Stèle à 4 divinités

Gallo Roman stone dating from the 2nd century (like the one preserved at Langesoultzbach). Like the latter, it would originally have carried a column supporting a statue of Jupiter on horseback with an Anguiped. Discovered in 1577 during the construction of a bar by the city wall, it was reburied ( the account of this discovery comes from Chronicles of Bertrand Herzog, 1592). The statue was uncovered and set up in the grain market by order of Philippe de Hanau-Lichtenerg. At that time a stone was carved with a commemorative inscription dated 1580 and placed beside the monument (this stone is currently preserved in the small space leading to the lavoir by the former mairie. W on the heritage map. The monument itself remained in the grain market until 1836, when it was moved to its present position, mounted on a pedestal and covered with a superstructure no doubt from this time. The names of the divinities were carved on the pedestal. When first erected this monument probably stood outside the town in the place known as 'Heidenstein', near the road to Elsasshausen as it is the name given to the stone in the vernacular.