WĄGROWIEC, GM. WĄGROWIEC, POV. WĄGROWIECKI

The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland states that from the east of the town of Wągrowiec, by the road "from the bridge on the Welna River to the town of Straszewo", a wooden statue of St. Adalbert was said to stand, at the foot of which lay a large boulder with two hollows. According to local tradition, these were the footprints of St. Adalbert, who, while walking this way to Prussia, was said to have rested on the stone. A number of fragments of clay vessels and urns with bone remains were discovered around the stone in the 19th century. German archaeologist H. Hockenbeck described it: "This boulder ley in the field and only the upper, oval side of it looks out of the ground. On it a round hole 8 cm in diameter, and 5.5 cm deep. At a distance of 13.5 cm there is still a gouge 13.5 cm long, 8 cm wide and 2 cm deep. The quadrangular gouge seems to be later, because its edges are still sharp, while the circular one is already heavily obliterated." The boulder could not be located in the field, most likely it was destroyed.

Sources of information: Koehler 1895, 417-418; Baruch 1907, 46-47; field queries