Weserstein

Three stones mark the Weser’s beginnings and end. Two stand at Hann. Münden where the Fulda and Werra meet at 116.5 metres above sea level. The third sits in Blexen at the start of the Weser’s estuary into the North Sea. The stones sit on the Weserspitze, the northern tip of the Tanzwerder island in Hann. Münden. High above on the Questenberg slope lies the Weserliedanlage, reached from the Weserstein. The Blexer stone stands north of Blexen near the small airfield. The old Weserstein was unveiled on 2 September 1899 and points to the river’s source. Carl Natermann senior, a local industrialist, donated the stone carved from Tertiär-Süßwasserquarzit. His son wrote the patriotic inscription and the stone weighs about 70 hundredweight. It came from the Kaufunger Wald near the former Rinderstall Alm game reserve. A chestnut planted in 1879 beside the stone was felled after storm damage in October 2024. The new Weserstein appeared in 2000 for the EXPO and bears Nedko Solakov’s playful text about the Fulda’s grievances. Visitors find the old and new stones a few metres apart on the Tanzwerder island. The old stone carries a solemn inscription while the new one tells a comic tale of the Fulda’s letters. From here the Weserberglandweg long-distance trail begins. The Blexer stone shows the river’s course and the motto “Von Stein zu Stein, so soll es sein.” It marks the river’s end after a 436-kilometre ride from Hann. Münden by 25 cyclists.