Menhir of Nöggenschwiel

The menhir of Nöggenschwiel is located in southern Baden-Württemberg in the Weilheim suburb of Nöggenschwiel in the Waldshut district, about 120 m south of the road from Nöggenschwiel to Bierbronnen-Bannholz. The megalith is almost 2 m high, consists of red sandstone and is located on the edge of the field below the top of the hill. The menhir could have been raised by people of the Horgen culture .

Findings

“On the wavy Muschelkalk plateau near the southern boundary against Bierbronnen stands a relatively thick, triangular stone slab made of red sandstone, popularly known as 'Langer Stein' [in the term 'Langstein' ...]. The monolith, which was safely erected by human hands, rises above the ground surface by 1.80 m. Just above the ground it is 0.70 m wide, 0.40 m thick and measures 0.30: 0.25 m at the top. Any traces of artificial finishing are imperceptible. The monolith - originally an erratic block - stands on a plot boundary on the gentle eastern slope of a wide hill (point 772.3 m), from where you can enjoy a wide view to the east and south. From the west, however, the Langstein can only be seen after crossing the top of the hill. "

Possible sections of the designated monolith

“As innkeeper A. Hilpert reported in 1950, Lgb. No. 663 east of the chapel, which is on a spider road on the Nöggenschwiel- Weilheim road , years ago a stone column similar to the 'Long Stone' stood upright. Popularly this 1.20 m high monolith was called the short stone. He was killed and buried because he prevented the property owner from working. Details about the shape and stone material are not known. The monolith again did not stand on the highest point, but on the southern foothills of a wide hill (point 755.8 m). "

A current inspection led to an observation at the edge of a field in the area indicated by Gersbach (below the hill of the connection from Weilheim to Nöggenschwiel): larger and smaller fragments of foreign stone material, which in their parts could result in the reconstruction of a stone column.

literature

Egon Gersbach : Prehistory of the High Rhine. Finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut. (Catalog volume), Baden Fund reports. Special issue 11, Ed .: State Office for Pre- and Early History Freiburg and State Office for Monument Preservation, Dept. Pre- and Early History, Karlsruhe. Freiburg 1969.
Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , p. 90.

Web links

www.erratiker.ch - Nöggenschwiel ( Memento from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual proof

↑ References to both stones: Bad. Fundber. 20, 1956, 191 .; H. Kirchner, Menhirs 143 and 144 .; E. Sangmeister-J. Schneider, Degernau 90. In: Egon Gersbach: Urgeschichte des Hochrheins. Badische Fundberichte, special issue 11, Freiburg 1969, p. 175.

47.683333333333 8.2063888888889Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 12 ′ 23 ″ E

[1] References to both stones: Bad. Fundber. 20, 1956, 191 .; H. Kirchner, Menhirs 143 and 144 .; E. Sangmeister-J. Schneider, Degernau 90. In: Egon Gersbach: Urgeschichte des Hochrheins. Badische Fundberichte, special issue 11, Freiburg 1969, p. 175.