Erdmannlistein
As Erdmannlistein a group of boulders in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland called. These are erratic granite blocks from the Reuss Glacier . They are located in the area of the municipality of Wohlen just on the border with Bremgarten on a moraine wall of the Wagenrain , between peat moss and the Erdmannlistein train station at an altitude of 457 m above sea level. M.
situation
The rock formation consists of two approximately five meter high boulders on which a third, larger block lies. Presumably, the boulders have sunk partially into the forest floor due to their own weight (around 60 tons). They consist of white, granite and gneishaltigem were during the Würm by the Reuss glacier from the Aar Massif in the Central Plateau transported. The Erdmannlistein blocks are among the largest preserved erratics in the area. With the other boulders they show a noticeable accumulation. A purely random arrangement of the boulders cannot be ruled out. However, it is believed that they were layered on top of one another by human hands or even transported to this location. There are assumptions that the arrangement could be a prehistoric cultural site that could have served as a fixed point in a calendar system, for example. Numerous smaller, menhir-like stones in the area, which are in a corresponding position on an area of around 1 km², support this theory.
The Bettlerstein is located about 350 meters south of the Erdmannlistein .
Say
According to a local legend, the entrance to a cave is said to have been under the Erdmannlistein . In the trusting "Erdmannli" (would meerkats ) lived, the brownie -like beings. They performed dances and jumps and received vegetables from the people as a reward. When two young boys threw stones into the cave, the "Erdmannli" were gone forever. The legend circulates among children that the "Erdmannli" would come out again if someone managed to run around the Erdmannlistein seven times holding their breath (which is impossible).
The Erdmannlistein is also assigned the role of a Chindlistein .
Access
The Erdmannlistein can be reached via hiking trails or from the Bremgarten-Dietikon train stop of the same name, around 200 meters away . Access with motor vehicles is not possible.
literature
- Geotope - inventory canton Aargau, erratics (boulders), object no.39 ( PDF), Department of Construction, Transport and Environment of the canton of Aargau, July 4, 2017.
- Geomorphological inventory 1997 Aargau Reuss Valley , object 666 / 244. Part 3: Glacial landscape Bremgarten-Wohlen-Bünzen-Besenbüren (PDF).
Web links
- Information page Erdmannlistein on the website of the municipality of Wohlen
- Richard Walker: Megalithic objects in the Bremgarten – Wohlen area (AG) , July 2013, version 1.4, p. 6.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The saga of the Erdmannli boulder (PDF), archive version from January 6, 2016
Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′ 51 " N , 8 ° 18 ′ 52" E ; CH1903: 666178 / 244439