Long stone (Drehlitz)

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Long stone grandmother
The long stone from Drehlitz

The long stone from Drehlitz
Langer Stein (Drehlitz) (Saxony-Anhalt)
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Coordinates 51 ° 36 '39.2 "  N , 11 ° 59' 13.2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '39.2 "  N , 11 ° 59' 13.2"  E
place Petersberg (Saalekreis) , OT Drehlitz , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany

The Langenstein (also called "grandmother" called) is a from the Neolithic originating menhir in Drehlitz , a district of Petersberg (Saalekreis) in Saxony-Anhalt .

Location and description

The Lange Stein is located 650 m northeast of the exit of Drehlitz on the road to Ostrau . It lies exactly on the border of both places between the parcels "Galgenfeld" and "Pieces am long stone".

The menhir is made of porphyry . It has a height of 168 cm, a width of 70 cm and a depth of 50 cm. It has the shape of a pillar tapering towards the top. Its front sides point to the southeast and northwest.

literature

  • Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 429, 451.
  • Detlef W. Müller : burial chamber of the Central German type with menhir from Langeneichstädt, district of Querfurt. In: excavations and finds. Vol. 33, 1988, pp. 192-199.
  • Detlef W. Müller: The Bernburg culture of Central Germany in the mirror of its non-megalithic collective graves. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 1994
  • Detlef W. Müller: Menhirs. In: Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich, Heiko Steuer (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Volume 19. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 978-3110171631 , pp. 529-533.
  • Waldtraut Schrickel : Western European elements in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age of Central Germany. Part I. Catalog. Publications of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden, Volume 5, VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1957.
  • Erhard Schröter : soil monuments of the Halle district. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 69, 1989, p. 90.
  • Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony. 2nd edition, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2011, ISBN 978-3-89812-799-8 , pp. 84–86.
  • Bodo Wemhöner , Ralf Schwarz : Routes of archeology. Hall and the hall circle. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-910010-97-X , pp. 31–32.

Web links

Commons : Menhir von Drehlitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 451.