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Story summary
- The Decin hunger stone reappears as water recedes during the 2026 drought in the Czech Republic.
- A 2020 Climate of the Past study shows that many of the stone’s dates correspond to documented low-water periods.
- Bernd Gross’s 2019 research identifies innkeeper F. Mayer as the carver of the July 18 1904 inscription.
- River works in 1904 threatened the stone’s removal, leading the Tetschen Boatmen’s Cooperative to preserve it.
