Menhir from Lindenholzhausen
| Menhir from Lindenholzhausen | |||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 '32.7 " N , 8 ° 8' 11.2" E | ||
| place | Limburg an der Lahn , OT Lindenholzhausen (originally), Runkel , OT Ennerich (modern location), Hesse , Germany | ||
The menhir of Lindenholzhausen is a prehistoric menhir from Lindenholzhausen , a district of Limburg an der Lahn in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse . It was discovered in 1980 and erected in the neighboring town of Ennerich , a district of Runkel .
location
The stone was found near Lindenholzhausen on the parcel “Auf den Hier”. Today it stands east of Ennerich near the confluence of a field path from the road leading to Runkel into another field path.
description
There is no information about the material of the menhir. It is plate-shaped and tapers towards the top. The stone has a height of 183 cm, a width of 175 cm and a thickness of 49 cm.
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. 120–121, 152.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Menhir Lindenholzhausen
- Lindenholzhausen.de: Local history
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 151.