Domarekullen from Gräshagen

The Domarekullen von Gräshagen ( German  Richterhügel ) is one of several large burial mounds from the Bronze Age that were built around Jönköping in Småland in Sweden . Three of them are still preserved: the Domarekullen in Veragatan in Gräshagen, surrounded by apartment buildings, the Lustigkulle in Liljeholmen and the Dödskallehöjden ( German  skull mountain) in Råslätt.

The Domarekullen has a diameter of about 17 meters and a height of two meters. He lies on a plateau at the foot of an elevation. It used to be a place overlooking Lake Munksjön and the Tabergsån River , which flows a little over 200 meters east of the hill. The location made it visible from afar, which is characteristic of the large mounds of the Bronze Age.

The tomb has not been examined by archaeologists , but someone has dug a large pit in the middle of the hill. This disruption was resolved when the burial mound was restored around 1930. According to reports from the 1870s, there is said to have been another burial site east of the burial mound. Today there are no more traces of this.

Six other burial mounds in Sweden bear the name Domarekullen: in Bolmsö (Smereryd), Linköping, Töcksfors, Tranås , Vreta Kloster and Vretstorp. Most of them are in Småland.

Web links

• Domarekullen von Gräshagen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Domarekullen tumulus on jonkopingslansmuseum.se (English)

Coordinates: 57 ° 45 ′ 39.8 "  N , 14 ° 7 ′ 55.9"  E