Oesterholz archaeological trail

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The Oesterholz Archaeological Educational Trail is located on the western edge of the Senne in the district of Oesterholz-Haustenbeck in the municipality of Schlangen in the East Westphalian district of Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Barrow on the archaeological trail in Oesterholz
Barrow on the archaeological trail in Oesterholz

description

The Oesterholz Archaeological Educational Trail was established in 1982 and leads along a freely accessible circular path through a group of ten burial mounds from the Bronze Age . Before that, the burial mounds, some of which were damaged by robbery excavations and sand extraction, were cleared of vegetation and restored. In the course of these measures, some of the burial mounds were archaeologically examined in order to obtain more detailed information on their construction. The excavation findings are shown on information boards on the individual hills. The tour is complemented by two burial mounds reproduced on an open space in the original scale, which are shown on average to show their different constructions.

literature

  • Elke Treude: Schlangen-Oesterholz: The Bronze Age educational trail , In: Ostwestfalen-Lippe - Excursions to archeology, history and culture , Stuttgart 2009, pp. 161–163 ISBN 978-3-8062-2303-3
  • Friedrich Hohenschwert : The district Lippe II - guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985, pp. 206-209 ISBN 3-8062-0428-4

Web links

Commons : Oesterholz Archaeological Educational Trail  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Hohenschwert: Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985, pp. 206-209

Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 24 "  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 18.7"  E