Svantekah boulder on the beach of Ruschvitz, © H. Seelenbinder
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Between Glowe and Bobbin lies this former manor Ruschvitz not far from the steep coast. It one of those places where the privateer Klaus Störtebeker is said to have been born. The ice age left the Svantekahs there, the Holy Stone, a popular motif that fascinates painters and photographers.

The Svantekahs boulder is located directly on the Baltic Sea beach northwest of Ruschwitz. The name Svantekahs means "holy stone" in Old Slavic.

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