List of menhirs in Bavaria
The menhirs of Bavaria |
The list of menhirs in Bavaria includes all known menhirs in what is now the state of Bavaria .
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. ER: Erlangen ; FRG: Freyung-Grafenau district ; HO: District of Hof ; NEA: District Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim
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Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
- decorated menhir : a single standing, decorated stone not connected to a grave
- Grooved stone : an erect stone with grooved decoration
- Stone circle : a group of upright stones arranged in a circle
- Stone row : a group of erect stones with a linear arrangement
- Monolith : other stone with a menhir character
Menhir | place | district | Type | Remarks | image |
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Statue menhir from Gallmersgarten | Gallmersgarten | NEA | decorated menhir | ||
Grafenau monolith | Grafenau | FRG | monolith | ||
Kosbach Altar | Erlangen , OT Kosbach | HE | Rillenstein | ||
Twelve Apostles (Langenbach) | Geroldsgrün , OT Langenbach | HO | Row of stones | north-south running row of twelve stones; possibly medieval or modern | |
Stone row from Langenbach | Geroldsgrün , OT Langenbach | HO | Row of stones | northwest-southeast running row of five stones near the Twelve Apostles; possibly modern | |
Monolith from Neidberg | Ringelai , OT Neidberg | FRG | monolith | possible menhir | |
Ringelai stone circle | Ringelai | FRG | Stone circle |
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. 94-107.
- 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.
- Martin Nadler, Brigitte Kaulich: A burial mound in the Mönau Forest near Erlangen-Kosbach. In: Konrad Spindler (Ed.): Prehistory between the Main and the Danube. New archaeological research and finds from Franconia and Old Bavaria (= Erlanger research. Series A, Volume 26). Erlangen 1980, pp. 173-205.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.