Rottenburg-Lindele menhirs
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 29 '6.4 " N , 8 ° 56' 39.1" E | ||
| place | Rottenburg am Neckar (originally), Konstanz (today), Baden-Württemberg , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 2800-2200 BC Chr. | ||
The menhirs of Rottenburg-Lindele are two ornate prehistoric menhirs ( statue menhirs ) from Rottenburg am Neckar in the Tübingen district in Baden-Württemberg . You are now in the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg in Konstanz .
Location and find history
The stones were discovered between 1984 and 1995 in the north of the city of Rottenburg in the street Im Lindele during the excavation of an Iron Age burial ground . It dates between 800 and 200 BC. BC and consisted of 71 burial mounds as well as numerous shallow graves and fire pits . The menhirs could have been used as grave steles there, but are themselves much older than the burial ground. Another ornate menhir was discovered just a few hundred meters southwest in Herderstrasse .
description
Both menhirs are made of sandstone . They are both plate-shaped and taper towards the top. Menhir I has a relatively smooth surface, whereas Menhir II has an irregular shape. Menhir I is 123 cm high, menhir II a little higher. Menhir I broke a little below the middle in prehistoric times. Both stones have stylized faces at the top. In stone I, two horizontal lines can be seen to delimit the face, with round holes and lines for eyes, nose and mouth in between. A collar with a pendant is probably shown below the face. The image on Menhir II is a bit poorer but still easy to see. Two lines at an acute angle to each other mark the lower end of the face. The nose and eyes are marked by a vertical groove and two holes. Several lines also run across the chest, including one horizontal and one in a semicircle. The original age of the two menhirs can only be determined through stylistic comparisons. They are very similar to several ornate menhirs, which are known from Saxony-Anhalt , for example the menhir from Schafstädt and the menhir from Pfützthal . These date to the end of the Neolithic Corded Pottery Culture (2800–2200 BC). It is therefore plausible to attribute the Rottenburg menhirs to this period and to regard their use in the Iron Age burial ground as a secondary use.
literature
- Kurt Derungs: Magical Lake Constance. Travel to mythical places . Grenchen 2011, pp. 39–40.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany . Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 77-78 and p. 91.
- Svend Hansen : Archaeological finds from Germany. Booklet accompanying the photo exhibition . Berlin 2010, pp. 42–43 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 91.