Süntelstein

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North side of the Süntelstein
South side of the Süntelstein

The Süntelstein (also called Teufelsstein or Sonnenstein) is a menhir in a small clearing in the Steenshöhe / Wiehengebirge in the Belmer district of Vehre ( Osnabrücker Land ) in Lower Saxony . Today, the name Süntel only refers to a ridge in Lower Saxony to the east, but was apparently used earlier for the entire mountain range Wiehengebirge, Wesergebirge and Süntel - the Süntelstein would be in the western part of the Süntel.

The approximately 3.7 m high, 2.6 m wide and 1.7 m thick boulder is rounded at the top and has a flat side facing south. The north side is arched and shows eruptions in the lower area. A crack goes halfway through the middle of the stone, another crack extends from the top to this transverse crack. On one side there is a painting from more recent times (see also menhir by Chantecoq ) in the form of a devil's face, which is based on the contours and cracks of the stone.

The Süntelstein was transported with the bed load almost 200,000 years ago as a glacier deposit in the Middle Saale Ice Age from Scandinavia to the Osnabrück region.

The elongated stone is in an upright position, so it must have been raised by humans. There is a presumption that it belongs to the area of Neolithic menhirs that are found in the vicinity of large stone graves in the Osnabrücker Land ( Hekeser stones ). An indication of this is a wall in the vicinity, and a historical source from 1848 mentions a wreath of smaller stones that surrounded the Süntelstein. The granite is dark red under the green algae growth and the deposit crusts.

The granite boulder has been dealt with in scientific and local literature since the early 19th century without archaeological digs taking place. The Süntelstein also found its way into literature through the Brothers Grimm :

“Near Osnabrück there is an ancient stone, protruding thirteen feet from the earth, which the farmers say the devil led through the air and let it fall. They also show the place in which the chain sat, what he held it to, call it the Süntelstein. "

The Süntelstein is registered as a natural monument under the number ND OS 54 and as a geotope under the number 3614/15 . The responsible authority is the district of Osnabrück.

Web links

Commons : Süntelstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , pp. 38-40.
  • Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 235–236.
  • H. Hartmann: The Süntelstein in Vehrter Bruch . Lower Saxony 4, 1898/99, pp. 216-217.
  • H. Kirchner: The menhirs in Central Europe and the menhir thought . Wiesbaden, 1955, p. 173.
  • Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments - Das Osnabrücker Land III , Vol. 44, 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0313-0
  • W. Schlüter: Cult stones in the Osnabrück region . In: Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments 44. Mainz 1979, pp. 39–40.

Individual evidence

  1. steinzeugen.de: Süntelstein, accessed on March 11, 2011
  2. a b Stonepages ( Memento of the original dated May 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The long way of the boulders, accessed on March 11, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stonepages.de
  3. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz (ed.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments - Das Osnabrücker Land III , vol. 44, 1979, p. 39ff
  4. Website of the place Vehre : The Süntelstein and the dough trough and oven of the devil. From communications of the Historical Association of Osnabrück 1848, accessed on March 12, 2011
  5. Strodtmann : Idiotikon, p. 236.Source: Deutsche Sagen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (Brothers Grimm), Kassel 1816/18, No. 199, accessed on March 11, 2011

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 27 "  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 56.6"  E