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Historical landmark

Your next hiking route: From Burdorf via the individual Fluen in the direction of Hasle and then in the direction of Emme and Emmenweg back to Burgdorf. This route is super beautiful and includes almost everything. Dirt road, short steep climbs, longer flat sections, a river and lots of nature. Everything a hiker's heart desires.

At this point there is a sandstone pit, which can be accessed from the back through a tunnel. In the pit there is a fireplace and various wooden chairs made from tree trunks. In the summer a shady place to grill. "You enter the pit through a tunnel that the users once excavated. Mining began in the 16th century. At that time, a lot of millstones were needed, a pit near Oberramsern could no longer meet the demand. This was the decision of the Great Council of Solothurn In 1527 a local miller was commissioned to quarry stone near Ober Bockstein on its land. After a few years, however, the miller gave up, as it turned out that his sandstone was too soft for millstones. In 1777, operations resumed in the Upper Bockstein Bockstein-Grube. Above all stove plates were now made from the sandstone. The last stone carver, the "Grubendurs", lived with his wife, the "Grubenänni" until 1890 on site, where the two had set up makeshift in a cave-like niche, as stated on the information board." Source: web.

The hiking trail on the rocks has been closed since winter 😳

Boulder in Hessigkofen: a 920 cubic meter "African" Erratic blocks like the mighty 4x4x3 meter boulder in the forest near Hessigkofen have traveled far. It comes from the Valais and was brought here by glaciation in one of the 13 advances of the Ice Age. But geologically speaking, it is an Arola gneiss rock, formerly from Africa.

The rocks are spectacular and great for hiking!

Revitalization project of the communities of Bätterkinden and Utzensdorf to leave the formerly heavily built-up course of the Emme back to nature. Construction project between 2019-2021.

In the 16th century, millstones were broken in "Ober Bockstein" for a few years. However, these rather soft sandstones were not particularly suitable as grinding stones. The grounds have not been exploited in the Fogle for centuries. Only in 1977 stones were broken again and from 1847 these beautiful stones were only hewn as stove plates. The last Steinhauser, the "Grubendurs", lived with his wife, the "Grubenänni" until his death in 1890 in the pit, which was poorly furnished.