Gaussstein (Deister)
A former Gaußstein near Bredenbeck in Lower Saxony is known as the Gaußstein on the Deister . The stone was erected on the spot that the mathematician and geodesist Carl Friedrich Gauß used to survey the Kingdom of Hanover in 1822 . It stood on the 310 m above sea level Kalenberg and was destroyed during the surveying work in the 1820s.
description
Gauß built a wooden tower on the Kalenberg for his measurements. This survey point was later called Deister I. It is said that Gauss stayed at the Steinkrug inn in Steinkrug for two weeks during the measurements . Further measurements on the Deister took place in 1833 by Joseph Gauß , the son of Carl Friedrich Gauß. They came from the Bröhn as the highest point in the Deister. There the triangulation point Deister II was built as a wooden tower, from which the Annaturm developed as a forest restaurant.
Like the Gaußstein on the Kalenberg, many Gauss stones were removed in spite of their solid construction because landowners and farmers suspected measures to change the tax system behind the survey work. Today the Gaußsteins is located on the former site a 1,998 translocated historical surveying stone. It comes from Falkenberg in the Südheide , from which Gauss also carried out measurements.
Web links
- Gaußstein Deister I in the Lower Saxony Monument Atlas
- Description at myheimat.de
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '2.5 " N , 9 ° 35' 51.2" E