Menhir from Nierstein
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '15.1 " N , 8 ° 20' 15.8" E | ||
| place | Nierstein , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | ||
The menhir of Nierstein is a menhir near Nierstein in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
location
The stone was discovered in 1891 during an excavation in the parcel "Nine Morning". The area served as a settlement and burial site from the Neolithic to the early Middle Ages . The menhir was first erected in the courtyard of the new school and then moved to the community park in the 1960s or 70s. The menhir of Dexheim is located 3.1 km south-southwest of its current location .
description
The menhir is made of limestone . It has a total height of 425 cm or 550 cm and protrudes 340 cm from the ground; its width is 200 cm and its depth 80 cm. It is irregularly shaped and tapers towards the top. Its surface is very porous in places. After the Second World War, a Lorraine cross (as a symbol of the Free French Armed Forces ) and the year "1945" were carved on one side by order of French soldiers .
Tombs of the Neolithic Rössen culture were discovered near the menhir .
literature
- Gerhard Bosinski : The long stone near Einselthum (Palatinate). A menhir of the Rössen culture? In: Germania. Volume 39, 1961, pp. 179-180.
- Georg Durst: The monoliths of the province of Rheinhessen. In: Mainz magazine. Volume 33, 1928, pp. 21-22.
- Otto Gödel: Menhirs. Witnesses of the cult, border and legal customs in the Palatinate, Rheinhessen and the Saar area. Speyer 1987, pp. 124-125.
- Otto Gödel: Menhirs - a scientific and folkloric contribution to our stone monuments. In: Communications of the Historical Association of the Palatinate. Volume 96, 1998, p. 29.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 313, 339.
- 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. 161.
- Karl Schumacher: Archaeological map of the area around Mainz. In: Mainz magazine. Volume 3, 1908, pp. 33-34.
- Detert Zylmann: The riddle of the menhirs. Mainz-Kostheim 2003, p. 104.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Nierstein Menhir