The Bodostein was erected to commemorate Count Bodo von Oeynhausen on the Forstweg in the Eggegebirge (direction "Black Cross") near Langeland, where Count Bodo von Oeynhausen is said to have killed a capital deer of fourteen, the village chronicler reports: "These huge stones come from the Velmerstot and were brought here by driburg carters with wagons and six horses. "
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A prominent waypoint on the Eggeost slope, from here it is not far to the Black Cross, the EGV shelter Langeland and the Emmer spring. Geocachers should take a closer look. 👀

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Location: Bad Driburg, Höxter, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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