Menhir of Conc

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The white Wacken at the Berensborn source
The back of the stone, the remains of the bronze plaque holder can be seen below.

The menhir of Konz (also known as the white Wacken or the white stone ) is a menhir in Konz in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Location and description

The stone was originally located directly in Konz, 500 m east of the Saar and about 1.2 km to the south of its confluence with the Mosel next to the "Berend Born", a framed, the St. Bernard sacred source . According to records from 1574, the high court border between the offices of Saarburg and Pfalzel once ran at this point . In 1649 and 1671, the terms "bei dem weiß Wack" and "aufm white stone" were used for the first time. These names could be derived from the color of the stone, but also from its function as a place of justice (the term Weistum denotes a medieval source of law ). In 1912 the stone was removed from here and placed in the newly created "Kaiserwäldchen" east of Konz. The occasion was the 25th anniversary of Wilhelm II's throne and the 100th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat in Russia . In 2002, the stone was moved back to its original location in Konz at the confluence of Hubert-Zettelmayer-Straße with Am Berendsborn.

The menhir is made of quartzite . It has a height of 205 cm, a width of 140 cm and a depth of 80 cm. It is irregularly shaped and has numerous breakouts. From a certain angle, it gives the impression of a face in profile, with the nose and mouth clearly visible. In 1930 a bronze plaque with a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg was attached to commemorate the liberation of the Rhineland , but it was later removed.

See also

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. 295, 335.
  • Rudolf Molter: The Berendsborn - Festschrift for the inauguration of the newly designed Berendsborn Conc. Trier 1989

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 335.

Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 29 "  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 29.6"  E