Today the grave can be regarded as completely destroyed. The only remnant that remained is a great capstone, on which the name of the tomb still remains. During excavations around the stone, further traces of a megalithic grave could be found (like many granite stones that don't come from the big stone itself).
The German name 'Prinzenstein' - 'Prince stone' is derived from 2 popular legends about the grave:
The first legend is about a Danish prince who is said to have married the miller's daughter from the nearby mill in Bademühlen and who is said to have met her secretly at this stone.
The second legend also tells of a Danish prince. This is said to have died in the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648) and was buried here with a golden sword.
According to a report from 1893 by local historian and curator Johannes Müller, the second legend leded to the total destruction of the grave to a considerable extent, as looters and grave robbers kept looking for the golden sword for a long time. In several reports from 1886, the megalithic grave was already in a destroyed state at this time.