Gluckenstein
| Gluckenstein | |||
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 The Gluckenstein |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 14 '22.9 " N , 8 ° 35' 57.6" E | ||
| place | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , Hesse , Germany | ||
The Gluckenstein is a cultural monument , a former boundary stone between Homburg and Kirdorf and possibly a prehistoric menhir in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . He is the namesake of the comprehensive school on Gluckenstein and the Gluckensteinweg in Bad Homburg.
description
At the beginning of the 20th century, the stone with a weight of about twelve hundred pounds was still in the open and towered two meters high. A first documented mention as a boundary stone between Kirdorf and Homburg comes from the year 1536. In the course of the 20th century Bad Homburg and Kirdorf grew closer and closer together and finally merged. The stone was filled in more and more as a result of the building work being carried out, and in 1954 it was only 1.45 meters high and in 1965 only 1.15 meters high. Today the stone lies in the middle of the buildings.
It is unclear whether it is actually a prehistoric menhir. In the area of the Vordertaunus there are finds of the megalithic culture . In terms of shape, it could be a menhir. However, there are no traces of processing. But it is also conceivable that it is a boulder .
In 2002 a sign was put up with the following information:
“Gluckenstein - more than 2 meters high, uncut quartzite block. Already mentioned in a document in 1536, the Gluckenstein stood as a boundary stone on the 'Hubweg' (now Gluckensteinweg) between the districts of Kirdorf and Homburg "
Surname
The name Gluckenstein can be traced back to the term menhir (menhir). Linguistically, the proximity to a Hünenstein is close. By shifting the sound slightly, the giant becomes a hen or a hen hatching eggs or a chick leading, a mother hen . The local history researcher Ernst Georg Steinmetz refers to the name of the nearby Glockenacker, the proceeds of which were used to pay the Kirdorfer bell ringer.
See also
- List of cultural monuments in Kirdorf (No. 7767)
literature
- Taunuszeitung from December 9th, 2009: A relic of Obelix .
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 117, 147.
- Fritz Ihle: The Gluckenstein in Bad Homburg vd Höhe - a menhir? In: Messages from the Association for History and Regional Studies in Bad Homburg in front of the height. Volume 29, 1965, pp. 59-76.
- Horst Kirchner: The menhirs in Central Europe and the menhir thought. Academy of Sciences and Literature, Treatises of the Humanities and Social Sciences Class, born in 1955, No. 9, Wiesbaden 1955, pp. 170–171.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Gluckenstein
- Gluckenstein at the "Our Kirdorf" working group