Free for your new discoveries – the Kälbersteine with their sun sanctuaries.
The Kälbersteine (487 m) are the central ridge in the middle of the Upper Lusatian Mountains. On a rock massif there is a natural viewing platform with a view towards the 1000-year-old Bautzen. According to tradition, the name originated during the Thirty Years' War. At that time, the local farmers drove their cattle onto the mountain to find protection and refuge here.
A special feature, discovered by the friends of the archaeoastronomy working group as a calendrical solar observation phenomenon, can be found on the high plateau. A sight opening offers the possibility of determining the two solstices and the equinoxes. A board with a lot of interesting information provides extensive details about this granite formation.
A widely branched network of hiking trails from the surrounding villages connects the region and can be experienced from all directions of the compass.
