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This big boulder of Storkestenen
stands in a small square in
Maglebylille / Tømmerup. It used to be
lie in Maglebylille's village pond. It
was erected and carved:
´"FOR DANMARKS BEFRIELSE REJST AF
MAGLEBY BYLAV 5. MAI 1946" : "FOR
THE LIBERATION OF DENMARK RAISED BY
MAGLEBY BYLAV 5 MAY 1946"
Location:
Naviair Alle,
2770 Kastrup, the
southern end.
GPS: 55°36'59.3"N 12°37'51.7"E
55.616469, 12.631018
Size: 3
metres high, 1,1 metres wide and 2,5 meters
long. It is 6,0 metres in
circumference.
Meaning of the
name: It is translated to the
Stork's Stone, due to the legend
Material:
Grey Granite.
Origin: ?
Legend: Old
superstition said that young girls who
stepped on the stone were visited by the
stork before the end of the year. Or;
The stork picked up the small children
by the stone. They date from the time it
was located in the city's pond.
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