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A former chalk and marl mine operated by the nearby "Stern" Portland cement factory, founded in 1862 and owned by the Toepffer family. In 1925, a sudden flood of groundwater through a layer of permeable sand led to the quarry's opening. The quarry quickly filled with water. People were immediately evacuated. The quarry was flooded. Emerald Lake was created, which owes its color and name to the high calcium carbonate content in the water and the reflection of light from the chalk bed. In good weather, railway wagons and even workers' tools can still be seen at the bottom of the lake. A concrete bridge, part of the railway track used to transport chalk output to the nearby cement plant, still stands near the lake today.

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The Groński boulder is an erratic boulder: a colossus. It has been a natural monument since 1956. And who was Groński? Stanisław Groński was a Polish mountaineer and a pioneer of tourism in the Szczecin region, as you will learn from the information placed on the boulder itself. Mr. Groński died a tragic death during an expedition to Mont Blanc in 1957.

Carl Ludwig Gené (born May 8, 1820 in Kossenblatt, died June 16, 1893 near Szczecin) – German forester of French origin He studied at the Forstakademie in Eberswalde. In the years 1849–1855 he held the position of district forester in Inowrocław, and from 1863 in Śmierdnica near Szczecin. In 1870 he discovered lignite deposits near Kłobuck. He was a lover of the Beech Forest and a discoverer of its natural, landscape and tourist values. He marked out new roads and walking trails in its area and designated viewpoints. He also discovered numerous erratic boulders and monumental trees. Around 1870, on the grounds of the forest nursery established in 1823 in Glinna, he began planting rare and original species of trees, which consequently led to the creation of a dendrological garden that exists to this day. He died on June 16, 1893 in the Bukowa Forest, shot by a poacher. In 1894, the Bukowa Forest Lovers' Society funded a monument to Carl Ludwig Gené, located on Piekielnik Hill in the Bukowa Forest.

Groński's boulder was protected as a natural monument in 1956. Previously, it was called the Aleksander Świętochowski Stone or Bolkowy Głaz, in honour of Bolesław Krzywousty. The boulder is 1235 cm in circumference, 450 cm long and about 150 cm high. It also has a hole for placing an explosive charge. In 1959, a plaque was placed on the boulder with the inscription "In memory of Stanisław Groński, a leading Polish mountaineer, a pioneer of tourism in the Szczecin Region. He died in the Mount Blanc massif in August 1957." Stanisław Groński was a very colourful character. He was passionate about the mountains, which was partly due to his origins. He was the son of a Tatra juhas. He went on many expeditions to the Alps and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. During World War II, he supported partisans from the Polish Underground State. Later, fate brought him to Szczecin. He settled there with his family. Even though he worked for the Polish State Railways, he was completely absorbed by local studies. He became an expert and a bard of Western Pomerania. He never forgot about the mountains, and they never forgot about him. He died in 1957 while traversing Mont Blanc. The boulder bearing his name in the Bukowa Forest is not the only one. His memory was also honored with symbolic plaques in the Julian Alps, at the Tatra Symbolic Cemetery near Osterwa and at the cemetery in Chamonix.

The Heart Boulder is also called the Mill Stone or Mill Wheel. All these names refer to the shape of this erratic. It is a flat block of granite that resembles both of these things. It was entered into the register of natural monuments by the Resolution of the Stare Czarnowo Commune Council of 25.10.2004. Like many erratic boulders in the Beech Forest, this one is also impressive in size. Its circumference is 14.5 m and it is 1.5 m high. The width measured in the east-west direction is 4.5 m, while the length in the north-south direction is 4.2 m.

The intersection of the Royal Path to Bukowiec (black trail) with Zielawa (red trail)

Carl Ludwig Gené (born May 8, 1820 in Kossenblatt, died June 16, 1893 near Szczecin) – German forester of French origin He studied at the Forstakademie in Eberswalde. In the years 1849–1855 he held the position of district forester in Inowrocław, and from 1863 in Śmierdnica near Szczecin. In 1870 he discovered lignite deposits near Kłobuck. He was a lover of the Beech Forest and a discoverer of its natural, landscape and tourist values. He marked out new roads and walking trails in its area and designated viewpoints. He also discovered numerous erratic boulders and monumental trees. Around 1870, on the grounds of the forest nursery established in 1823 in Glinna, he began planting rare and original species of trees, which consequently led to the creation of a dendrological garden that exists to this day. He died on June 16, 1893 in the Bukowa Forest, shot by a poacher. In 1894, the Bukowa Forest Lovers' Society funded a monument to Carl Ludwig Gené, located on Piekielnik Hill in the Bukowa Forest.