"Langeneichstädt - home of prehistoric sights" Langeneichstädt by ettiewyn

Langeneichstädt Travel Guide: 3 reviews and 12 photos

Langeneichstädt is only a small town and not visited by many people, but there are two interesting prehistoric sights that you can visit for free: A dolmen grave and a menhir called the dolmen goddess. There is also a medieval watch tower closeby.

The dolmen grave and dolmen goddess

Langeneichstädt is also a part of the "Sky Paths" (Himmelswege), a route developed for tourists that takes you along four prehistoric sights connected to the sky and heaven. Other sights of this are Nebra, Goseck and Halle. In these places you can see a sun observatory, the Nebra Sky Disc in the Musum of Prehistory and the place where the Sky Disc was found.

The dolmen goddess and the grave from above.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Very interesting sights for free!
Cons:You are done with this quite fast
In a nutshell:It's well worth stopping here!

Last visit to Langeneichstädt: Aug 2011
Intro Updated Sep 20, 2011
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The dolmen grave Things to Do (3)

This dolmen grave is about 5500 years old and quite big: It is 5.3m long, 1.9m wide and 1,7m high. What you can visit is... more travel advice

The dolmen goddess Things to Do (3)

The dolmen goddess is a menhir located next to the dolmen grave. In total, it is 1,76m high, but one third of this is... more travel advice

Langeneichstädter Warte Things to Do (3)

Very near to the dolmen and menhir, there is this watch tower (Warte). It is the symbol of Langeneichstädt and is... more travel advice

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DAO May 28, 2012 at 1:33 AM

Looks like an interesting little place.
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DAO May 28, 2012 at 1:33 AM

Looks like an interesting little place.
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cachaseiro Sep 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM

Nice page :o)
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Pijlmans Sep 23, 2011 at 11:23 PM

Nice little pages about interesting historical findings! Hope to visit those dolmen one day too! Dennis