Prinzenstein (Börnecke)
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 The Prince Stone of Börnecke |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 49 '10.6 " N , 11 ° 1' 57.3" E | ||
| place | Blankenburg (Harz) , OT Börnecke , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The Prinzenstein is a menhir in Börnecke , a district of Blankenburg (Harz) in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .
Location and description
The Prinzenstein is located in the east of Börnecke on the so-called "Prinzenhöhe", on the west side of the Steinweg, immediately before the confluence with Westerhäuser Straße. Here it was placed as a secondary, but its original location is unknown. Perhaps it is a piece of land called “Auf dem Lange Stein”, but perhaps it is also a burial mound near a sulfur - iron source , which was also used as a place .
The menhir is made of quartzite . Its total height is 225 cm, of which 180 cm protrude from the ground. The width is 80 cm and the depth 30 cm. The stone is plate-shaped and has a sloping tip. A modern plaque with the inscription "Prinzenstein 1631" is attached to one side.
Finds from the area around the stone come from the Bernburg culture and the Aunjetitz culture .
The Prinzenstein in historical times and in regional legends
In 1232 the location of the stone served as a thing site. According to a legend, the imperial military leader Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly fought against a Swedish vanguard here in 1631 . A Brandenburg prince is said to have fallen, in whose honor the stone was erected. According to a variant of this legend, it is said to have been a Swedish prince.
literature
- Alfred Berg: The Long Stone or Stone of Gods from Seehausen near Magdeburg. In: Germania. Volume 5, 1933, p. 214.
- Gisela Graichen : The cult place book. A guide to old sacrificial sites, shrines and places of worship in Germany. Hamburg 1990, p. 347.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 408, 446.
- 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. 184.
- Johannes Schneider : Soil monuments of the Magdeburg district. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 69, 1986, p. 126.
- 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. 20–21.
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, p. 74.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Prinzenstein
- tw.strahl.org: implemented menhir "Prinzenstein", Börnecke near Blankenburg
- suehnekreuz.de: suehnekreuz.de - Börnecke (I)