Raue Steine, Natural monument near Wolfhagen, Germany.

Raue Steine is a group of four Buntsandstein rock formations located in Habichtswald Nature Park near Wolfhagen. These geological structures rise from the landscape at about 366 meters above sea level and form distinct rocky outcrops.

The rock formations developed approximately 243 million years ago from sedimentary deposits. Medieval quarrying activities extracted stone for local building projects and left visible marks on the rock surfaces.

The rocks show traces of medieval stone-working, probably where blocks were split for building. After World War II about ten youths from Bründersen formed a secret group, the Bande der Schwarzen Hand, and set up a weapons cache at the rocks with rifles and ammunition taken from Allied troops stationed nearby. A boy died in an accident with live ammunition, the police searched the site, and the group disbanded; the weapons had been reburied elsewhere and were never found.

A parking area near the former Monschein restaurant along Federal Road 251 provides easy access to the site. Multiple hiking trails surround the area, allowing visitors to explore the rocks from different viewpoints.

The rock surfaces display distinctive honeycomb weathering patterns created over millions of years of natural erosion. This geological feature is characteristic of sandstone formations in this region.