Menhir from Räther

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Menhir from Räther The farmer, the long stone, upright stone, shepherd's stone
The long stone of Räther

The long stone of Räther
Menhir of Räther (Saxony-Anhalt)
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Coordinates 51 ° 30 '59.5 "  N , 11 ° 44' 0.1"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '59.5 "  N , 11 ° 44' 0.1"  E
place Salzatal , OT Räther , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany

The menhir of Räther (also called "The Farmer", "The Long Stone," "upright stone" or "Shepherd Stein") one from the Neolithic originating menhir in Räther , one for part of the municipality Salzatal in Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt . In modern times it was used as a nail stone .

Location and description

The menhir stands about 300 m south of Räther on a field path and marks the border between Räther and Höhnstedt . About 1 km to the west are the four stones of Krimpe and 2.7 km southeast of the menhir of Höhnstedt ("Hexenstein").

The stone consists of brown coal quartzite . It is plate-shaped and tapers upwards. It has a height of 148 cm, a width of 80 cm and a thickness of 50 cm. Its broad sides are oriented north-south and have numerous nails. These are crooked on the north side.

The Räther menhir in regional sagas

The menhir from Räther was apparently incorporated into a legend about the neighboring four stones of Krimpe. It is said about their origins that once a coachman got stuck in a thaw with a carriage drawn by four horses. Despite their best efforts, the horses failed to move the cart. Then the driver began to curse and wished the devil would turn them all to stone. No sooner had he said this than a thunderstorm broke out and the horses, wagons and coachmen turned to stone. At night one should still be able to hear the roaring, screaming and snorting of the horses near the stones. The petrified coachman is occasionally identified with the menhir of Räther.

literature

  • W. Fieber / R. Schmitt: Small monuments - definition and typology. Examples from Halle and the Saalkreis. In: Preservation of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 8, 2000, pp. 164-175.
  • Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : Book of legends of the Prussian state: First volume. Dresden 1866, p. 468, No. 517 ( online version ).
  • Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 407, 460.
  • Hermann Großler : Old Holy Stones in the Province of Saxony. In: New Years Papers. Volume 20, 1896.
  • 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. 181.
  • Erich Neuss: walks through the county of Mansfeld. Volume: Southern Mansfeld. Hall 1938.
  • 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. 56–57.
  • Erhard Schröter : soil monuments of the Halle district. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 69, 1989, p. 91.
  • Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony. 2nd edition, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2011, ISBN 978-3-89812-799-8 , p. 97.
  • Bodo Wemhöner , Ralf Schwarz : Routes of archeology. Hall and the hall circle. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-910010-97-X , pp. 79–81.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viererstein
  2. ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 460.
  3. ↑ Bodo Wemhöner, Ralf Schwarz: routes of archeology. Hall and the hall circle. P. 79.
  4. ^ Johann Georg Theodor Grasse: Book of legends of the Prussian state: First volume. P. 468, No. 517
  5. ^ Waldtraut Schrickel: Western European elements in the Neolithic and in the early Bronze Age of Central Germany. Part I. Catalog. P. 69.