Johannissteine

Take a trip to the Ice Age. Three mighty erratic granite blocks form the Johannissteine. So far these boulders are only known as important witnesses of the Ice Age – they probably originate from the Aland Islands between the cities Stockholm and Turku (Finland) – far beyond the borders of the Lipperland. In 1990, however, they were declared a ground monument. 15 engravings, 8 modern boreholes and 6 halves of the borehole are the reason why Johannis stones are both a natural monument and a place of prehistoric cult.

Recent research by Wolfgang Lippek also confirms the assumption that Johannis stones are also (pre)early calendars. A dating of the calendar system into the Megalith time (approx. 2500 – 2000 BC) seems plausible, because humans could move stones of this size at this time.

Opening hours
Accessible all year round

Special offers
Demonstration of the winter solstice around 21.12.

An den Johannissteinen
32791 Lage

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Freibadstr. 3, 32791 Lage-Hörste
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