Menhir of Poserna

The menhir of Poserna (also called hare column ) was a prehistoric, probably Neolithic menhir near Poserna , a district of Lützen in the Salzlandkreis , Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It originally stood on the border between Poserna and Kreischau on a burial mound , the grave inventory of which is assigned to either the spherical amphora culture (3100-2700 BC) or the cord ceramic culture (2800-2200 BC), but probably the former leaves. It was later moved to the intersection of the paths from Poserna to Taucha and from Nellschütz to Ranismühle and converted into a signpost .

description

The menhir was made of weathered gray-yellow sandstone and originally had a height of 1.3 m and a width and thickness of 0.33 m each. After its conversion, the menhir was hewn. It now had a square shape and was provided with several inscriptions. A series of letters and numbers as well as a year were carved on the back. Furthermore, several directions were painted on. Waldtraut Schrickel and Hans-Jürgen Beier kept the menhir as preserved in 1957 and 1991, respectively, but in the list of monuments of the state of Saxony-Anhalt from 2016 it is listed as missing.

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. 66.
• 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. 16.
• Small question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture February 25, 2016 Printed matter 6/4829 (KA 6/9061) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt