Menhir of Rhaunen
| Menhir of Rhaunen Königstein, Heidenstein, Hinkelstein, Runenstein | |||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '50.6 " N , 7 ° 19' 52.4" E | ||
| region | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | ||
The menhir of Rhaunen (also known as Königstein , Heidenstein , Hinkelstein or Runenstein ) is a menhir near Rhaunen in the district of Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Location and description
The menhir is located at the western exit of Rhaunen on the road to Stipshausen and is there on a slope sloping to the east. In the 1960s, an excavation was carried out on the stone, but no findings were made.
The menhir is made of quartz and has a very rugged surface. It has a height of 170 cm, a width of 90 cm and a depth of 60 cm. It tapers towards the top and ends in a blunt point.
The menhir in regional sagas
There are two legends about the Königstein . According to the first, the tomb of a king is said to be under the stone, in which there is also a treasure made of gold and silver. Another says that children who came from collecting blueberries put some berries on the stone in order to be protected from falling and spilling of the collected berries through this sacrifice.
literature
- Gustav Behrens: Birkenfeld soil finds. In: Trier magazine. Volume 19, supplement, 1950, p. 44.
- Otto Gödel: Menhirs - a scientific and folkloric contribution to our stone monuments. In: Communications of the Historical Association of the Palatinate. Volume 96, 1998, p. 64ff.
- Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 294, 342–343.
- 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 in 1955, No. 9, Wiesbaden 1955, p. 152.
Web links
- Rhaunen Königstein
- Menhir Königstein in Rhaunen ( Memento from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )