Menhir from Dodendorf

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The menhir of Dodendorf was probably a prehistoric menhir near Dodendorf , a district of the municipality of Sülzetal in the district of Börde , Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The stone was in the deserted Ottmersleben , opposite the mill of Dodendorf.

description

The stone was mentioned in 1679 in the course of a land award. Information on material, shape and dimensions is not available.

Finds from the area around the stone date from the full bronze age .

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, p. 61.
  • Gustav Hertel: The desert in northern Thuringia (= historical sources of the province of Saxony and neighboring areas. Volume 38). Hendel, Halle (Saale) 1899, p. 306 ( online ).
  • 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, p. 23.