The Basaltblocks of the Ketzersteins at Liebenscheid-Weißenberg have a very strange property: Whoever is leaving here on his compass comes from the right way. At the Ketzerstein is always north, no matter from which direction one comes. Witchcraft?
The Basaltblocks of the Ketzersteins at Liebenscheid-Weißenberg have a very strange property: Whoever is leaving here on his compass comes from the right way. At the Ketzerstein is always north, no matter from which direction one comes. Witchcraft? No, there is a simple explanation: the high iron content of the rock irritates any compass needle. We are happy as the children bounce about this strange phenomenon, bounce, with the compass in hand, around the stone witnesses of past volcano activity. If we had been observed a hundred years ago, we might have thought of our strange contortions for pagan rituals. But the Ketzerstein is probably not a pagan sacrificial altar, as is often suspected. It owes its name to a border crossing, also called "cat", to freedom Liebenscheid. It may also have its name from the nearby "Katzenhausen". But the insane is sometimes human, the trick with the compass needle is apt.
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