Menhir of Peissen

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The menhir of Peißen (also called bacon side ) was probably a prehistoric menhir near Peißen , a district of Bernburg (Saale) in the Salzlandkreis , Saxony-Anhalt . It was destroyed during construction in 1899.

location

The stone was located right next to the school and was removed when the school was expanded in 1899.

description

The menhir consisted of quartzitic sandstone with a brownish color. It was between 1 m and 1.5 m high and 0.25 m thick. Its shape and color earned it the name "Bacon Side".

Finds from the area around the menhir come from the funnel beaker culture , the cord ceramic culture , the Aunjetitz culture , the full bronze age and the Slavic early Middle Ages .

The menhir in regional sagas

According to a legend , the stone is said to have been hurled into its location next to the school in the great fire of Peißen in 1704.

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. 64.
  • 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, p. 52.