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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Wippersteine

Natural Monuments

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Willingshausen

Wippersteine

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Wippersteine

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Location: Willingshausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Wippersteine – Alexanderplatz Rest Area loop from Merzhausen

10.7km

02:54

150m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Wippersteine – Old Quarry Merzhausen loop from Fischbach

10.6km

02:55

170m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Wippersteine – Old Quarry Merzhausen loop from Zella

18.8km

05:07

270m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Michel ✔

February 24, 2024

They have gone down in Hessian history as an archaeological site and nationally as a historical meeting place.
The stone formation no longer protrudes from the ground as impressively as it did in ancient times, as the earth's humus layer has risen by 1.5 - 2 m over time and covers the stone feet.
Archaeologists found very old traces of human blood on the largest stone. They indicate that the seesaw stones were used as a pre-Christian sacrificial place.

From the beginning of the 19th century, the Schwalm Democrats used the Wippchensteine as a meeting place. The emerging political resistance against Napoleon Bonaparte was organized here. Citizens came together for the first time in 1812 against French foreign rule at the Wippchensteine. After that, the Wippchensteine were a secret meeting place against the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, and then in the period from 1830 to 1848 also for democratic meetings with a revolutionary character.
Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wippchensteine

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𝘾.𝘽. 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨

March 31, 2024

A mystical-seeming place on the edge of the forest between Merzhausen and Holzburg. Based on archaeological investigations, it is assumed that the Wippersteine are an ancient sacrificial site.

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Naiser

September 19, 2025

The Wippersteine, a mystical place.
Shrouded in legend, a gathering place for revolutionaries, a place of worship and sacrifice

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Location: Willingshausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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3. Wippersteine – Old Quarry Merzhausen loop from Zella

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