Hunger stone

A hunger stone is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe. Hunger stones serve as famine memorials and warnings and were erected in Germany and in ethnic German settlements throughout Europe in the 15th through 19th centuries.
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Photo: Sastognuti, Public domain.
  • Type: Stone
  • Description: stone that is normally covered by a body of water but exposed during periods of drought
  • Also known as: “hunger stone” and “Hunger Stone”
  • Inscription: “1952, 2003, 2015”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include City Church St. Mary in Königstein and Königstein Fortress.

Church
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is situated 180 metres south of Hunger stone.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
, the " ", is a hilltop fortress near , in , , above the town of on the left bank of the River Elbe.

Historic site
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is a historic site, which is situated 260 metres south of Hunger stone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pfaffendorf and Thürmsdorf.

Village
Photo: Norbert Kaiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Dirk Schmidt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Hunger stone.

Hunger stone

Latitude
50.91991° or 50° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude
14.07223° or 14° 4′ 20″ east
Open location code
9F2PW39C+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9945627682
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1637901
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hunger stone” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أحجار الجوع”
  • Arabic: “حجارة الجوع”
  • Armenian: “սովի քարեր”
  • Armenian: “Սովի քարեր”
  • Basque: “Gosearen harria”
  • Catalan: “Pedra de la fam”
  • Chinese: “饥饿之石”
  • Czech: “hladové kameny”
  • Czech: “hladový kámen”
  • Dutch: “hongersteen”
  • Dutch: “Hongersteen”
  • Esperanto: “malsatŝtono”
  • French: “Hungerstein”
  • French: “pierre de la faim”
  • French: “Pierre de la faim”
  • German: “Hungerstein”
  • German: “Hungersteine”
  • Hebrew: “סלע רעב”
  • Italian: “Pietra della fame”
  • Japanese: “ハンガーストーン”
  • Korean: “헝거 스톤”
  • Latvian: “Bada akmens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “hungersten”
  • Persian: “سنگ‌های گرسنگی”
  • Persian: “هانگر استون”
  • Polish: “Kamień głodowy”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra da fome”
  • Russian: “Камни голода”
  • Spanish: “marcador del nivel de las aguas”
  • Spanish: “Piedra del hambre”
  • Spanish: “piedras del hambre”
  • Swedish: “hungersten”
  • Swedish: “Hungersten”
  • Thai: “หินแห่งความหิวโหย”
  • Turkish: “Açlık taşı”
  • Ukrainian: “«голодний камінь»”
  • Ukrainian: “Камінь голоду”

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