Menhir from Bensheim
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 40 '34.6 " N , 8 ° 37' 43.1" E | ||
| place | Bensheim , Hessen , Germany | ||
The menhir of Bensheim (also called Hinkelstein ) is a prehistoric menhir in Bensheim in the Bergstrasse district in Hesse .
location
The stone is located in the middle of the village in the northwestern gusset of the intersection of Auf der Schwell / Am Hinkelstein and Röderweg.
description
The menhir is made of granulite . It ends in a rounded tip and shows artificial processing marks on its southern and eastern side. The stone has a height of 140 cm, a width of 90 cm and a thickness of 60 cm.
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. 141, 147.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , p. 323.
- 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, pp. 18, 164.
- 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, p. 126.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Bensheim Menhir
- DenkXweb: Menhir from Bensheim
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 147.