List of menhirs in Saxony-Anhalt
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The menhirs of Saxony-Anhalt. Red: preserved, white: destroyed |
The list of menhirs in Saxony-Anhalt includes all known menhirs in the area of today's state of Saxony-Anhalt .
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. ABI: County of Anhalt-Bitterfeld ; BK: Bördekreis ; BLK: Burgenlandkreis ; HAL: Halle (Saale) HZ: District of Harz ; JL: Jerichower Land ; MSH: District of Mansfeld-Südharz ; SAW: Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ; SK: Saalekreis ; SLK: Salzlandkreis
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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
- Grave stele : a stone standing on a burial mound
- Stone circle : a group of upright stones arranged in a circle
- Menhir arrangement: a group of erect stones with an arrangement other than circular or linear or with an unclear arrangement
- Grooved stone : an erect stone with grooved decoration
- Guardian stone: stone standing in front of or next to a grave
- Monolith : other stone with a menhir character
Preserved menhirs
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| Blue Goose | Aschersleben | SLK | Menhir |
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| Bacon side | Aschersleben | SLK | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Bad Dürrenberg ("Hunnenstein") | Bad Durrenberg | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Bennstedt | Salzatal , OT Bennstedt | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Benzingerode ("Hünenstein") | Wernigerode , OT Benzingerode | HZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Berga ("Long Stone") | Berga | MSH | Menhir |
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| Menhir von Bonese ("Lehnekenstein", "Brautstein") | Dehre , OT Bonese | SAW | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Börnecke ("Prinzenstein") | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT Börnecke | HZ | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Brachstedt | Petersberg , OT Brachstedt | SK | Grave stele |
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| Menhir von Derenburg ("Hünenstein", "Hunnenstein", "Hünengrab") | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT City of Derenburg | HZ | Menhir |
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| Derenburg sunstones | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT City of Derenburg | HZ | Menhir plant | Group of 16 menhirs; Discovered in 1988 | |
| Menhir from Dingelstedt | Huy , OT Dingelstedt am Huy | HZ | decorated menhir | today in the municipal museum in Halberstadt | |
| Menhir of Dölau ("Stone Virgin") | Halle (Saale) , OT Dölau | HAL | Menhir | highest menhir in Saxony-Anhalt, second highest menhir in Central Europe |
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| Guardian stones of Dölau | Halle (Saale) , OT Dölau ( Dölauer Heide ) | HAL | Guardian Stone | two guard stones in front of a hilltop stone box grave; today in the magazine of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle | |
| Menhir of Drehlitz ("Long Stone") | Petersberg , OT Drehlitz | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Eilsleben ("Long Stone", "Irmin Column") | Express life | BK | Menhir |
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| Nail stone from Ermsleben | Falkenstein / Harz , OT Ermsleben | HZ | Menhir |
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| Gardelegen menhir complex | Guards | SAW | Menhir plant | maybe remnants of a stone circle | |
| Menhir von Gerbstedt ("Hoyerstein", "Lochriger Stein") | Gerbstedt | MSH | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Geusa ("Puppenstein") | Merseburg , OT Geusa | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Gleina | Gleina | BLK | decorated menhir | secondary built in a grave | |
| Menhir from Gößnitz ("Long Stone") | On Poststrasse , OT Gößnitz | BLK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Grona | Salzatal , OT Bennstedt | SLK | monolith | ||
| Menhir by Güsten ("Speckseite", "Guddenstein") | Güsten | SLK | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Hackpfüffel ("Long Stone") | Bridge-Hackpfüffel , OT Hackpfüffel | MSH | Menhir |
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| Menhir I from Halberstadt | Halberstadt | HZ | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Heimburg | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT Heimburg | HZ | Menhir |
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| The tangled stone | Hettstedt | MSH | Menhir | Classification as menhir uncertain |
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| Menhir von Höhnstedt ("Hexenstein") | Salzatal , OT Höhnstedt | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Hornburg | Mansfelder Land lake area , Hornburg district | MSH | decorated menhir | secondary built in a grave | |
| Menhir from Klosterhäseler ("Lichtenstein", "Der Hohe Stein") | On Poststrasse , OT Klosterhäseler | BLK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Kortenbeck | Dehre , OT Kortenbeck | SAW | Rillenstein | ||
| Four stones from Krimpe | Salzatal , OT Schochwitz | SK | Menhir plant |
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| Menhir from Kröllwitz | Halle (Saale) , OT Kröllwitz | HAL | Grave stele |
