Heunensäule

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Pillar blanks on Bullauer Berg

The hay pillars , also hay pillars , are round pillars made of sandstone that were originally intended for the reconstruction of the Willigis Cathedral in Mainz , which burned down in 1009 . They were probably completed in the 11th century in a quarry in the Bullauer Berge near Miltenberg, due to business excitement, before the order was placed. However, the client has probably opted for other supports, so that the round supports were never needed. It is said that there were once 42 of the columns, in the 18th century 14 were known, around 1960 eight.

The hay columns still preserved today are in different places. The most famous of them stands as a memorial on the market in Mainz. Two more are in Nuremberg and Munich , and another on the waterfront in Miltenberg.

Known locations of hay pillars

Mainz

Mainz Heunensäule on the market in front of the Mainz Cathedral

For the 1000th anniversary of the cathedral building in 1975 , the city of Miltenberg donated one of the Heunensäulen (also known as "Hunensäule") to the city of Mainz. The Mainz Heunensäule weighs 16 tons, is 6.40 meters high and has a diameter of 1.20 meters.

The round support, today it is one of the city's landmarks , was placed in the middle of the market and framed by the Palatinate sculptor Gernot Rumpf with a bronze base , which, through the depiction of various headgear from the history of the city of Mainz, very comprehensive history and nature of the city of Mainz represents. So looks z. B. from a Roman gladiator mask a fox with the initials OB (Lord Mayor), which symbolizes the former Lord Mayor of Mainz Jockel Fuchs . Furthermore, one sees a little bird with the initials "MP" (the then Prime Minister Vogel ). The gladiator mask is reminiscent of the town hall on the Rhine, known in Mainz as the “Fuchsbau”, with its grid-shaped facade elements. The fox is accompanied by three mice inside, which represent the factions of the SPD , CDU and FDP that were represented in the city ​​parliament during the planning and construction phase . The mice are also the trademark of the artist Gernot Rumpf. In the tip of the Jacobin cap, which is reminiscent of the time of the Mainz Republic, there is also a moving part that, if it is found, generates a loud clattering noise.

Miltenberg

Another hay column is on the promenade in Miltenberg.

  • Hay column in Miltenberg

Munich

The Munich Heunensäule has a mean diameter of 105 cm. In 1879 it was given to the Bavarian National Museum by the Magistrate of Miltenberg , transported by train to Munich in June 1880 and placed in front of the main wing of the museum. The rail transport and especially the transport to the train station were extremely complex. The monolith has been in front of the State Archaeological Collection since 1975 . It bears numerous stonemason and visitor signs and is 749 centimeters high and weighs 14.5 tons. ( Location )

  • The Munich Heunensäule in front of the main entrance of the Archaeological State Collection 2006

Nuremberg

Another hay column is located in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. With a length of 7.61 m and a mean diameter of 1 m, the column weighs approx. 14.45 t. It was transported by train from Miltenberg to Nuremberg on May 31, 1880. Around 1972 it was moved to its current location. ( Location )

literature

  • Josef Röder: Toutonenstein and Heunesäulen near Miltenberg: A contribution to the old stone industry on Untermain , Lassleben, Kallmünz / Opf. 1960 (= material booklets on Bavarian prehistory 15) (86 pages)
  • Otto Klaus Schmich : Heunensäulen , OK Schmich, Bruchsal [2004] (PDF, 53 kB)

See also

Web links

Commons : Hay pillars  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Hainersäulen in Schaab: History of the City of Mainz  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The secret of the hay pillars from Franconia ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Online on the Internet August 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historisches-franken.de
  2. ↑ Otto Klaus Schmich: Heunensäulen , OK Schmich, Bruchsal [2004], p. 1f.
  3. ↑ Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Ostbau, south side of the Friedrich-Wilhelmbaus with the so-called Heunensäule from Miltenberg (Neg. No. GNM without No. recording 1896)
  4. ↑ Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Klosterhof (five pictures)

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 58.2 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 25.2 ″  E