Medieval memorial stone (Sünestein) in Palinger Heide and Teschow Peninsula

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Northwest Mecklenburg

Selmsdorf

Medieval memorial stone (Sünestein) in Palinger Heide and Teschow Peninsula

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Medieval memorial stone (Sünestein) in Palinger Heide and Teschow Peninsula

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Palinger Heide und Halbinsel Teschow

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Location: Selmsdorf, Northwest Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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June 6, 2020

Hiking

This medieval memorial stone is a floor monument, next to it is a stele, and a bit away a seating area for a short break.

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May 24, 2021

Hiking

A sin stone, which was usually set up as a memorial stone for murdered travelers in the Middle Ages. See photos for details.

A few dozen meters further in the direction of Teschow there is a sign for the village of Teschow.

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SunnyB

October 31, 2025

Cycling

Such stone monuments were primarily erected for someone who died at the site, either by family members or by the perpetrator of the murder, who had been obligated to do so by arbitration as part of a reconciliation agreement. Commonly, they are therefore also known as expiation stones or murder memorials.

This stele, with its horseshoe-shaped headpiece made of Gotlandic limestone, was erected on the medieval trade route between Dassow and Lübeck. It is dedicated to Marquard Börzöw; little is known about the circumstances of his death here.

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