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Gellerser Anfang Boundary Stone

Gellerser Anfang Boundary Stone

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Gellerser Anfang Boundary Stone

Name: Gellerser Anfang Boundary Stone
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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Location: Westergellersen, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Kathrin unterwegs

October 30, 2020

As part of the landscape protection area of the district of Lüneburg (LSG LG 00001), south of Westergellersen, the Gellerser Anfang forest area, which is managed by the Garlstorfer Wald monastery district forest ranger, is located in which there are historical boundary stones. The oldest of them were erected at the behest of George II (King of Great Britain and Ireland as well as German Elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 1727 to 1760) to mark the border between manorial forest and farm forest in this, in the administrative area of the Winsen office the forest.

The Georg-Rex stone made of hewn sandstone and named after it with the monogram of the king - consisting of the interwoven capital letters G (George) and R (Rex = Latin king) and the Roman number II, which also has the Roman number I marks the beginning of this anticlockwise petrified border, which at that time surrounded the forest, on the northern edge of the forest area on the way from Kirchgellersen to Putensen (Salzhausen). The inscription reads: "GELLERSER ANFANG", followed by the year "ANNO MDCCXLVI" (1746) and the four other Latin words: "FORESTUM HOCCE TRANSACTIONE ACQUISITUM". Rolf Kliemann translated the message of the stone in the Westergellerser Chronik as follows: "'In 1746 this forest was acquired by Georg II. [...] through comparison with the previous interested parties (farmers)" ".

However, this stone was only set in 1752, and the name Gellerser did not even exist at the beginning of 1746 at the time of the recession, which regulated the new rights and ownership in this "core of the even larger Gellerser woodwork".

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Kathrin unterwegs

October 30, 2020

In addition to a large Gellers forest area, there is also a weighty boundary stone with a lettered front facing the sandy path, the name "Gellerser Anfang".

The unusual name is not to be explained in the sense of "beginning", but comes from "catch" (= to hunt) and accordingly refers to a hunting area.

The letters G and R appear in large letters on the stone. This refers to George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, who ruled from 1727 to 1760 and thus owned the forest.

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Martina

February 21, 2021

A trip to the old homeland is always worthwhile! 👍
There are beautiful hiking trails around the beginning of Gellers and, if you can believe the locals, you can even see "wild" animals ... 😉

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Gellerser Anfang Boundary Stone

1. Gellersen Forest Kindergarten – Cloister Walk loop from Südergellersen

2. Cloister Walk – Hambörn Observation Tower loop from Kirchgellersen

3. Cloister Walk – Bakery Müller loop from Kirchgellersen

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