Menhir from Seehausen
| Menhir from Seehausen God stone, long stone | |||
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 The menhir of Seehausen |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 6 ′ 6.1 ″ N , 11 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ E | ||
| place | Wanzleben-Börde , OT Seehausen , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir of Seehausen (also called "Götterstein" or "Langer Stein") is a menhir in Seehausen , a district of the town of Wanzleben-Börde in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt . It stands in the direction of Eggenstedt , on an uphill dirt road, one kilometer from the lake and is the northernmost statue menhir in Germany. The stone is no longer in its original location. Other menhirs of its quality have also been taken to museums as a precaution.
A thing site is said to have been located on the 2.4 m high semi-anthropomorphic menhir . The heavily weathered stone with an oval cross-section has petroglyphs , of which very precise images exist. They show a circle, a broad ax with a handle and a sash. The older drawings still show parts of a decorated belt. Urn finds indicate that burials took place at the site.
The representation is interpreted in the scientific literature as a human-like figure. Comparisons suggest an interpretation as the fertility goddess. Since incised motifs are not often found in the field of German archeology, the reference material can be easily collected. It becomes clear that this motif belongs to the Bernburg culture . The area at Hohen Holz can be defined as the northern edge zone of this culture .
See also
- Statue menhir from Schafstädt
- Large stone grave in Langeneichstädt
- Menhir from Pfützthal
- Bamberg idols
literature
- A. Berg: The long stone or stone of gods from Seehausen near Magdeburg. In: Germania. 1933, p. 212ff.
- Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 461–462.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Great stone graves and menhirs in Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony (Halle 2006, 2011)