{"id":16657,"date":"2016-02-11T12:42:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamp-point-16-ferdinands-stone\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:07:08","slug":"stamp-point-16-ferdinands-stone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-16-ferdinands-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 16 \/ Ferdinand\u2019s Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Ferdinand Stone commemorates the last free-living wolf that was killed by Count Ferdinand zu Stolberg-Wernigerode and is located on the Schindelstieg above Ilsenburg.<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-89e1006\" data-block-id=\"89e1006\"><style>.stk-89e1006 {margin-top:3% !important;margin-bottom:3% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rock in the forest with inscription Ferdinand's Stone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Ferdinandsstein-Ellen-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"pda-abody-p\">The hunt for the wolf and the sub\u00adse\u00adquent cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion on 29.03.1798 seem to have been strange. Count Fer\u00addi\u00adnand invit\u00aded the entire hunt\u00ading par\u00adty to a&nbsp;cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion, which they glad\u00adly accept\u00aded. The hunters and marks\u00admen came to the fes\u00adti\u00adval house togeth\u00ader and were accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by 16 young girls, who brought a&nbsp;lamb from each sheep farm in gratitude.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-stackable-blockquote stk-block-blockquote stk-block stk-0f11ecd is-style-simple\" data-v=\"2\" data-block-id=\"0f11ecd\"><style>.stk-0f11ecd {margin-top:3% !important;margin-bottom:3% !important;}<\/style><div class=\"has-text-align-left stk-block-blockquote__content stk-container stk-0f11ecd-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon stk-block-icon stk-block stk-37f868f\" data-block-id=\"37f868f\"><style>.stk-37f868f {top:-50px !important;left:-50px !important;position:absolute !important;opacity:0.2 !important;}.stk-37f868f .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child{height:200px !important;width:200px !important;}.stk-37f868f .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child, .stk-37f868f .stk--svg-wrapper .stk--inner-svg svg:last-child :is(g, path, rect, polygon, ellipse){fill:var(--theme-palette-color-5, #AF9E7E) !important;}<\/style><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg style=\"height:0;width:0\"><defs><linearGradient id=\"linear-gradient-37f868f\" x1=\"0\" x2=\"100%\" y1=\"0\" y2=\"0\"><stop offset=\"0%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-37-f-868-f-color-1)\" \/><stop offset=\"100%\" style=\"stop-opacity:1;stop-color:var(--linear-gradient-37-f-868-f-color-2)\" \/><\/linearGradient><\/defs><\/svg><svg viewBox=\"0 0 50 50\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><path d=\"M22.6 12.8c-1.9.5-3.7 1.2-5.3 2.1-1.6.9-3.1 1.9-4.3 3-1.2 1.1-2.2 2.4-2.9 3.7-.7 1.3-1.1 2.7-1.1 4 0 1.2.1 1.8.3 1.8.8 0 1.5-.3 2.4-.9.8-.6 1.9-.9 3.3-.9 2.1 0 3.9.8 5.4 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.7 2.3 6.2s-1 4.6-2.9 6.4c-1.9 1.8-4.3 2.6-7.3 2.6-1.8 0-3.4-.4-4.9-1.1-1.5-.8-2.8-1.8-3.9-3.1s-2-2.8-2.6-4.6C.3 32.5 0 30.6 0 28.6c0-3 .6-5.8 1.8-8.3 1.2-2.5 2.8-4.8 4.9-6.7 2-1.9 4.4-3.5 7.2-4.6 2.8-1.2 5.6-1.8 8.6-2v5.8zm27.4 0c-1.9.5-3.7 1.2-5.4 2.1-1.7.9-3.1 1.9-4.3 3-1.2 1.1-2.2 2.4-2.9 3.7-.7 1.3-1.1 2.7-1.1 4 0 1.2.1 1.8.4 1.8.8 0 1.5-.3 2.3-.9.8-.6 1.9-.9 3.3-.9 2 0 3.8.8 5.3 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.7 2.3 6.2s-1 4.6-2.9 6.4c-2 1.8-4.4 2.6-7.3 2.6-1.7 0-3.3-.4-4.8-1.1-1.5-.8-2.8-1.8-3.9-3.1s-2-2.8-2.7-4.6c-.7-1.8-1-3.7-1-5.7 0-3 .6-5.8 1.8-8.3 1.2-2.5 2.8-4.8 4.9-6.7 2-1.9 4.4-3.5 7.2-4.6 2.8-1.2 5.7-1.8 8.8-2v5.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a630a5a\" data-block-id=\"a630a5a\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #1b5700);\" class=\"stk-highlight\"><strong>A hunter pre\u00adsent\u00aded the Count with the wolf\u2019s bel\u00adlows and the fol\u00adlow\u00ading verse:<\/strong><\/span><br><br><em>Here is the bel\u00adlows of the mon\u00adster that Fer\u00addi\u00adnand killed, the hunter pays him his thanks, the stag at safe pas\u00adture and peace\u00adful\u00adly the shep\u00adherd\u2019s flock offers a&nbsp;lamb in gratitude.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"pda-abody-p\">C. G. Friedrich Bred\u00ader\u00adlow reports in his Harz trav\u00adel guide of 1846 that a&nbsp;claw was nailed above the door of the inn built in 1776&nbsp;in hon\u00ador of the prince\u00adly rel\u00ada\u00adtive Friedrich Erd\u00admann von K\u00f6then-Pless, with a&nbsp;note under\u00adneath stat\u00ading that Count Fer\u00addi\u00adnand had killed a&nbsp;wolf near\u00adby in&nbsp;1798.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"pda-abody-p\">The Fer\u00addi\u00adnand\u00adstein can be reached via the Gasthaus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamping-point-7-plessenburg-inn\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"499\">Plessen\u00adburg HWN 7<\/a> and the sign\u00adpost\u00aded path to the Schin\u00addel\u00adstieg. From the Fer\u00addi\u00adnand\u00adstein, you can hike back to Ilsen\u00adburg via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-6-bremer-huette-upper-ilse-falls\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"492\">Bre\u00admer H\u00fctte HWN 6<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fer\u00addi\u00adnand Stone com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrates the last free-liv\u00ading wolf that was killed by Count Fer\u00addi\u00adnand zu Stol\u00adberg-Wernigerode and is locat\u00aded on the Schin\u00addel\u00adstieg above Ilsen\u00adburg. The hunt for the wolf and the sub\u00adse\u00adquent cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion on 29.03.1798 seem to have been strange. Count Fer\u00addi\u00adnand invit\u00aded the entire hunt\u00ading par\u00adty to a&nbsp;cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion, which they glad\u00adly accept\u00aded. 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