Menhir from Butzbach
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 26 '33.9 " N , 8 ° 39' 51.8" E | ||
| place | Butzbach , Hessen , Germany | ||
The menhir of Butzbach is a prehistoric menhir near Butzbach in the Wetterau district in Hesse . The buried stone was discovered in 1978 and erected again.
location
The stone is located in the north of the city on the western side of federal highway 3 in a bush.
description
The menhir is made Taunus - quartzite . It is plate-shaped and tapers towards the top. The stone has a total height of 272 cm, a width of 125 cm and a depth of 80 cm. The thickest and widest part is under the earth. The part visible above ground has a height of 170 cm, a width of 120 cm and a depth of 70 cm.
literature
- Gisela Graichen : The cult place book. A guide to old sacrificial sites, shrines and places of worship in Germany. Hamburg 1990, p. 220.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 139, 148.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , p. 335.
Web links
Commons : Menhir von Butzbach - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Megalithic Portal: Butzbach Menhir
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 148.