Menhir from Eichelsdorf
| Menhir from Eichelsdorf The thick stone | |||
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_15.JPG) The thick stone of Eichelsdorf |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 '2.5 " N , 9 ° 3' 48.6" E | ||
| place | Nidda , OT Eichelsdorf , Hesse , Germany | ||
The menhir of Eichelsdorf (also called the thick stone ) is a prehistoric menhir near Eichelsdorf , a district of Nidda in the Wetterau district in Hesse .
location
The stone is located east of Eichelsdorf on a dirt road, not far behind a bridge over the Eichelbach . There he stands on the slope of a small mountain.
description
The menhir is made Taunus - quartzite ; the rock does not occur in the vicinity and probably originated from the Mensfelder Kopf near Mensfelden . The stone has a rectangular cross-section and tapers towards the top in approximately triangular areas. Its part that is visible above ground has a height, width and depth of around 120 cm each.
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. 130, 149.
- 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, p. 169.
Web links
Commons : Menhir von Eichelsdorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Megalithic Portal: Dicker Stein Eichelsdorf
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 149.