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| Menhir von Krosigk ("Schön-Ännchenstein", "Frößnitzstein", "Heidenstein") | Petersberg , OT Krosigk | SK | Menhir | placed in front of the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle today; there is a smaller replica at the original location |
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| Menhir from Langeneichstädt | Müelte (Geiseltal) , OT Langeneichstädt | SK | decorated menhir | secondary built in a large stone grave; exhibited today in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle; A replica stands in front of the large stone grave |
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| Langeneichstädt monolith | Müelte (Geiseltal) , OT Langeneichstädt | SK | monolith | secondary built in a large stone grave |
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| Menhir of Latdorf ("column of death", "Schwedenstein") | Nienburg (Saale) , OT Latdorf | SLK | Grave stele |
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| Menhir of Lettin | Halle (Saale) , OT Lettin | HAL | Menhir | completely covered by a pile of stones | |
| Menhir complex from Mahlsdorf | Salzwedel , OT Mahlsdorf | SAW | Menhir plant |
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| Menhir of Morl | Petersberg , OT Morl | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Pfützthal | Salzatal , OT Pfützthal | SK | decorated menhir | exhibited today in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle |
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| Menhir from Piesdorf | Könnern , OT Piesdorf | SLK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir von Piltitz (Menhir von Gütz, "Devil's Stone") | Landsberg , OT Gütz (former village of Piltitz) | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir complex from Preußlitz ("Seven Stones") | Bernburg (Saale) , OT Preusslitz | SLK | Menhir complex or large stone grave | removed from the original location and lined up on site; it is unclear what the original structure looked like and whether it is a menhir or the remains of a large stone grave |
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| Menhir of Quedlinburg | Quedlinburg | HZ | probably menhir | Built into a memorial by prisoners of war during the First World War. No details are available on the stone itself. |
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| Menhir von Räther ("The Farmer", "The Long Stone", "Upright Stone", "Shepherd Stone") | Salzatal , OT Schochwitz | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Rothenburg ("Femegericht") | Wettin-Löbejün , OT Rothenburg | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir I from Sangerhausen | Sangerhausen | MSH | Menhir |
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| Menhir II from Sangerhausen | Sangerhausen | MSH | Menhir | between Sangerhausen and Wallhausen | |
| Menhir von Saubach ("The Long Stone") | Finneland , OT Saubach | BLK | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Schafstädt | Bad Lauchstädt , OT Schafstädt | SK | decorated menhir | exhibited today in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle |
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| Menhir of Seeben ("Franzosenstein") | Halle (Saale) , OT Seeben | HAL | Menhir |
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| Menhir of Seehausen ("God stone") | Wanzleben-Börde , City of Seehausen | BK | decorated menhir |
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| Menhir von Sennewitz ("Devil's Stone") | Petersberg , OT Sennewitz | SK | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Strenznaundorf | Könnern , OT Strenznaundorf | SLK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir of Teicha ("Trumpeter Stone") | Petersberg , OT Teicha | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Tröbsdorf | Laucha an der Unstrut , OT Tröbsdorf | BLK | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir of water life ("bread stone") | North Harz , OT Wasserleben | HZ | Menhir |
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| Field Preacher Stone | Gerbstedt , OT Welfesholz | MSH | Menhir |
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| Menhir from Westerhausen | Thale , OT Westerhausen | HZ | decorated menhir or grooved stone | today in the Quedlinburg Castle Museum |
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| Menhir II from Wethau ("The High Stone") | Wethau | BLK | Menhir | ||
| Wettin menhir | Wettin-Löbejün , OT Wettin | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Zeppernick | Möckern , OT Zeppernick | JL | Menhir |
Destroyed menhirs
| Menhir | place | district | Type | Remarks | image |
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| Menhir from Beckendorf-Neindorf | Oschersleben , OT Beckendorf-Neindorf | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Benzingerode | Wernigerode , OT Benzingerode | HZ | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Brachstedt | Petersberg , OT Brachstedt | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Brachwitz | Wettin-Löbejün , OT Brachwitz | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Burgstaden ("Mägdewürger", "Mädchenwürger") | Bad Lauchstädt , OT Burgstaden | SK | Menhir | Schrickel and Beier still listed it as preserved, but as assumed in the list of monuments from 2016 | |
| Dahrendorf stone circle | Dehre , OT Dahrendorf | SAW | Stone circle | Destroyed in 1854 | |
