List of menhirs in Hessen
The menhirs of Hesse |
The list of menhirs in Hesse includes all known menhirs in the area of today's state of Hesse .
List of menhirs
Information about the list
- Menhir : Names the name of the menhir as well as common alternative names
- Location : Names the community and, if applicable, the district (OT) in which the menhir is located.
- District : Name the district to which the municipality belongs. DA: Darmstadt (independent city) / Darmstadt-Dieburg district ; ERB: Odenwaldkreis ; F: Frankfurt am Main (independent city); FB: Wetteraukreis ; GI: District of Giessen ; HG: Hochtaunuskreis ; HP: Bergstrasse district ; HR: Schwalm-Eder district ; KB: Waldeck-Frankenberg district ; KS: District of Kassel ; LDK: Lahn-Dill district ; LM: District Limburg-Weilburg ; MKK: Main-Kinzig district ; MR: Marburg-Biedenkopf district ; MTK: Main-Taunus-Kreis
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Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
- Menhir : a single standing, undecorated stone not connected to a grave
- decorated menhir : a single standing, decorated stone not connected to a grave
- Menhir arrangement: a group of erect stones with an arrangement other than circular or linear or with an unclear arrangement
- Monolith : other stone with a menhir character
Preserved menhirs
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Menhir from Alsbach-Hähnlein ("Hinkelstein") | Alsbach chicken | THERE | Menhir |
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Menhir of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ("Gluckenstein") | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | HG | Menhir |
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Menhir of Bensheim (" Menhir ") | Bensheim | HP | Menhir |
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Breitscheid menhir | Breitscheid | LDK | monolith | ||
Menhir of Bürstadt ("Sackstone") | Bürstadt | HP | Menhir |
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Menhir from Butzbach | Butzbach | FB | Menhir |
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Menhir complex in Darmstadt | Darmstadt | THERE | Menhir plant |
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Menhir | Darmstadt | THERE | monolith |
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Menhir of Dauborn | Hünstelden , OT Dauborn | LM | Menhir | ||
Menhir from Eichelsdorf ("The Thick Stone") | Nidda , OT Eichelsdorf | FB | Menhir |
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Ellenberger stele I. | Guxhagen , OT Ellenberg | MR | decorated menhir | possibly part of the plate ring of a burial mound and thus not a menhir in the true sense; today in the Hessian State Museum in Kassel | |
Ellenberger Stele II | Guxhagen , OT Ellenberg | MR | decorated menhir | possibly part of the plate ring of a burial mound and thus not a menhir in the true sense; today in the Hessian State Museum in Kassel | |
Menhir from Großenritte ("Hünstein") | Baunatal , OT Grossenritte | KS | Menhir |
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Menhir from Gudensberg | Gudensberg | MR | monolith | Closing stone of a gallery grave |
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Menhir of Guntershausen ("giant stone") | Baunatal , OT Guntershausen | KS | Menhir |
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Menhir of Istha | Wolfhagen , OT Istha | KS | decorated menhir | today in the Wolfhagen Regional Museum | |
Menhir from Kelkheim ("Hohestein") | Kelkheim (Taunus) | MTK | Menhir |
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Menhir from Kirberg | Hünstelden , OT Kirberg | LM | Menhir | ||
Klein-Umstadt monolith | Groß-Umstadt , OT Klein-Umstadt | THERE | monolith | Originally found to the west in the adjacent field, probably tw. broken, location: behind the geopoint of the educational trail The small mountain road - landscape, people and the environment in Klein-Umstadt of the geo-nature park Bergstrasse-Odenwald |
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Menhir of Langenstein ("Long Stone") | Kirchhain , OT Langenstein | MR | Menhir |
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Menhir from Lindenholzhausen | Limburg an der Lahn , OT Lindenholzhausen | LM | monolith | ||
Menhir of maggots ("Malstein", "Wotanstein") | Gudensberg , OT Maden | MR | Menhir |
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Menhir from Gelnhausen-Meerholz ("gate stone") | Gelnhausen , OT Meerholz | MKK | decorated menhir or statue menhir |
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Menhir from Munzenberg ("Kräppelstein") | Munzenberg | FB | Menhir | consists of the same material as the sacred stone near Muschenheim |
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Menhir of Muschenheim ("The Holy Stone") | Lich , OT Muschenheim | GI | monolith | connected to a gallery grave; consists of the same material as the Kräppelstein near Münzenberg |
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Menhir from Ober-Mörlen | Ober-Mörlen | FB | Menhir |
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Menhir of Rauischholzhausen ("The thick stone") | Ebsdorfergrund , OT Rauischholzhausen | MR | Menhir | The Breitenborn desert was located near the stone |
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Menhir from Roßberg | Ebsdorfergrund , OT Roßberg | MR | Menhir | stands in the area of the desert Udenhausen ; In the 8th or 9th century it was used as a secondary door post in a church |
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Menhir of Ulfa | Nidda , OT Ulfa | FB | Menhir | possible menhir |
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Menhir from Unter-Widdersheim ("Kindstein") | Nidda , OT Unter-Widdersheim | FB | Menhir |
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Menhir of waves | Edertal , OT waves | KB | decorated menhir | possibly part of the plate ring of a burial mound and thus not a menhir in the actual sense |
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Menhir von Werkel ("Hilgenstein") | Fritzlar , OT Werkel | MR | Menhir |
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Menhir from Wersau | Brensbach , OT Wersau | ERB | Menhir |
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Menhir of Wolfershausen ("giant stone") | Felsberg , OT Wolfershausen | MR | Menhir |
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Destroyed menhirs
Menhir | place | district | Type | Remarks | image |
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Menhir of Frankfurt (" Menhir ") | Frankfurt am Main | F. | Menhir | in the Frankfurt city forest, destroyed in the 19th century |
See also
literature
- Klaus Albrecht: The Stele of Wellen (Gde. Edertal, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis) - a Neolithic lunar calendar? In: Archaeological correspondence sheet. Volume 30, 2000, pp. 45-51.
