Menhir from Petersberg

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The menhir from Petersberg (also called Teufelstein ) was a prehistoric menhir near Petersberg in the Saalekreis , Saxony-Anhalt .

location

According to Christian Keferstein , around 1846 the menhir was still above the Bergschänke, according to the Petersberg . According to Siegmar von Schultze-Galléra , around 1929 the stone was in the village on Lindenplatz above the domain.

description

The menhir was made of sandstone and was pillar-shaped. According to Keferstein, it resembled the Teufelstein from Nehlitz and was like this about 8 feet (approx. 2.5 m) high. When Waldtraut Schrickel investigated in 1957, the stone was no longer there.

Finds from the area around the menhirs are from the band ceramic culture , the Corded Ware culture , which Unetice culture , the full Bronze Age , the Slavic early Middle Ages and the Middle Ages .

The menhir in regional sagas

According to a legend, the "Devil's Stone" was hurled from the Petersberg by the devil. The same legend is told of other menhirs in the vicinity of the mountain, such as the Devil's Stone from Nehlitz , the Devil's Stone from Sennewitz , the Devil's Stone from Piltitz and the Menhir from Seeben .

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. 69.
  • Christian Keferstein : Views on Celtic antiquities, the Celts in general and especially in Germany. Volume I, Halle 1846, p. 15 ( online ).
  • 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, pp. 52–53.
  • Siegmar von Schultze-Galléra : Walks through the Saalkreis. Volume 3, Karras & Koennecke, Halle (Saale) 1920, p. 177.