Menhir at Thomm

Menhir

Althinkelhaus around 1910

The menhir is a monolithic quartzite block with a height of about 1.8 m, which is located west of Thomm near the state road 151 (formerly federal road 52 ) at about 427 m above sea level. NN and is assigned to the late Neolithic . There is no corresponding rock in the vicinity, so the non- autochthonous rock must have been transported here. The menhir lies on a straight line connecting the stone from Beuren and the menhir from Farschweiler , also in the district of Trier-Saarburg.

The formerly nearby Althinkelhaus on old Poststrasse and Neuhinkelhaus on Landesstrasse 149 take their names from the Hinkelstein .

In the coat of arms of the municipality of Thomm, the menhir is symbolized by a silver tip in the lower part of the shield.

literature

Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , p. 347.
Paul Steiner : Stones as ancient cult symbols in the Trier region . In: Trierischer Volksfreund . Vol. 55, 1930 No. 56 of March 8, Supplement 1; No. 67 of March 21, Supplement 1; No. 80 of April 5, Supplement 4.
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Trier-Saarburg district. Mainz 2020, p. 68 (PDF; 6.5 MB).