List of menhirs in Brandenburg

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List of menhirs in Brandenburg (Brandenburg)
Ellingen
Ellingen
Sternebeck
Sternebeck
The menhirs of Brandenburg, white: destroyed

The list of menhirs in Brandenburg includes all known menhirs in the area of ​​today's state of Brandenburg . Menhirs are an atypical phenomenon for Brandenburg. Lone standing menhirs have not been handed down at all. Only two possible menhirs are known. Both were destroyed in the 18th or early 19th century.

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. MOL: District of Märkisch-Oderland ; UM: Uckermark district
  • Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
    • Menhir arrangement: a group of erect stones with an arrangement other than circular or linear or with an unclear arrangement
Menhir place district Type Remarks image
Menhir complex from Ellingen ("Jeckentanz") Prenzlau , OT Ellingen AROUND probably a menhir complex destroyed Menhir complex from Ellingen
Menhir by Sternebeck Prötzel , OT Sternebeck MOL probably a menhir complex destroyed

See also

literature

  • Johann Christoph Bekmann , Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann : Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg according to their origin, inhabitants, natural characteristics, waters, landscapes, towns, clerical donors, etc. [...]. Vol. 1, Berlin 1751, p. 365, plate IV (VI B) ( online version ).
  • Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991.
  • Leopold von Ledebur : The pagan antiquities of the administrative district of Potsdam. A contribution to the antiquity statistics of the Mark Brandenburg. Berlin 1852, pp. 83, 97 ( online version ).

Web links

Commons : Menhirs in Brandenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , p. 61.