Field Preacher Stone
| Field Preacher Stone Pfaffenstein | |||
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 The field preacher's stone |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 38 '30.9 " N , 11 ° 34' 59" E | ||
| place | Gerbstedt , OT Wethau , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The Feldpredigerstein (also called Pfaffenstein ) is a menhir near Welfesholz , a district of Gerbstedt in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .
Location and description
Today the stone stands halfway between Hettstedt and Gerbstedt, directly on Landstrasse 158, about 1100 m east of the intersection with Landstrasse 72 to Welfesholz and Sandersleben (Anhalt) . Originally he was still in the field. A skeleton was discovered during its implementation. There are two more menhirs in the vicinity: 2.1 km southeast of Gerbstedt stands the menhir , 2.5 km west-northwest the tangled stone .
The menhir consists of lignite quartzite of a whitish-gray color. Its height is 145 cm, the width 55 cm and the depth 50 cm. It is columnar and tapers towards the top. The back shows a chipping. Furthermore, the menhir has several holes in the upper area, into which nails may have been driven.
Finds from the area around the stone come from the band ceramics , the Rössen culture , the cord ceramics culture , the Iron Age and the Middle Ages .
The menhir in regional sagas
According to a legend, two girls with sickles are said to have beheaded each other on this stone.
literature
- Heinrich Becker: The bacon side at Aschersleben. In: Journal of the Harz Association for History and Antiquity. Volume 22, 1889, pp. 392-393 ( online ).
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 416, 455.
- Waldtraut Schrickel : Western European elements in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age of Central Germany. Part I. Catalog. Publications of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden, Volume 5, VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1957, pp. 41–42.
- Erhard Schröter : soil monuments of the Halle district. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 69, 1986, p. 76.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, pp. 82–83.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Pfaffenstein (Feldpredigerstein)
- tw.strahl.org: Menhir "Feldpredigerstein" ("Pfaffenstein"), Welfesholz near Hettstedt