STRZELNO, GM. STRZELNO, POW. MOGILEŃSKI
An erratic boulder near the Church of the Holy Trinity and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strzelno, one of three erratic boulders known as "Strzelno stones." According to tradition, the oblong indentation visible on the boulder is supposed to be a wheel mark from the cart on which St. Adalbert traveled to Prussia to convert pagans. During a storm, the wagon ran over the stone and instead of falling over it miraculously drove over it. According to another version of the story, the cart overturned, but the saint was not hurt. A wheel mark was imprinted on the stone. Another legend says that this is the boulder from which St. Adalbert taught and preached, while the mark is said to be the imprint of his foot. It is also sometimes referred to as a "pagan altar." Originally, the boulder was supposed to lie in the "fields of Strzelin". According to a record from 1835, local people were said to have worshipped the stone and attributed healing powers to it. It was rubbed with knives or other iron tools and so grated to ashes was drunk with water as a cure for fever. The hollow on the boulder is of natural origin. Pink granite with a circumference of
3.5 m, 1.5 m high.
Sources of information: Koehler 1895, 417; Wróblewski 1960, 515; Czernicka-Chodkowska 1980, 62; plaque set by boulder
Geographic coordinates: 52.629488, 18.179485