when a giant tried to smash the Wölp church tower with a stone. He forced the giant to drop the stone in the crow forest. It now lies there until the next giant comes...
In any case, it is a fact that the rock - brought from Sweden by the glaciers of the Ice Age - has attracted people for tens of thousands of years: The remains of a megalithic tomb can be found in the immediate vicinity, and the remains of a Stone Age hunter's camp were found at the foot of the rock. Large boards provide more detailed information about the stone and the Stone Age finds.
The Giebichenstein is signposted from the main road through the town.
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