The history of the forest began in 1976 when the farmer Rode discovered his passion for the preservation of boulders. At that time he began to deposit some boulders in his forest east of the village of Neuenknick. He wanted to keep them from being smashed. Up until now it was customary to smash the stones in the Neuenknick area, which was rich in boulders from the Ice Age.

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This "boulder forest" is unparalleled in size in Germany: around 2000 boulders of almost every size have been collected under great effort since 1976. And in this rocky area more …

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