Menhir of Farschweiler

Border mark or "Menhir" near FarschweilerThe 3.3 m long stone made of layered quartzite with quartz is not processed. Large and small blocks of this type occur regularly as weathering remains of quartz veins in the Hunsrück. However, this stone was erected by humans as a striking “monolith” (Greek: single stone) at this point. When the still recognizable border wall was built, the old stone stele was probably removed as early as the 19th century. The foundations of the original location could no longer be found. The forest boundary that the stone marked can be traced back to 1800 and is probably much older. The raw stone stele certainly served as a border marker. It is an exciting question whether the stone was first erected as a boundary stone or whether it stood here earlier and was subsequently used to define a boundary. From the younger Stone Age, in the 4th - 3rd millennium BC, the installation of "megaliths" (Greek: large stones) is known in large parts of Western Europe in particular. These steles, placed with a religious background, presumably indicate figures and are also called "menhir" (Langsstein in Breton). Similar monoliths are not so rare in the region under the names “Langenstein”, “Breitenstein” or ‘“ Hinkelstein ”. There are only 5 known representatives north of the Osburger Hochwald. In 1979, the foundation of a 2.3 m high stele “Bei den Huebeln” was examined by the decision. It clearly turned out to be a landmark that was only set in the 17th century. When procuring such a boundary stone, one could have used an older stone. Some Celtic burial mounds, as they are in the immediate vicinity, were crowned by stone steles that were originally supposed to symbolize the dead. Text Heimat und Verkehrsverein Farschweiler e.V.

A nice place in autumn. Wonderful colors and a great atmosphere in the fog