Stamp point 206 / Hahnestein

The Hahnestein is located in Hohegeiß between the “Bechlerstein” hiking parking lot and the Hinterer Ebersberg (686 m above sea level).

The memo­r­i­al stone com­mem­o­rates the Hohegeiß for­est work­er Wil­helm Hahne (1865 — 1952). He start­ed work­ing as a lum­ber­jack at the age of 15, did not want to know about his well-earned retire­ment at the age of 65 and worked in the for­est until he was 85. In recog­ni­tion of his 70 years of work, the forestry office had a memo­r­i­al stone erect­ed for him in 1951, the unveil­ing of which the hon­ored man was able to wit­ness in person. 

A good start­ing point is the “Bech­ler­stein” for­est park­ing lot and bar­be­cue area. A memo­r­i­al stone there com­mem­o­rates the dis­trict pen­sion­er Her­mann Bech­ler from Blanken­burg, who lost his bear­ings in a snow­storm on the foot­path to Zorge in 1886 and froze to death here. 

Vom Bech­ler­stein gelangt man über die Wolfs­bach­straße, die Willibald-Ihmann-Köte und den Hor­i­zon­tal­weg zum Hahnestein. Über die Wolfs­bach­straße kann man die Wan­derung forset­zen zu den Dick­en Tan­nen HWN 45.