Large and Small Markgrafenstein

Here are the largest boulders in the region. At one you can see the spot where a piece of the boulder was blown off. The large stone bowl that still stands today in front of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin was made from it.

The margrave stones embody millennia-old history. After Brandenburg they came through the Saale ice age about 300 000 years ago. The Great Markkgrafenstein was then worked on and reduced by humans. According to Schinkel's plans, it was already made by Morris, a large stone bowl in front of the Altes Museum in Berlin.
Today, the great Markgrafenstein is also used by free climbers for climbing exercises.

The Markgrafensteine, a legacy of the last ice age, have a really impressive size. At the highest point, which is at least 153m high, you have a nice overview of the landscape.