Menhir (Deidesheim)

Menhir

The menhir near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Deidesheim is a boulder with notches that were made to mark a border. It is located at the entrance of the Sense Valley in the Palatinate Forest on the eastern border of the Deidesheim city forest. It bears the Deidesheim forest logo, a cross extended by a crossbar, and the boundary stone number 255.

The menhir is classified as both a cultural and a natural monument.

Web links

Commons : Menhir - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Otto Gödel: A border crossing in the Deidesheimer forest with pictures . In: Heimatfreunde Deidesheim und Umgebung (Hrsg.): Heimatblätter Deidesheim und Umgebung . No. 3 , 1972, p. 20.22 .
^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 26 (PDF; 5.1 MB; see: Loogfels No. 255 northwest of the location ).
↑ Nature Conservation Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Boulder at Gemminger Hinkelstein. In: Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .

49.411747 8.169872Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '42.29 " N , 8 ° 10' 11.54" E

[1] Otto Gödel: A border crossing in the Deidesheimer forest with pictures . In: Heimatfreunde Deidesheim und Umgebung (Hrsg.): Heimatblätter Deidesheim und Umgebung . No. 3 , 1972, p. 20.22 .

[2] General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 26 (PDF; 5.1 MB; see: Loogfels No. 255 northwest of the location ).

[3] Nature Conservation Administration Rhineland-Palatinate: Boulder at Gemminger Hinkelstein. In: Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .