Querkelstein Rock Formation

The rock formation owes its name to a legend.The Querkel stones in the Hohenstein Forest still remind us of the Querkels today. These little people rarely came to the villages. Only when the ground was frozen solid and they couldn't dig for ore did they come and help the farmers with threshing. In return, they received a few small pieces of bread as gifts. The gold and silver they dug in large quantities from the mountains were carefully hidden from the farmers' view in their caves. Once, when a farmer from Stöppach, a village near Hohenstein, beat the dwarves because they had cut off a small portion of his bread and meat during his absence, they never came to the villages again. From that day on, the dwarf people disappeared forever from human sight, and the Querkel caves stood empty.
Source: untersiemau.de/freizeit-kultur/siemauer-sagenwelten/querkelsteig/querkelsage

In the Hohenstein Forest there are some very exciting old paths and stone steps to discover, including the Querkelstein. The human interventions on the sandstone rocks can be traced back to the owners of Hohenstein Castle, who had the stones worked on in the 19th century.There is also a legend about the Querkelstein, which can be found after a short internet search.

Here are several rock formations, all just a stone's throw apart and not far from Hohenstein Castle.