Riesenstein (Guntershausen)
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 The giant stone of Guntershausen |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 '45.5 " N , 9 ° 27' 18" O | ||
| place | Baunatal , OT Guntershausen , Hesse , Germany | ||
The giant stone of Guntershausen near the Baunatal district of Guntershausen an der Bauna is a pre-Christian megalithic monument .
history
The stone was made in the 3rd millennium BC. Set up on a barrow by people of the early peasant culture. It is the smallest known menhir in the Kassel - Fritzlar distribution area. The molar-tooth-shaped quartzite block with conspicuous cup-shaped depressions on its surface was the center of a place of worship, sacrificial site or festival site. The menhir was not artificially hewn, but received its current shape through the effects of weathering. The stone was chosen for ritual purposes because of its two bowls on top, an artificial sacrificial channel and the numerous bowls.
As people once believed, special powers should emanate from the stone. In 1891 the very holey one meter high and one meter wide block of quartzite , which does not occur naturally in the building breakthrough through a sandstone mountain on the Eulenberg, was to be used for the construction of a new weir . Due to its great weight, it remained lying on the construction site and was initially forgotten because it sank into the sand. According to oral tradition, the menhir was rediscovered in 1937 by the rector August Boley and set up again at its presumed original location. In 1967 the DWJ Guntershausen put a plaque on the stone.
Directions
From the Unteres Baunatal car park in Guntershausen, follow hiking trail 2 or 3 to the Riesenstein refuge . The two hiking trails Kassel-Steig and Eco path Kulturgeschichte Guntershausen run right past the giant stone .
literature
- Eduard Brauns: Hiking and travel guide through North Hesse and Waldeck . A. Bernecker Verlag, Melsungen 1971, p. 71.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , p. 151.
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann , Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , pp. 322-323.
- Irene Kappel: Stone chamber graves and menhirs in Northern Hesse . Staatliche Kunstsammlung Kassel (Ed.), 1978, p. 61, p. 66.
- 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 1955, No. 9). Wiesbaden 1955, p. 171.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Guntershausen Riesenstein
- The giant stone of Guntershausen