List of menhirs in Rhineland-Palatinate
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The menhirs in Rhineland-Palatinate |
The list of menhirs in Rhineland-Palatinate includes all known menhirs in the area of today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate .
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. AZ: District of Alzey-Worms ; BIR: District of Birkenfeld ; BIT: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm ; DAU: District Vulkaneifel ; DÜW: Bad Dürkheim district ; KH: Bad Kreuznach district ; KIB: Donnersbergkreis ; KL: Kaiserslautern / District of Kaiserslautern ; MZ: District of Mainz-Bingen ; NW: Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ; PS: Pirmasens ; RP: Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis ; TR: Trier-Saarburg district ; WIL: District of Bernkastel-Wittlich
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Type : Differentiation between different sub-types:
- Menhir : a single standing, undecorated stone not connected to a grave
- Grave stele : a stone standing on a burial mound
- Menhir arrangement: a group of erect stones with an arrangement other than circular or linear or with an unclear arrangement
- Stone circle : a group of upright stones arranged in a circle
- Monolith : other stone with a menhir character
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| Menhir from Albsheim an der Eis | Obrigheim (Pfalz) , OT Albsheim an der Eis | DÜW | Menhir | ||
| Menhir von Alsenz ("Der Wack", "Becker Hennes Wack") | Alsenz | KIB | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Altenbamberg | Altenbamberg | KH | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir of Arenrath ("Devil's Stone") | Arenrath | WIL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir I von Armsheim ("The thick stone") | Armsheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Armsheim ("Hinkelstein") | Armsheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir III from Armsheim ("Pointed Stone") | Armsheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Bad Dürkheim ("The high stone on the spit") | Bad Dürkheim | DÜW | Menhir | ||
| Grave stele I from Bad Dürkheim | Bad Dürkheim | DÜW | Grave stele | ||
| Grave stele II from Bad Dürkheim | Bad Dürkheim | DÜW | Grave stele | ||
| Grave stele III from Bad Dürkheim | Bad Dürkheim | DÜW | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir from Bad Kreuznach ("The Long Man") | Bad Kreuznach | KH | Menhir |
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| Menhir I von Bann ("Bännerstein") | spell | KL | Menhir |
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| Menhir II of spell | spell | KL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of notification | Notification | TR | Grave stele | ||
| Baptismal font as a christianized menhir in Binscheid | Binscheid, municipality of Üttfeld | BIT | Christianized menhir (baptismal font) |
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| Menhir I by Bolanden | Bolanden | KIB | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir II by Bolanden | Bolanden | KIB | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir III by Bolanden | Bolanden | KIB | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir of Bollendorf ("Druindenstein", "Eckstein") | Bollendorf | BIT | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Börrstadt ("Hinkelstein") | Borrstadt | KIB | Menhir | ||
| Menhir von Büdlich ("Breitenstein") | Büdlich | TR | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Dannenfels ("Hinkelstein", "Hünestaa") | Dannenfels | KIB | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Dautenheim ("Hinkelstein") | Alzey , OT Dautenheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Dexheim ("The thick stone") | Dexheim | MZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Dittelsheim-Heßloch ("The White Stone") | Dittelsheim-Hessloch | AZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Einselthum ("The Long Stone") | Solitude | KIB | Menhir |
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| Menhir I from Enkirch | Enkirch | WIL | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir II from Enkirch | Enkirch | WIL | Grave stele | ||
| Baptismal font as a Christianized menhir in Eschfeld | Eschfeld | BIT | Christianized menhir (baptismal font) |
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| Menhir of Essenheim ("The Long Stone", "The High Stone") | Essenheim | MZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Farschweiler (" Menhir ") | Farschweiler | TR | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Flonheim ("Long Stone") | Flonheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Flörsheim-Dalsheim | Flörsheim-Dalsheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Monolith of Frankenstein ("Menhir") | Frankenstein | KL | monolith | Classification as a menhir questionable |
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| Menhir of Freinsheim ("The Long Stone") | Freinsheim | DÜW | Menhir |
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| Menhir von Gonbach ("The Long Stone") | Gonbach | KIB | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Gumbsheim | Gumbsheim | AZ | Menhir | ||
| Stone circle from Hettenleidelheim ("The nine stones", "nine stones") | Hettenleidelheim | DÜW | Stone circle | ||
| Menhir from Hinterweiler ("The Pointed Stone") | Hinterweiler | DAU | Menhir | ||
| Menhir I from Holsthum ("Langenstein") | Holsthum | BIT | Menhir |
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| Menhir II from Holsthum ("Menhir in the Gründelhecke") | Holsthum | BIT | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Kaiserslautern (Menhir of Bännjerrück) | Kaiserslautern , OT Bännjerrück | KL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Konz ("The White Wacken") | Conc | TR | Menhir |
