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Lower Saxony
Osnabrück
Belm

Butterstein (Gattberg, Belm)

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Osnabrück
Belm

Butterstein (Gattberg, Belm)

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Butterstein (Gattberg, Belm)

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    1. Butterstein (Gattberg, Belm) loop from Vehrte

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    November 14, 2020

    BUTTERSTONE

    The butter stone in the Gattberg near Belm is a boulder, i.e. a large alien boulder. It was transported from Scandinavia to its present deposit by glaciers from the penultimate Ice Age, about 200,000 to 120,000 years ago.

    Like large areas of the Wiehengebirge, the entire Gattberg is littered with such boulders.

    The butter stone, roughly square in outline, whose name cannot be interpreted with certainty, is one of the largest. Its sides are about 3.40 m long, and it protrudes 1.40 m from the ground. Its weight including the

    part hidden in the earth, will open

    estimated about 1400 quintals.

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      beautiful stones in the middle of the forest

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        February 20, 2023

        On the Gattberg you will encounter a lot of boulders from the ice age, the Butterberg is one of them.

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          Location: Belm, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

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