Hutestein
Historical hat stone from 1787 on the summit region of the Schwengeberg in the Langenberg mountains west of Baunatal
Information board at the eco path Kulturgeschichte Ahlberg-Mariendorf on the street Am Ahlberg near Ahlberg on the western edge of the Reinhardswald
A hat stone is part of a border marking in the Hutewald , a forest used as forest pasture. In the past, the cattle were regularly taken into the forest to find fodder, as the allotted arable land was insufficient for the supply.
Due to the shared use of the hat surfaces, there were more disputes. If necessary, these were enclosed within the hat area through defined boundaries. Hat stones marked the border lines. They had consecutive numbers and, depending on the district, different labels such as letter abbreviations and a year.
Since hat stones have so far only been found or mentioned in northern and central Hesse , these could be a regional peculiarity. There are localities among others:
- On the western roof of the Reinhardswald near Mariendorf, the Ahlberg-Mariendorf cultural history eco path, which runs on the western flank of the Ahlberg and the Ahlberg settlement there, offers a historical hat stone and an information board about the history of hat forest use in the 18th century.
- On the Schwengeberg in the Langenberg Mountains west of Baunatal .
- Another Hutewald district was in the Biedenkopf district , where 72 hat stones marked a hat border between the communities of Dexbach and Engelbach in 1792 . In the Hinterland Museum Schloss Biedenkopf , a hat stone from this district was presented as exhibit of the month of August 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hutestein , info page of the Eco Path Cultural History Ahlberg-Mariendorf , on eco-pfade.de
- ↑ A hat stone ... in the Hinterland Museum Schloss Biedenkopf ... ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release No. 281/2013 of July 31, 2013, on marburg-biedenkopf.de
