Menhir from Heimburg
| Menhir from Heimburg | |||
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 Today's menhir from Heimburg |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 50 '18 " N , 10 ° 53' 39.5" E | ||
| place | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT Heimburg , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir of Heimburg was a menhir near Heimburg , a district of Blankenburg (Harz) in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt, which was destroyed in the 19th or early 20th century . In 2004, another stone was placed in its original location.
Location and description
The menhir was about 600 m north of Heimburg on the north-western boundary of the municipality. The Heilbach runs immediately to the south and Bundesstraße 6 to the north . In the vicinity and visible from the Heimburger menhir there are two more stones: 150 m north is the menhir von Derenburg and 1.2 km west-northwest the menhir von Benzingerode . The original menhir had been destroyed and used as building material well before Waldtraut Schrickels took it up in the 1950s. When the Derenburger menhir was erected again in 2004, a stone was set up again at the location of the Heimburger menhir. This "substitute stone" was found at some point while plowing in a field and was still overgrown in front of a barn in the 1980s.
It consists of senonian quartzite ; the next deposit is around 1.5 km away near Heimburg. Its total height is 290 cm, of which 230 cm protrude from the ground. The width is 160 cm and the depth 50 cm. The stone is plate-shaped with rounded edges and tapers towards the top. Judging by its shape, material and size, it could also be a menhir. At least six other stones, which have now disappeared, are known from the surrounding area, which were also found while plowing and interpreted as menhirs.
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.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 399, 454–455.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, pp. 74–76.
- Johannes Tschorn: Stones on the Graseweg could be fragments. Letters to the Harz people. In: Volksstimme. Edition Wernigerode, October 8, 2003.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Heimburg Menhir
- tw.strahl.org: Menhir from Heimburg near Wernigerode