Menhir from Höhnstedt
| Menhir from Höhnstedt Hexenstein, Butterstein | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '49.1 " N , 11 ° 45' 27.6" E | ||
| place | Salzatal , OT Höhnstedt , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir of Höhnstedt (also called Hexenstein or Butterstein ) is a menhir near Höhnstedt , a district of the municipality of Salzatal in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt .
Location and description
The menhir is located about 1.5 km southeast of Höhnstedt behind a fence in an orchard, right next to a field path that is the extension of Langenbogener Straße. It stands there on elevated ground, below the highest point. In a north-westerly direction, the four stones of Krimpe are 2.4 km away and the menhir of Räther is 2.7 km away .
The stone is oriented roughly north-south and has a height of 97 cm, a width of 46 cm and a depth of 28 cm. It is plate-shaped and ends in an oblique tip. A deep furrow can be seen on one narrow side.
The Gänseberg is not far from the stone. A Bronze Age stone box was found there in 1905 .
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. 426, 455.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, p. 97.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Menhir Höhnstedt (Hexenstein) (Engl.)
- tw.strahl.org: Menhir "Hexenstein" ("Butterstein"), Höhnstedt near Halle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 455.
- ↑ Menhir Höhnstedt (witch stone)
- ↑ Britta Schulze-Thulin: Large stone graves and menhirs. P. 97.