HEUBACHER SCHUKSTEIN ("SHOE STONE") The cubical sandstone from 1886 is without doubt an old boundary stone between the parishes Heubach and Gross-Umstadt. Council protocols document the dispute over the boundary and how it repeatedly ended in a fracas until the peaceful setting of the boundary stones. This is testified by the names of the mayors of both communities and several sworn field jurors inscribed on the sides facing the relevant community. Voluntary sworn field jurors were used to supervise boundaries between the 13th century and 1900. They had the right to establish boundaries and implement the demarcation and division of land. However, the name of the stone ("Shoe Stone") refers to the shoe sole imprint on the top, which, according to the legend, was already there before it was used as a boundary stone. There are two slightly different stories associated with the footprint, both concerned with the unhappy love between Siegbert Ganss of Otzberg and Adelgunde of Breuberg. In the oral tradition, both parents did not accept this relationship. This made Siegbert really furious. So much so that on their last date together at their usual meeting place, which lay halfway between the two parental castles, he stomped on the stone with all his might as he pledged everlasting faithfulness to Adelgunde as they parted. The former teacher and author from Heubach Johann Luft tells a slightly different version of the story in his "Novellas and Stories" from 1849. In this case, Siegbert still had to convince Adelgunde that his love was true: "Dear God, let my kick for ever bear witness of my undying love for you! - And see, the knight's foot left a deep print in the solid rock and from that moment on the stone was known as the Shoe Stone." Even today it is rumoured, though less dramatically, that the person whose shoe fits the footprint will own the Otzberg...