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| Menhir I from Lachen-Speyerdorf | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , OT Lachen-Speyerdorf | NW | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir II from Lachen-Speyerdorf | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , OT Lachen-Speyerdorf | NW | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir from Mainz-Laubenheim | Mainz-Laubenheim | MZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Martinshöhe ("Römerstein", "Gollenstein", "'S Theiße Stään") | Martinshöhe | KL | Menhir | originally probably twice as high |
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| Menhir I from Mehlingen | Mehlingen | KL | monolith | ||
| Menhir II from Mehlingen ("Menhir am Eichelberg") | Mehlingen | KL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir III of Mehlingen ("Menhir im Greb") | Mehlingen | KL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Mittelbrunn ("Langenstein", "The Long Stone") | Mittelbrunn | KL | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Monsheim (" Menhir ") | Monsheim | AZ | Menhir |
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| Grave steles from Morbach-Wederath | Morbach , OT Wederath | WIL | Grave stele | several grave steles in the Belginum Archaeological Park |
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| Menhir of Nack | Naked | AZ | monolith | ||
| Menhir from Nackenheim ("The Long Stone") | Neck home | MZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Niederprüm ("Weißenstein", "Wackenstein", "Schloßhecker Menhir") | Prüm , OT Niederprüm | BIT | Menhir | ||
| Niederstedem monolith | Niederstedem | TR | monolith |
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| Menhir from Nierstein | Nierstein | MZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir I by Nusbaum ("Fraubillenkreuz") | Walnut | BIT | Menhir | Worked into a stone cross in Christian times |
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| Menhir II by Nusbaum ("Standing Menhir") | Walnut | BIT | Menhir |
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| Menhir III by Nusbaum ("Lying Menhir") | Walnut | BIT | Menhir |
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| Menhir fragments from Nusbaum | Walnut | BIT | Menhir | four larger and several small fragments | |
| Menhir from Obermoschel ("The Long Stone", "Langenstein") | Upper moschel | KIB | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Ober-Saulheim ("The Long Stone", "Long Stone", "Devil's Stone") | Ober-Saulheim | AZ | Menhir | Bronze Age menhir, around 1500 BC Chr .; late Gothic figure niche |
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| Otterberg grave stele | Otterberg | KL | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir from Otterberg (" Menhir ") | Otterberg | KL | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Pirmasens ("The Long Stone", "Pirmanstein", "Sant Pirmansstein", "Marstein") | Pirmasens | PS | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Rhaunen ("Königstein") | Rhaunen | BIR | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Rittersheim ("Long Stone") | Rittersheim | KIB | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Schankweiler | Schankweiler | BIT | monolith | secondarily installed in a stone box grave | |
| Menhir of Schauernheim ("The Long Stone") | Dannstadt-Schauernheim , OT Schauernheim | RP | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Schlausenbach ("Forstmeister-Jansen-Stein") | Book | BIT | Menhir | Standing in the field of Buchet, but after closer Schlausenbach named |
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| Menhir from Schmidthachenbach ("Hunnenstein") | Schmidthachenbach | BIR | Menhir | ||
| Menhir I von Schönberg ("The Long Stone" north of the village) | Schoenberg | WIL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir II by Schönberg at the transformer station | Schoenberg | WIL | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Selzen | Selzen | MZ | monolith | There are doubts as to whether this stone is a real menhir. Rather, it is assumed that it is a naturally grown obelisk that was found in 1968 in a gravel pit between Selzen and Mommenheim and that it was moved to its current location. |
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| Menhir from Sippersfeld ("Babenstein", "Pappernstein") | Sippersfeld | KIB | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Stahlberg ("Langenstein") | Stahlberg | KIB | Menhir |
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| Monolith of Stelzenberg-Breitenau ("Hinkelstein") | Stelzenberg , OT Breitenau | KL | monolith | Classification as menhir unclear |
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| Menhir von Thomm (" Menhir ") | Thomm | TR | Menhir |
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| Camp stones (camp stones) | Traben-Trarbach | WIL | Menhir plant | two adjacent stones | |
| Monolith von Traben-Trarbach ("Red Goddess of Mont Royal") | Traben-Trarbach | WIL | monolith | possibly anthropomorphic menhir | |
| Menhir from Trittenheim ("Eselstrapp") | Trittenheim | TR | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Wackernheim ("Monolith Wackernheim") | Ingelheim am Rhein , OT Nieder-Ingelheim | MZ | Menhir | Discovered in 2003 while plowing; in the context of the subsurface a non-local monolith, which must have been moved to this point in a non-datable time. |
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| Menhir from Wallersheim ("Landstein", "Lahnstein", "Langenstein") | Wallersheim | BIT | Menhir | A Frankish burial ground was laid out around the stone in the 7th century | |
| Menhir of Wattenheim ("flying stone") | Wattenheim | DÜW | Grave stele | ||
| Monolith from Wintrich | Wintrich | WIL | monolith |
See also
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. 248–349.
Web links
Commons : Menhirs in Rhineland-Palatinate - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.