Arnkielpark
The Arnkielpark is an archaeological open-air facility in Munkwolstrup , a district of the Oeversee municipality in Schleswig-Holstein . It is located about eight kilometers south of Flensburg , near the B 76. There is a round hill and six large stone graves , including a reconstructed barn bed. The megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. Chr.
The park is named after the Apenrader Magister, provost and antiquarian Troels (Trogillus) Arnkiel (1638-1712). In 1690 he described some of the complexes in detail on his Ochsenweg hike. In 1702 his book Die Cimbrische Heydenreligion was published .
At the southern entrance to the village, hills covered with grass and bushes and a few curb stones were recognizable for a long time, which belong to six of the seven poorly preserved megalithic structures . Almost all of the stones from these monuments were removed in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were used for road construction, an Austrian monument and finally for the reconstruction of the village of Munkwolstrup, which was almost destroyed by fire around 1788.
Eleven original stones have been preserved on the large long hill of Munkwolstrup 1. The frame previously consisted of 132 boulders (1.5 to 2.5 t). This largest system (LA 31) with the Sprockhoff no. 25 is the 75 m long megalithic bed with two chambers, which was reconstructed from 2003 and presented to the public in 2004. It is the second reconstructed monument of its kind in Schleswig-Holstein after the giant bed of Waabs-Karlsminde , restored in the municipality of Waabs near Eckernförde .
Charcoal found under the complex on a grid of plow marks was dated to about 3600 BC. Dated. That is 100 years before the first megalithic complexes were built in northern Central Europe. The plow marks are one of the oldest evidence of plow farming in Northern Europe.
Munkwolstrup 7 is located north of the Munkwolstruper Weg and is the southernmost of the three plants. The north-west-south-east oriented trapezoidal barren bed with the Sprockhoff no. 31 is 46.0 meters long and 15.5-17.0 meters wide. The system is therefore considerably wider than all other TBK giant beds. The embankment of the hill is relatively well preserved. On the long sides there are still some stones of the enclosure. An excavation in the northern half marks the location of a chamber. Another, smaller burial can be found in the southern area. It is apparently the second grave mentioned by Troels Arnkiel.
There are around 25 burial mounds on both sides of the way to Kleinwolstrup. Some of the larger ones are clearly visible in the area. South of the village are two hills in a wall.
literature
- E. Schnack: The giant beds near Munkwolstrup, parish Öwersee. In: The home . Volume 35, 1925, pp. 73-81.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1966, pp. 10-11.
See also
Web links
- Pictures, information, criticism of the reconstruction at The Megalithic Portal (Engl.)
- The large stone grave Munkwolstrup on Grosssteingraeber.de
Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 8 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 46 ″ E