| Menhir from Dalchau | Möckern , OT Dalchau | JL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Dodendorf | Sülzetal , OT Dodendorf | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Ebendorf | Barleben , OT Ebendorf | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Edersleben | Edersleben | MSH | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Farsleben | Wolmirstedt , OT Farsleben | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Gimritz | Wettin-Löbejün , OT Gimritz | SK | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir from Grabow | Möckern , OT Grabow | JL | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Halberstadt | Halberstadt | HZ | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Haldensleben | Haldensleben , OT Haldensleben I. | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir in front of the Schimmeltor | Halle (Saale) | HAL | Menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Heimburg | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT Heimburg | HZ | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir I from Hermsdorf | Hohe Börde , OT Hermsdorf | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Hermsdorf | Hohe Börde , OT Hermsdorf | BK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Kelbra ("Heidenstein") | Kelbra | MSH | Menhir | Originally further stones of unknown number nearby | |
| Menhir by Klein-Weißandt | Southern Anhalt , OT Klein-Weißandt | ABI | Menhir | ||
| Menhir II from Latdorf | Nienburg (Saale) , OT Latdorf | SLK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir from Mahndorf ("Heringstein") | Halberstadt , OT Mahndorf | HZ | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir of Moses | Wolmirstedt , OT Mose | BK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir I von Nehlitz ("Devil's Stone") | Petersberg , OT Nehlitz | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir II by Nehlitz ("trumpeter stone") | Petersberg , OT Nehlitz | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Oberfarnstädt | Farnstädt , OT Oberfarnstädt | HZ | Menhir | ||
| Menhir from Oberröblingen | Sangerhausen , OT Oberröblingen | MSH | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Peißen ("bacon side") | Bernburg (Saale) , OT Peißen | SLK | probably menhir | Destroyed in 1899 | |
| Menhir from Petersberg ("Devil's Stone") | Petersberg | SK | Menhir | ||
| Menhir of Poserna ("hare column") | Lützen , OT Poserna | SK | Grave stele | implemented and converted into a signpost; Schrickel and Beier still listed it as preserved, but as assumed in the list of monuments from 2016 | |
| Stone circle in the donkey stable | Quedlinburg | HZ | Stone circle | large stone circle between Quedlinburg and Westerhausen, destroyed around 1852, some stones that were carried away may still be preserved | |
| Menhir of Roses | Leuna , OT Rössen | SK | Grave stele | ||
| Menhir from Rothenschirmbach | Lutherstadt Eisleben , OT Rothenschirmbach | MSH | monolith | Discovered during an excavation in 2005, later stolen, whereabouts unknown | |
| Menhir von Schraplau ("Kutschstein", "Blue Stone") | Shrapnel | SK | Menhir | Schrickel and Beier still listed it as preserved, but as assumed in the list of monuments from 2016 | |
| Menhir from Trebnitz | Skills , OT Trebnitz | SLK | probably menhir | ||
| Menhir I from Wethau ("The High Stone") | Wethau | BLK | Menhir | used as a nail stone | |
| Wormsleben stone circle | Mansfelder Land lake area , Wormsleben district | MSH | probably stone circle |
Stones wrongly classified as menhirs
| Menhir | place | district | Type | Remarks | image |
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| Devil's Stone (Zerbst) | Zerbst / Anhalt | ABI | Boulder | von Beier listed it as a presumably destroyed menhir, but there is no evidence that it ever stood upright |
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See also
literature
- 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.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 384–463.
- Waldtraut Schrickel : Western European elements in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age of Central Germany. Part I. Catalog. Publications of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden, Volume 5, VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1957.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony. 2nd Edition. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2011, ISBN 978-3-89812-799-8 .
- Bodo Wemhöner: Small monuments in the urban district of Halle - An inventory. In: Archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. NF Volume 2, 2004, pp. 73-80.
- Bodo Wemhöner, Ralf Schwarz: Routes of archeology. Hall and the hall circle. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-910010-97-X .
Web links
Commons : Menhirs in Saxony-Anhalt - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Great stone graves and megalithic structures - Saxony-Anhalt
- Megalithic tombs and menhirs in Saxony-Anhalt
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 61.
- ↑ Jens Brauer, Thomas Wozniak: The Quedlinburg prisoner of war camp in the First World War - The historical sources. In: Harald Meller (Ed.): Archeology XXL. Archeology on the B6n in the district of Quedlinburg (= Archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. Special volume 21 / I). State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-910010-99-7 , p. 267