Menhir at the cow tower
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 20 ′ 19 " N , 12 ° 20 ′ 40" E | ||
| place | Leipzig , Saxony , Germany | ||
The menhir at the Kuhturm was a prehistoric menhir in the city of Leipzig . The exact time of its destruction is not known.
location
The menhir was at the Kuhturm in the Leipzig district of Lindenau .
description
It was an erect stone with an impression that was reminiscent of a six-fingered hand that was interpreted as a devil's or giant's hand . Information on the material or the dimensions of the stone has not been handed down.
The menhir in regional sagas
There are several legends about the menhir . This is how Boniface is said to have baptized the first Slavs here. Furthermore, a black dog is said to have sneaked around the stone that accompanied passers-by and tried to lure them into the meadows. A third legend reports that corridors run in different directions under the stone.
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 71.
- Wilhelm Grimm , Jakob Grimm : giant stones. In: German legends. Chapter 136, Berlin 1816, (digital)
- Johannes Felix , Max Näbe : About relationships of stone monuments and erratic blocks to cult, to legends and folk customs. In: Meeting reports of the Natural Research Society in Leipzig. Volume 42, 1915, p. 14.
- Waldtraut Schrickel : Western European elements in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age of Central Germany. Part 1. Catalog Leipzig 1957, p. 72.