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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Weissenstein Alternative Name: Schloßhecker MenhirCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 0.121 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Prüm
Latitude: 50.205800N Longitude: 6.424400E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Standing Stone (Langer Stein) in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Originally, the stone was but about 3 km south of Prüm in the district on the Schlossheck, hence its (alternative) name.
In 1933, a plaque was affixed to commemorate the memory of five inhabitants of the region who, under the napoleonic yoke, had refused to be incorporated into the French army.
The text read :
In Treue zum Vaterlande fielen hier für die Freiheit der Heimat Matthias Meyer aus Lissendorf Thiery Link aus Feusdorf Michel Heintz aus Landscheid Matthias Billen aus Landscheid Thiery Laurens aus Bewingen Sie wurden erschossen auf Befehl Napoleons I. am 23. Januar 1810.
TRANSLATION :
In fidelity to the fatherland fell here for the freedom of the homeland Matthias Meyer from Lissendorf, Thiery link from Feusdorf, Michel Heintz from Landscheid, Matthias Billen from Landscheid and Thiery Laurens from Bewingen. They were shot on the order of Napoleon I on 23 January 1810.
The plaque was thrown away by the French army in charge of that part of Germany after WWII, a shame --- and still awaits its replacement.
Photos : August 2016.
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