Menhirs of Sangerhausen
| Menhirs of Sangerhausen | |||
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 Menhir I from Sangerhausen |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 28 '50.3 " N , 11 ° 17' 4" E | ||
| place | Sangerhausen , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhirs of Sangerhausen are two prehistoric menhirs near Sangerhausen in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz , Saxony-Anhalt . Menhir I is registered in the local monument register as a ground monument.
location
Menhir I is located on the northern outskirts of Sangerhausen in the gusset of Karl-Bosse-Straße and the road to Pfeffersheim . Menhir II is located between Sangerhausen and Wallhausen , north of the state road and directly east of the Sachsengraben.
description
Menhir I is plate-shaped and trapezoidal. It consists of quartzitic sandstone and has a height of 1.95 m, a width of 1.63 m and a thickness of 0.76 m. Both natural depressions and several artificial bowls can be seen on the front . In the Middle Ages and / or modern times , the menhir was used as a nail stone . Several iron nails in the back testify to this. The menhir was also used as a signpost ; the labels are still there.
Finds from the area around the menhirs come from the band ceramic culture , the spherical amphora culture , the Bernburg culture , the cord ceramic culture , the Aunjetitz culture , from the full bronze age , the Latène period and from the Middle Ages .
No details are available about the shape, material and dimensions of Menhir II.
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. 70.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 431, 459.
- 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. 53–54.
- Erhard Schröter : The protected ground monuments of the Halle district. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 69, 1986, p. 96 ( online ).
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-428-7 , pp. 108-110.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Sangershausen Menhir
- KLEKs Online: Menhir
- strahlen.org: Menhir from Sangerhausen
- suehnekreuz.de: Sangerhausen (III)