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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fliegenstein von Wattenheim - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 10 October 2005  Page Views: 6333

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fliegenstein von Wattenheim Alternative Name: Wattenheim Fürstengrabhügel
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.745 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Eisenberg  Nearest Village: Wattenheim
Latitude: 49.522952N  Longitude: 8.044132E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky : A so called "Beisetzstein" with carvings, original menhir in the background. Time of origin unknown (Vote or comment on this photo)
Wattenheim Fürstengrabhügel is a 22m diameter Iron Age Chieftain burial mound dating to 800 BCE. small menhir locally known as "Fliegenstein" on top. Other barrows nearby.

Note: If you downloaded the coordinates before 12.10.2011: they referred to a wrong village of same name. Coordinates improved, but still not accurate. The site is said to be North of motorway at edge of wood near minor road from Wattenheim to Lauberhof.
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Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky : Carvings on the "Beisetzstein" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : Fliegenstein Menhir (in the centre) on the burial mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : Fliegenstein Menhir. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : The Fliegenstein Menhir.

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : the infoboard an the Menhir in the BG.

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : the Fliegenstein Menhir and the Beisetzstein on the burial mound.

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann : the Fliegenstein Menhir on the burial mound.

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by KaiHofmann

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky : There are three tumuli shown on the walking map very close to the barrow with the menhir. They are about 200 metres in the southwest but well hidden in the woods. One must know what and where to look for to find them. The map shows at least 12 more significant tumuli in the surrounding area.

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky : Menhir at Wattenheim barrow

Fliegenstein von Wattenheim
Fliegenstein von Wattenheim submitted by majoky : Wattenheim barrow with menhir on top. The menhir is only about 60cm high.

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"Fliegenstein von Wattenheim" | Login/Create an Account | 4 News and Comments
  
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proper coordinates by travlrrr on Sunday, 27 April 2014
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german wikipedia and also openstreetmap have the proper coordinates of the site: 49.5231369,8.0440657
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Re: Fliegenstein von Wattenheim by Martin_L on Friday, 13 September 2013
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Majoky wrote:

Re: Fliegenstein von Wattenheim (Score: 1)
by majoky on Sunday, 28 March 2010
Condition:3
Ambience:3
Access:5

I did some research because I am planning to visit the site this weekend.
Obviously there is or has been a stone circle at the same site, an old book states that close to the "Fliegenstein" used to be the grinding place for nine communities and - much more interesting - the place of the "Forstgericht", a court concerning wood and forest law. This place was used as court by the mayors of the communities until late 18th century.
There have also been nine standing stones close to the Forstgericht, at least some of them until 1825 (I will try to check this out).
This would support the theory I found about the name "Fliegenstein". It translates "flying stone" but the theory says its origin is "Fliehenstein" - fleeing stone, a place so holy that it guarantees safety from worldly law and prosecution at least for a little time.

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Re: Fliegenstein von Wattenheim by Anonymous on Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Hello,
the FLIEGENSTEIN stands near Wattenheim,
but there are two Wattenheims:
the mentioned one near Bürstadt, but this is the wrong one(!)
and one near Eisenberg, which ist the correct one!
german postcode: 67319 or more information
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattenheim
the nearest city is Kaiserslautern in the Bundesland (state) of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)

It's quite near to Hettenleidelheim,
the stones in the list are the ones from Wattenheim.

Thx for the listing,
many greetings
Edo
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    Re: Fliegenstein von Wattenheim by Martin_L on Wednesday, 12 October 2011
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    Thank you very much Edo. Great you noticed the error and notified us. Cheers, Martin
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