Wolfstein (Stromberg)

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Wolfsstein in the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park

The Wolfstein im Stromberg is a memorial with a memorial inscription for the last wolf killed in Württemberg . It is located in the forest between the Spielberg district of Sachsenheim and Cleebronn . It is reminiscent of the hunt for the "monster" which is said to have killed 50 sheep within a year. The wolf was tracked down and shot on March 10, 1847 through tracks in the snow. The wolf was then stuffed and is now exhibited in the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart .

This stone is one of about 30 wolf stones in Germany. It shows a wolf's head with its tongue hanging out, the year 1847 and underneath an inscription that reads:

“
The last wolf in Württ was shot here on March 10, 1847
by Waldschütz Sorg
from Eibensbach.
He had killed
over 50 sheep in the area in a
year. Today the wolf
stands groomed in the
Staatl. Natural History Museum
                                1969 "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Buck: The big book from Stromberg-Heuchelberg. Nature, culture, history, places . 1st edition. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 3-87407-704-7 , p. 155 .
  2. ↑ Did the last wolf in Württemberg die near Neudenau?

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 42 "  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 59.3"  E