Menhir from Rauischholzhausen
| Menhir from Rauischholzhausen The fat stone, Judenstein (wrongly) | |||
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.jpg) The menhir of Rauischholzhausen |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '46.2 " N , 8 ° 53' 12.6" E | ||
| place | Ebsdorfergrund , OT Rauischholzhausen , Hesse , Germany | ||
The menhir of Rauischholzhausen (also called the thick stone or incorrectly also Judenstein ) is a prehistoric menhir near Rauischholzhausen , a district of Ebsdorfergrund in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse .
location
The stone is located about 500 m south of Rauischholzhausen on a dirt road. It was originally located 200 m from here in the area of the Breitenborn desert and was perhaps built into the church there, similar to the menhir from Roßberg, just under 5 km away, or the menhir from Langenstein, 11 km away .
description
The menhir is made of basalt . It is angular and tapers towards the top. The stone has a height of 120 cm, a width of 110 cm and a thickness of 110 cm. Due to its secondary use, it has a bolt hole.
literature
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 131, 153.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , p. 173.
- Irene Kappel: Stone chamber tombs and menhirs in Northern Hesse (= Guide to North Hessian Prehistory and Early History. Volume 5). Kassel 1978, p. 69.
- 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. 172.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Thick Stone Breitenborn
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 153.