The 2.5 m high menhir likely dates from the Neolithic period (approx. 400 to 1700 BC).
The menhir was discovered in 1927 during clearing work on the southeast slope of a rise near Dittelsheim-Heßloch at a depth of 80 cm and was re-erected 100 m away. It had probably been buried here in the late Middle Ages, but its name had persisted as a place name. Whether it originally served as a boundary stone, like many other menhirs, is unclear.
It has a height of 210 cm, a width of 145 cm, and a depth of 80 cm.
