List of menhirs in Saarland
The menhirs of the Saarland |
The list of menhirs in Saarland includes all known menhirs in what is now the state of Saarland .
List of menhirs
- Menhir : Names the name of the menhir as well as common alternative names
- Location : Names the municipality and, if applicable, the district in which the menhir is located.
- District : Name the district to which the municipality belongs. HOM: Saar-Palatinate District ; MZG: Merzig-Wadern district ; WND: District of St. Wendel
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Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
- Menhir : a single standing, undecorated stone not connected to a grave
- Grave stele : a stone standing on a burial mound
Menhir | place | district | Type | Remarks | image |
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Menhir from Blieskastel ("Gollenstein") | Blieskastel | HOM | Menhir | highest menhir in Central Europe | |
Menhir at the Roten Hübel | Homburg | HOM | Grave stele | ||
Menhir from Kirrberg | Homburg , OT Kirrberg | HOM | Grave stele | ||
Menhir of Upper Solvers | Wadern , OT Oberlöstern | MZG | |||
Menhir from Rentrisch ("Spellenstein") | St. Ingbert , OT Rentrisch | HOM | Menhir | ||
Menhir of sheaths ("Keltenstein") | Losheim am See , OT Scheiden | MZG | |||
Menhir from Sengscheid ("Fünfkantstein", "Teufelstisch") | St. Ingbert , OT Sengscheid | HOM | Menhir or natural rock formation | ||
Menhir von Tholey ("Storchenstein", "Keltenstein") | Tholey | WND | |||
Menhir of Walhausen (" Menhir ") | Nohfelden , OT Walhausen | WND | Menhir |
literature
- Albert Becker: The Gollenstein near Blieskastel (Saar). In: Germania. 1933, pp. 264-267.
- Albert Becker: Gollenstein and Brunholdisstuhl. In: Germania. 1934, pp. 81-82.
- Otto Gödel: Menhirs - a scientific and folkloric contribution to our stone monuments. In: Communications of the Historical Association of the Palatinate. Volume 96, 1998, pp. 27-76.
- Gisela Graichen: The cult place book. A guide to old sacrificial sites, shrines and places of worship in Germany. Hamburg 1990.
- Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 350–367.
- 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.
- Michael Schmidt: The old stones. Travel to the megalithic culture in Central Europe. Rostock 1998.
Web links
Commons : Menhirs in Saarland - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.