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Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 26 September 2005  Page Views: 4884

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Götterstein Alternative Name: Eggenstedt Menhir, Seehausen Menhir
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 7.395 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Braunschweig  Nearest Village: Eggenstedt
Latitude: 52.101730N  Longitude: 11.271440E
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
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 5 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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Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by AlexHunger : 2.2 Meter tall carved Menhir in woods south of E77 between Eggenstedt and Seehausen in Sachsen-Anhalt. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Saxony-Anhalt

2.2 metre tall menhir with diagonal lines and circle carvings in woods south of E77 between Eggenstedt and Seehausen. A path leads to it. Probably the prettiest menhir in northern Germany. The stone was probably moved and re-erected in recent centuries.
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Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by KaiHofmann : seehausen menhir (Vote or comment on this photo)

Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by KaiHofmann : Seehausen Götterstein, in 2000. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by AlexHunger : Götterstein Carvings 2.2 Meter tall carved Menhir in woods south of E77 between Eggenstedt and Seehausen in Sachsen-Anhalt. The carvings consist of 2 diagonal parallel lines and one circle. Lower down, there are further signs, which can not be identified. This is easily one of the prettiest menhirs in Northern Germany. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by AlexHunger : 2.2 Meter tall carved Menhir in woods south of E77 between Eggenstedt and Seehausen in Sachsen-Anhalt. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by KaiHofmann : Götterstein (Vote or comment on this photo)

Götterstein
Götterstein submitted by AlexHunger : 2.2 Meter tall carved Menhir in woods south of E77 between Eggenstedt and Seehausen in Sachsen-Anhalt.

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sandstone copy works by KaiHofmann on Friday, 04 October 2019
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Here are some images of the creation process of the copy:
This is a link to the stonemason website which is producing the menhir copy (with pictures of the creation process)
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Re: Götterstein by KaiHofmann on Tuesday, 19 December 2017
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the original standing stone was moved to the "Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt" in Halle on december the 16th 2017 and replaced by a sandstone-copy.
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