List of menhirs in Hessen

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List of menhirs in Hessen (Hessen)
Alsbach chicken
Bad Homburg vd Höhe
Bensheim
Breitscheid
Bürstadt
Butzbach
Darmstadt
Dauborn
Eichelsdorf
Ellenberg
Big rides
Gudensberg
Guntershausen
Istha
Kelkheim
Kirberg
Klein-Umstadt
Langenstein
Lindenholzhausen
Maggots
Sea wood
Munzenberg
Muschenheim
Ober-Mörlen
Rauischholzhausen
Rossberg
Unter-Widdersheim
waves
Werkel
Wersau
Wolfershausen
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

Preserved menhirs

Menhir place district Type Remarks image
Menhir from Alsbach-Hähnlein ("Hinkelstein") Alsbach chicken THERE Menhir Menhir
Menhir of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ("Gluckenstein") Bad Homburg vor der Höhe HG Menhir Gluckenstein from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Menhir of Bensheim (" Menhir ") Bensheim HP Menhir Menhir from Bensheim
Breitscheid menhir Breitscheid LDK monolith
Menhir of Bürstadt ("Sackstone") Bürstadt HP Menhir Menhir from Bürstadt
Menhir from Butzbach Butzbach FB Menhir Menhir from Butzbach
Menhir complex in Darmstadt Darmstadt THERE Menhir plant Menhir complex in Darmstadt
Menhir Darmstadt THERE monolith Menhir in Darmstadt
Menhir of Dauborn Hünstelden , OT Dauborn LM Menhir
Menhir from Eichelsdorf ("The Thick Stone") Nidda , OT Eichelsdorf FB Menhir Thick stone from Eichelsdorf
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 Hünstein von Großenritte
Menhir from Gudensberg Gudensberg MR monolith Closing stone of a gallery grave Menhir at von Gudensberg
Menhir of Guntershausen ("giant stone") Baunatal , OT Guntershausen KS Menhir Giant stone from Guntershausen
Menhir of Istha Wolfhagen , OT Istha KS decorated menhir today in the Wolfhagen Regional Museum
Menhir from Kelkheim ("Hohestein") Kelkheim (Taunus) MTK Menhir Hohestein
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 Klein-Umstadt menhir
Menhir of Langenstein ("Long Stone") Kirchhain , OT Langenstein MR Menhir Long stone from Langenstein
Menhir from Lindenholzhausen Limburg an der Lahn , OT Lindenholzhausen LM monolith
Menhir of maggots ("Malstein", "Wotanstein") Gudensberg , OT Maden MR Menhir Wotan stone from maggots
Menhir from Gelnhausen-Meerholz ("gate stone") Gelnhausen , OT Meerholz MKK decorated menhir or statue menhir Menhir from Gelnhausen-Meerholz
Menhir from Munzenberg ("Kräppelstein") Munzenberg FB Menhir consists of the same material as the sacred stone near Muschenheim Krappelstein
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 Holy Stone (Muschenheim)
Menhir from Ober-Mörlen Ober-Mörlen FB Menhir Menhir from Ober-Mörlen
Menhir of Rauischholzhausen ("The thick stone") Ebsdorfergrund , OT Rauischholzhausen MR Menhir The Breitenborn desert was located near the stone Menhir of Rauischholzhausen (001) .jpg
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 Menhir from Roßberg
Menhir of Ulfa Nidda , OT Ulfa FB Menhir possible menhir Menhir of Ulfa
Menhir from Unter-Widdersheim ("Kindstein") Nidda , OT Unter-Widdersheim FB Menhir Child stone from Unter-Widdersheim
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 Menhir of waves
Menhir von Werkel ("Hilgenstein") Fritzlar , OT Werkel MR Menhir Hilgenstein from Werkel
Menhir from Wersau Brensbach , OT Wersau ERB Menhir Menhir near Wersau
Menhir of Wolfershausen ("giant stone") Felsberg , OT Wolfershausen MR Menhir Menhir from Wolfershausen

Destroyed menhirs

Menhir place district Type Remarks image
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

  1. ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.
  2. ^ "Breitenborn (desert), Marburg-Biedenkopf district". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).