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Höchstädter granite sphere
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Andrea und Huskys 🐺
August 30, 2022
Hiking
In the autumn of 2000, during the expansion of the A 93 motorway near the Höchstädt / Thierstein exit, an imposing stone sphere came to light at a depth of 3 to 4 meters. With a diameter of around 2.4 meters, it is surprisingly round and should weigh around 16 tons. Here she has now found her place.
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MiGi
February 9, 2024
Cycling
That's a huge thing - the stone probably weighs a few tons.
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Harald Schramm (Schocker)
July 17, 2022
Cycling
The name Thierstein was first documented on March 20, 1340 in a document issued by Albrecht der Nothaft von Tirstein in the district archive of Eger (Cheb). Three years later, on July 16, 1343, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian enfeoffed Albrecht Nothaft with Thierstein Castle, which he built "on the Reichß Perg and Poden". At the end of the 14th century, the Notthafft family sold the Thierstein estate, which also included the Thiersheim and Marktleuthen markets and a number of surrounding villages, to the Margrave Wilhelm I of Meissen.
Source and more info
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierstein_(Fichtelgebirge)
Source and more info
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierstein_(Fichtelgebirge)
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