Kegelstein (Gaiß)
The cone stone is a memorial stone or wayside shrine and a possible reworked prehistoric menhir near Gaiß , a district of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg .
location
The stone is located southwest of Gaiß on the edge of the forest. It can be reached from Gaiß via Kuchelbacher Straße, from which a forest path branches off about 600 m after leaving the village. There the stone is on the left after 80 m.
description
The cone stone is made of sandstone and stands on a base that is also made of this material. It is pillar-shaped and has an approximately square cross-section. Its top has the shape of a gable roof . A niche with an image of a saint is carved into it on the front. The stone is crowned by a crucifix . On the lower half of the stone, a cone is still shown in high relief , which gave the stone its name. The stone has a height of 206 cm, a width of 45 cm and a thickness of 58 cm. According to Horst Kirchner, it could be a heavily revised menhir, but there is little evidence of this (especially the existence of legends ).
The menhir in regional sagas
The name of the stone goes back to the tradition that the cone depicted on the front was an atonement for a warrior who was slain with a cone at this location. According to another tradition, it is said to have a fertility charm.
literature
- Franz Falkenstein: About bowling. In: Land between the Upper Rhine and the southern Black Forest. Contributions to the history of the Waldshut district. 1995, 1995, pp. 120-122.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 75, 89.
- 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 1955, No. 9). Wiesbaden 1955, p. 143.