Waschstein (Vilm)

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Waschstein (center of the picture, above the headland), view from the north from the Großer Vilm

The washing stone is a boulder on the shore of the island of Vilm in the district of Western Pomerania-Rügen . The stone is registered as a geotope at the State Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania under the number G2_092 .

The boulder is located on the west bank of the Mittelvilms, which is designated as a total reserve , and is about 20 meters from the bank in the water of the Greifswald Bodden . The water depth of the site is 0.3 meters. It is made of granite , is 3.8 m long, 2.2 m wide and 2.1 m high. Its volume is given as around 9 m³.

The washing stone is the subject of legends. This is how mermaids were seen on the stone . A swan also picked up babies here to bring them from the washing stone to the houses in the surrounding villages.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geotope registration document: Foundling Waschstein Insel Vilm. ( PDF ; 7 kB) State Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , accessed on August 13, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Norbert Buske : Vilm - The story of an island. thomasius verlag 1994, page 16.

Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 9.3 ″  N , 13 ° 31 ′ 47.6 ″  E