Dobberworth
The Dobberworth even Dobberworth , is one of the largest burial mounds in northern Germany and is located on the southern edge of the local situation Sagard on Rügen . With a height of 15 m and an estimated volume of 22,000 m³, a circumference of 150 m and a diameter of 40 m, the burial mound is Rügen's largest barrow. Its time of origin is unknown, but the Bronze Age is suspected . The origin of the name is also unsure of the name component -worth could by words or Wurt arise and identify an increased space.
According to legend, the Dobberworth was built by a giant who wanted to fill in the ford between the Great and Small Jasmunder Bodden and lost the earth he had brought with him along the way. One version of this legend ascribes this to a giantess, whose love for the Prince of Rügen was not returned and who, furious, went to him to seek revenge. Another version attributes the Dobberworth to the giant Sharmak who wanted to visit his girlfriend. Another legend is about underground people who live in Dobberworth and keep treasures there.
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Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d e f g Ingrid Schmidt: Hünengrab and sacrificial stone. Hinstorff, Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-356-00917-6 , pp. 31-33.
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , (edition from 1905), online at zeno.org
Coordinates: 54 ° 31 '10.8 " N , 13 ° 32' 50.4" E