Menhir of Beisenerbierg

The Menhir of Beisenerbierg is a three-metre-tall standing stone which stands on a hilltop at Reckange in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. An excavation in 2001 revealed its age to be Neolithic.

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Type: Archaeological site
Description: standing stone in Mersch, Luxembourg
Also known as: “Menhir de Beisenerbierg”, “menhir of Beisenerbierg”, and “Menhir of Reckingen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Enelter Kapell and Église Saint-Hubert.

Enelter Kapell

Chapel

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Enelter Kapell is a chapel, which is situated 170 metres east of Menhir of Beisenerbierg.

Église Saint-Hubert

Church

Église Saint-Hubert

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Église Saint-Hubert is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of Menhir of Beisenerbierg.

Monument national de l’indépendance

Memorial

Monument national de l’indépendance

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Monument national de l’indépendance is a memorial, which is situated 2 km southeast of Menhir of Beisenerbierg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reckange and Pettingen.

Reckange

Village

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Reckange is a small town in the commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg.

Pettingen

Village

Photo: Christian Ries, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pettingen is a village in the commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg. Pettingen is situated 2½ km northeast of Menhir of Beisenerbierg.

Bill

Hamlet

Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.

Bill is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Menhir of Beisenerbierg.

Menhir of Beisenerbierg

Categories: menhir, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Mersch, Mersch, Central Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

49.75918° or 49° 45′ 33″ north

Longitude

6.07603° or 6° 4′ 34″ east

Open location code

8FX8Q35G+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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In Other Languages

From French to Tatar—“Menhir of Beisenerbierg” goes by many names.

French: “menhir de Reckingen”
French: “Menhir de Reckingen”
German: “Menhir vom Beisenerbierg”
Luxembourgish: “Menhir vu Recken”
Tatar: “Бейзенербирг менгиры”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hieselbur and Administration des ponts et chaussées - Centre d’Intervention et d’Entretien des Autoroutes.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Reckange (Mersch), Hosbich and Haff Elsen.

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