List of menhirs in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dahlhausen

Kaiserswerth

Kleinenberg

The menhirs of North Rhine-Westphalia

The list of menhirs in North Rhine-Westphalia includes all known menhirs in the area of today's federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

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 parish belongs. BO: Bochum ; D: Düsseldorf ; PB: Paderborn district
Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
- Menhir : a single standing, undecorated stone not connected to a grave
- Grooved stone : an erect stone with grooved decoration

Menhir	place	circle	Type	Remarks
Menhir of Dahlhausen ("Horkenstein")	Bochum , OT Dahlhausen	BO	Rillenstein	Implemented in Hattingen
Menhir from Kaiserswerth	Düsseldorf , OT Kaiserswerth	D.	Menhir
Menhir von Kleinenberg ("Bülheim grandmother")	Lichtenau , OT Kleinenberg	PB	Menhir	in Christian times a cross was carved on it

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Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 238–247.
O. Höckmann: The menhir at Kaiserwerth. In: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.): Essen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg (= guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 15) Mainz 1969.
Heinrich Kämchen: The Horkenstein. In: What the Ruhr sang to me. Bochum 1909, p. 25.
Wolfhard Schlosser: The Horkenstein from an astronomical point of view. In: Dirk Sondermann (ed.): Hattinger saga book. Bottrop 2007, pp. 106-109.
Dirk Sondermann: Ruhr sagas. From Ruhrort to Ruhrkopf. Bottrop 2005.

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