Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel

The Löwenmensch figurine, also called the Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel, is a prehistoric sculpture discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, a German cave, part of the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura UNESCO World Heritage Site, in 1939.
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Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Work of art
  • …is a sculpture
  • Description: prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
  • Also known as
    “Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel”
    “איש אריה”
    “איש האריה מהולנשטיין-שטדל”
    “איש האריה של הוהלנשטיין סטדל”
    “אלת לוונפראו”
    “אריה-אדם”
    “גברת אריה”
    “פסלון איש אריה”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vogelherd Cave and Bockstein Cave.
Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave
The is located in the eastern , south-western Germany. is situated 2 km northeast of Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel.
Klausrohwer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave
The , German: Bocksteinhöhle is part… is situated 1½ km west of Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel.
Buchbibliothek, CC0.
Church
is a church, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindenau and Asselfingen.
Juergen.Maehnss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamlet
is a hamlet.
Buchbibliothek, CC0.
Village
is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in in . is situated 2½ km southeast of Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel.
Maimaid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Village
is a village in the district of Alb-Donau in in . is situated 3½ km west of Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel.

Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel

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Latitude
48.54972° or 48° 32′ 59″ north
Longitude
10.17408° or 10° 10′ 27″ east
Open location code
8FWGG5XF+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9012055917
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q702658

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leeumens”
  • Arabic: “الأسد الإنسان”
  • Armenian: “Մարդ-առյուծ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aslan adam”
  • Belarusian: “Чалавекалеў”
  • Bengali: “সিংহ-মানব”
  • Breton: “Den leon”
  • Catalan: “Humà lleó”
  • Catalan: “Löwenmensch”
  • Chinese: “史前獅子人雕像”
  • Croatian: “Lavlji čovjek”
  • Czech: “Lví muž”
  • Danish: “Løvemanden”
  • Danish: “Løvemennesket fra Hohlenstein-Stadel”
  • Dutch: “Leeuwmens”
  • Esperanto: “Leonviro”
  • French: “Homme-lion”
  • French: “L’Homme lion”
  • Galician: “O home-león”
  • German: “Löwenmensch”
  • Greek: “Άνθρωπος Λιοντάρι του Χόλενστάιν Στάντελ”
  • Hebrew: “ארי-אדם ממערת שטאדל”
  • Indonesian: “Manusia singa Hohlenstein-Stadel”
  • Italian: “Uomo leone di Hohlenstein-Stadel”
  • Japanese: “ライオンマン”
  • Kotava: “Krapolik (balumaks)”
  • Kotava: “Krapolik”
  • Latin: “Homunculus Leoninus”
  • Lithuanian: “Holenšteino urvo liūtažmogis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Löwenmensch”
  • Persian: “تندیس مرد شیرنما”
  • Persian: “مرد شیری”
  • Polish: “Człowiek-Lew”
  • Polish: “Löwenmensch”
  • Portuguese: “Homem-leão”
  • Romanian: “Omul-leu”
  • Russian: “Человеколев”
  • Slovenian: “Levji človek iz Hohlenstein Stadel”
  • Spanish: “Hombre león de Hohlenstein Stadel”
  • Spanish: “Hombre león”
  • Swedish: “Lejonmänniskan från Hohle Fels”
  • Swedish: “Lejonmänniskan från Hohlenstein Stadel”
  • Tamil: “சிங்க மனிதன்”
  • Turkish: “Aslan Adam”
  • Ukrainian: “Людина-лев”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hohlenstein and Kleine Scheuer.

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