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Giebichenstein boulder

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Coordinates:52°37′59″N9°18′53″E / 52.63306°N 9.31472°E /52.63306; 9.31472

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Erratic boulder in northern Germany

Not to be confused withGiebichenstein.

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TheGiebichenstein nearStöckse, Germany, in thedistrict of Nienburg, Lower Saxony, is one of the largesterratic boulders of northern Germany. It weighs around 207 tonnes (460 thousand pounds).^[1] A picture of the Giebichenstein is part of the emblem of the Stöckse municipality.

There is the supposition that duringWolstonian Stage the stone was deposited by glaciers as a part of amoraine. Near the Giebichenstein there are the remains of adolmen, and at the stone itself there were found the remains of aStone Age hunter's camp.