Menhir in front of the Schimmeltor
| Menhir in front of the Schimmeltor | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '2.2 " N , 11 ° 58' 36" E | ||
| place | Halle (Saale) , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir in front of the Schimmeltor was a prehistoric menhir in Halle (Saale) , Saxony-Anhalt . It was probably destroyed in the second half of the 19th century.
location
The stone was in the field not far from the Schimmeltor , which stood north of the Stadtgottesacker at the confluence of Schimmelstraße with today's street of the victims of fascism. Its location has been overbuilt by residential buildings since the end of the 19th century.
description
According to Christian Keferstein, the menhir was made of sandstone , was pillar-shaped and had a height of 8 feet (approx. 2.5 m). It is said to have originally been higher and had a certain resemblance to the Stone Virgin in Halle- Dölau .
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. 65.
- Christian Keferstein : Views on Celtic antiquities, the Celts in general and especially in Germany. Volume I, Halle 1846, p. 16 ( online ).
- 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. 40–41.