- Gerd Bauer: Mysterious Hessen: Facts, legends and magic. 2nd edition, Marburg 1993
- Wolfgang Dehn, Josef Röder: Hessian stone boxes and early metal. In: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 19/20, 1980, pp. 163-176.
- Claus Dobiat: men hir - long stone. The menhir in Langenstein, town of Kirchhain, Marburg-Biedenkopf district (= archaeological monuments in Hesse. Volume 65). Wiesbaden 1987.
- Dietmar Elsner: Two menhirs discovered in Kirberg. In: Our home: A yearbook for the citizens of the Limburg-Weilburg district. 1980, pp. 114-117.
- Dietmar Elsner: Chronicle of finds for the years 1975–1980. In: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 21, 1981, p. 74.
- 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. 108–155.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse. Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 .
- Fritz Ihle: The Gluckenstein in Bad Homburg vd Höhe - a menhir? In: Messages from the Association for History and Regional Studies in Bad Homburg in front of the height. Volume 29, 1965.
- Irene Kappel: Stone chamber tombs and menhirs in Northern Hesse (= Guide to North Hessian Prehistory and Early History. Volume 5). Kassel 1978.
- Tim Kerig: A statue menhir depicting an ax of the Eschollbrücken type? To an enigmatic stone monument from Gelnhausen-Meerholz (Main-Kinzig-Kreis). In: Praehistorische Zeitschrift. Volume 85, Issue 1, 2010, pp. 59-78.
- 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.
- Peter Kneißl : The Langenstein and its prehistoric background. Langenstein 1976.
- Friedrich Kofler: The menhirs and long stones in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In: Correspondence sheet of the general association of German history and antiquity associations. Volume 36, 1888, pp. 126-128.
- Otto Kunkel : Upper Hesse's prehistoric antiquities. Marburg 1926.
- Luthmer: Small messages. In: Germania. Volume 16, 1932, p. 316.
- Manfred Menke: Megalithic grave with menhir in Muschenheim: 5000 year old findings open up revolutionary scientific knowledge. In: Mirror of Research. Volume 10, Issue 2, 1993, pp. 2-5.
- Manfred Menke: New excavations in the megalithic complex "Holy Stones" near Muschenheim (district of Gießen). Preliminary report on the excavation campaigns from 1989 to 1992. With a contribution by Monika Aichinger, Gießen. In: Germania. Volume 71 (2), 1993, pp. 279-314.
- Gisela Poser: The menhir between Darmstadt and Roßdorf in its cultural-historical context. In: Roßdorfer Spectrum. Contributions to the history, culture and customs of Roßdorf and Gundernhausen. Volume 15, 2007.
- Dirk Raetzel-Fabian : The first farming cultures. New Stone Age in Northern Hesse (= prehistory and early history in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Kassel. Volume 2). 2nd ed., Kassel 2000, pp. 139–148.
- Wolfhard Schlosser: Places of activity of Boniface in Hesse and Thuringia - A discussion paper. Bochum 2002.
- Michael Schmidt: The old stones. Travel to the megalithic culture in Central Europe. Rostock 1998.
- Robert H. Schmidt: The menhir area near Darmstadt and the question of its chronological order. In: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 14, 1974, pp. 309-359.
- Manfred Schopp: Small Umstadt in History 1305-2005. Groß-Umstadt 2005.
- Detlef Schünemann: News from grooved and gutter stones. Attempt to form groups based on exact profile measurements. In: The customer. NF Volume 43, 1992, 67-97.
- Max Söllner: Materials on the Vogelsberg Retreat. In: Mannus. Volume 51, 1985, pp. 24-28.
- Michael Sturm: The Chicken Hill. A prehistoric site near Kelkheim. In: Kelkheim im Taunus. Contributions to the history of its neighborhoods. Kelkheim 1980, pp. 13-19.
- Michael Sturm, Rolf Kubon: Chronicle of finds for the years 1975–1980. In: Find reports from Hessen. Volume 21, 1981, p. 77.
- Otto Uenze: The menhirs. In: Prehistory of North Hesse. The first farmers. Marburg 1956, pp. 102-106.
- Detert Zylmann: The riddle of the menhirs. Mainz-Kostheim 2003.
Web links
Commons : Menhirs in Hessen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.
- ^ "Breitenborn (desert), Marburg-Biedenkopf district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).