Pomeranian

"Devil's stone" in the riverbed of the Wierzyca River. Granitogneiss with a circumference of 8 m and a height of 2.5 m.
According to legend, at the request of the local population used by the Teutonic Knights to build a church, the devil intended to destroy the tower of the temple in Pelplin with a stone. As he was trying to throw it, the church bells calling the faithful to mass were killed. The devil lost his power and dropped the stone, which fell into the river. According to a second account, the devil threw the stone into the river in an attempt to stop its course.
Another version of the account says that the devil didn't like that the Cistercians had undertaken the construction of a church in Pelpin and decided to destroy the temple. However, he searched too long for a suitable boulder, and when he found it and carried it, dawn found him in the air and a rooster crowed. The devil, having lost his power, dropped the stone into the current of the Wierzyca River.
According to records cited by O. Oleschko, in the 2nd half of the 17th century the Cistercians of Pelplin were said to perform exorcisms over the boulder because it brought misfortune to the area. During the ritual, steam gushed from under the stone. The boulder is very difficult to find and view, with no signage.

Sources of information: Landowski 1981, 92-103; Czernicka-Chodkowska 1980, 36-37; Czernicka-Chodkowska 1977, 30; Grzyb 2001; http://historyczny.epelplin.pl/podania-i-legendy/opracowanialegendy/odiabelskim-kamieniu/ (accessed February 20, 2023); Oleschko 2021, 97-112; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 53.941169, 18.683298

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"Devil's Stone" or "Great Stone". Microclinoidal granite with a circumference of 13.2 m and a height of 2.2 m, at the Lubiana-Ludwikowo road junction. According to legend, the devil used the boulder to plan to destroy the Upland Gate in Gdansk, through which the local people were heading to the Dominican indulgence.
Before dawn, he stopped near Owśnice, while he drilled a hole in the boulder to take refuge in it during the day. Local residents hammered a cross into the hole, thus trapping the devil in the rock.

Information sources: Mamelski 2001, 68-70; Kajkowski 2008, 333; Czernicka-Chodkowska 1980, 34

Geographic coordinates: 54.147033, 17.907363

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An erratic boulder, medium-grained granite, called "Great Stone", "Cracked Stone", "Devil's Stone". Its circumference is 16 m, its height reaches 3 m. On the surface of the boulder is visible a crack
formed by mechanical weathering. According to legend, the boulder was brought on a chain by the devil, the crack is supposed to be a trace of his attachment. He was supposed to have done so as a result of a bet with a local peasant, who promised the devil his soul in exchange for his help in building a causeway across the lake. When the construction was nearing completion, the peasant's wife crowed like a rooster, the devil lost his power and abandoned on the lake shore the boulders needed to build the crossing.

Sources of information: Czernicka-Chodkowska 1977, 29-30; https://kartuzy.info/artykul/diabelski-kamienw-nowej/887671 (accessed February 12, 2023); field search

Geographic coordinates: 54.424108, 18.006389

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The erratic boulder known as the "Devil's Stone." Biotite gneiss with a circumference of 13.6 and a height of 2.1 m.
According to legend, the devil named Purtik, who lived in a cave in Mechowa, decided to destroy the church in the village because he could not stand the services held there. He went to Sweden in search of
a suitable stone to press into the temple. On the way back he laboriously carried the heavy boulder, but his leg ached and his shoe broke, which he had to repair. As he neared, dawn broke and a hen crowed in a nearby village. The devil, having lost his power, dropped the boulder and, angered, began scratching and kicking it with his hoof, traces of which are supposed to be the scratches visible on its surface today. At the highest point of the boulder there is a forging in the shape of an isosceles cross.

Sources of information: Czernicka-Chodkowska 1980, 21; Proszynski 1988, 63; Oleschko 2021, 107; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 54.727313, 18.210777

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Porphyry, with a perimeter of 2.9 meters and a height of 0.6 meters, called "God's Foot" or "Angel Stone", located in a wooded area. The stone is mentioned in 1281 as "a certain stone, located by the public road, which they call God's Foot (Bozistopka)" in the privilege of Mestwin, in which the prince grants the village of Swiecin with privileges to the monastery in Zarnowiec. The name was repeated in Teutonic Knights' documents in 1342 and a description from the 18th century mentioning a boulder "having the footprint of a seven-year-old boy, which the people call Boża Stopka." Numerous legends are associated with the stone. The first says that the footprint is that of the Lord Jesus, who stood on the stone. Other legends tell of three brothers,
who quarreled and fought with each other. Then the Lord God descended from heaven and, standing on a stone, ordered the brothers to reconcile. His foot was imprinted in the stone. The small hole visible on the surface of the boulder is supposed to be the mark of his staff.

According to another story, an angel appeared to the pagan Pomeranians on the stone, who stomped his foot in exultation and left his footprint in the rock. The local people were then supposed to believe in the divine
power and receive baptism. Another legend mentions devotions being held at the stone
and carrying it in procession while beating drums. A figure was also said to have appeared on the stone, which led the Polish knights to fight the Teutonic Knights (according to another version of the legend with the Swedes).
Next to the stone with a foot are smaller boulders and three boundary mounds. The dimensions of the forging in the shape of the "footprint" are 13 cm long and 5 cm wide.

About 100 meters to the south is a much larger erratic boulder called "Devil's Stone". The biotite gneiss has a circumference of 13.6 m and a height of 2.1 m. The site is marked.

Sources of information: Baruch 1907, 12-13, 50-52; Czernicka-Chodkowska 1980, 22; field queries

Geographic coordinates: 54.729673, 18.207228

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