White Stone (Dittelsheim-Heßloch)
The White Stone is a menhir near Dittelsheim-Heßloch in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Location and description
The menhir was discovered in 1927 during clearing work on the south-eastern slope of an elevation near Dittelsheim-Heßloch on the "Am Weißen Stein" tub at a depth of 80 cm and was erected again 100 m away. It was probably buried here at the end of the Middle Ages, but its name was retained as a field name. It is unclear whether it was originally used as a boundary stone, like numerous other menhirs. Its location is at least near the border to Bechtheim and an old diocesan and Gaug border .
The white stone consists of limestone , which does not occur in the vicinity of Dittelsheim-Heßloch. Its surface is badly weathered and furrowed. It has a height of 210 cm, a width of 145 cm and a depth of 80 cm. It is plate-shaped, tapers upwards and ends in a curved tip, which gives its upper end the shape of a bird's head.
literature
- Georg Durst: The monoliths of the province of Rheinhessen. In: Mainz magazine. Volume 33, 1928, p. 22.
- Otto Gödel: Menhirs, witnesses of cult, border and legal customs in the Palatinate, Rheinhessen and the Saar area. Speyer 1987, p. 96ff.
- Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 249-251, 328.
- 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. 162.
- Gustav Kotheimer: The White Stone in Hessloch. In: Homeland yearbook of the Alzey-Worms district. Volume 23, 1988, pp. 141-142.
- Felix Zillien: Stone monuments of our homeland. Mute witnesses to past cultural epochs. In: Homeland yearbook of the Alzey-Worms district. Volume 23, 1988, p. 147.
- Felix Zillien: The Hessloch "White Stone" is a mystery. In: Wormser Zeitung, August 2, 2013.
- Detert Zylmann: The riddle of the menhirs. Probst, Mainz-Kostheim 2003, ISBN 978-3936326079 , p. 103.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Groht: Menhirs in Germany. P. 328.
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 22.3 " N , 8 ° 15 ′ 38.6" E