Hilgenstein (Werkel)
| Hilgenstein (Werkel) | |||
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 The Werkel menhir |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 9 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 24 ″ E | ||
| place | Fritzlar , OT Werkel , Hesse , Germany | ||
The Hilgenstein near Werkel , a district of Fritzlar in Northern Hesse , is a cult stone. Today it stands on the Alter Steinweg and is a boulder that was probably found in the 3rd millennium BC. BC was first set up as a center in a ritual site .
history
The menhir has a height of 1.5 m and a width of 0.5 at the foot and 0.3 meters at the top. The stone covered by earth was found in 1966 by Wilhelm Steinmetz and excavated and set up by the Fritzlar Prehistoric Working Group . It could not be dated with certainty because no other suitable archaeological finds were discovered in the vicinity. It can be assumed that the location is not identical to the original location.
literature
- Wolfgang Dehn, Josef Röder: Hessian stone boxes and early metal. In: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 19/20, 1980, p. 166.
- Gisela Graichen : The cult place book. A guide to old sacrificial sites, shrines and places of worship in Germany. Hamburg 1990, p. 220.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , p. 154.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , p. 377.
- Irene Kappel: Stone chamber graves and menhirs in Northern Hesse . 2nd edition. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel 1989 (Guide to North Hessian Prehistory and Early History; 5).
Web links
- The Hilgenstein on Grosssteingraeber.de
- The Megalithic Portal: Hilgenstein