Götzenstein

The stone idol from the southwest behind the valley section of the Kallstädter Bach with Löhrbach

The idol stone is a 521.9 meter high forested mountain in the district Löhrbach in southern Hessen Odenwald, about 1.6 km north- west of Abtsteinach.

In the area of the summit there is a group of natural boulders of granodiorite that have received their forms by Wollsackverwitterung. It is protected as a natural monument. Since the summit area appears to be artificially flattened, is here, according to a notice board, a place of worship have been found in Celtic or Germanic times. Archaeological finds dating the flattening or could confirm the interpretation as a place of worship, however, are not known. Also, here is the Frankish chieftain Dietbert have continued to pay homage to the old gods after Clovis had converted to Christianity around 500. The name Götz stone is occupied only since the 19th century.