Holtwicker egg
The Holtwick egg is a large ice age boulder . It is the landmark of Holtwick , a district of the municipality of Rosendahl in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The granite block , the shape of which is reminiscent of an egg , was transported around 200,000 years ago as a so-called rolling stone pushing of the glacier masses in the Saale Ice Age from the Swedish Värmland to the area of today's municipality of Rosendahl. Its weight is estimated at around 30 tons .
The egg-shaped boulder, which is under nature protection, is in the ground at the northern exit of the district of Holtwick. There he is in a small green area in the center of a square that was surrounded by a small wall. Not far from the B 474 , the stone protrudes about two meters from the ground; it should be about twice as big underground.
There are also legends about the boulder , for example that the devil wanted to destroy the church in Holtwick with this rock, but missed it when throwing it and so the stone hit the ground and is still half buried there to this day.
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 41 ″ E