Case file · Cosmic event
The Ensisheim meteorite
On 7 November 1492, a 127 kg stone fell with a thunderclap into a wheat field near Ensisheim, Alsace, the oldest European meteorite fall with surviving material.
1492 CE · 47.87, 7.35 · status: official
The account
Emperor Maximilian treated it as a sign from God, and Sebastian Brant's broadsheets spread the news across Europe. The stone was chained in the church and is still kept in Ensisheim.