Menhir from Klosterhäseler
| Menhir from Klosterhäseler | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 9 '11.5 " N , 11 ° 37' 15.4" E | ||
| place | On Poststrasse , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir of Klosterhäseler (also called Lichtenstein or Der Hohe Stein ) is a prehistoric menhir near Klosterhäseler , a district of the municipality of An der Poststraße in the Burgenland district , Saxony-Anhalt .
location
The stone is located south of Klosterhäseler on the way to Zäckwar in a wooded area. There the field name "Lichtenstein" is handed down, which is probably derived from an old name for the stone.
description
The stone is made of shell limestone and has an almost square cross-section. It was originally rectangular, but its appearance today is due to flaking. A small base has been preserved at the foot. The stone has a height of 1.05 m, a width between 0.47 m and 0.55 m and a thickness of 0.47 m. The base is 0.35 m high and 0.15 m wider than the upper part of the menhir.
Finds from the area around the stone come from the Band Ceramic Culture , the Cord Ceramic Culture , the Full Bronze Age and the Middle Ages .
According to Waldtraut Schrickel , the old name "Lichtenstein" was no longer in use in the 1950s. Instead, the menhir was called "The High Stone".
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. 67.
- A. Berg: The long stone or stone of gods from Seehausen near Magdeburg. In: Germania. 1933, p. 214.
- 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. 179.
- 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, pp. 45–46.