Flag Hill (Eisleben)
Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 40 " N , 11 ° 31 ′ 44.8" E
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| When | Neolithic | |
| Where | Lutherstadt Eisleben , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | |
The flag hill is a Neolithic burial mound near Lutherstadt Eisleben in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz , Saxony-Anhalt . In 1837 a beaker of the late Neolithic Corded Ceramic Culture (2800-2200 BC) was found here.
location
The hill is located 1.5 km northwest of Eisleben on an elongated ridge, right at a crossroads.
description
The rather large, tree-lined hill was badly damaged by excavations in the 19th century at the latest. More recently, damage was caused by an excavator . In 1837 a cup of the Cord Ceramic Culture was recovered from the hill; the exact circumstances of the find are unknown. The cup has a height of 9 cm and a diameter of 5 cm at the bottom, 8 cm at the belly and 7 cm at the mouth. It has an S-shaped profile, two handles attached to each other on the upper abdomen and an ornament of four circumferential cord lines on the neck and upper abdomen as well as hatched triangles in between. The cup is now in the regional history collections of Lutherstadt Eisleben and is the only find from the flag hill. An investigation by the University of Leipzig in 2003 did not reveal any new findings. It therefore remains unclear whether the hill was built by members of the Cord Ceramic Culture or was simply re-used. After the investigation in 2003, the flag hill was restored.
literature
- Alfred Götze , Paul Höfer , Paul Zschiesche : The prehistoric and early historical antiquities of Thuringia. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1909, p. 24 ( online ).
- Hermann Großler : The vessels adorned with string in the collection of the Mansfeld History and Antiquity Association in Eisleben. In: Mansfelder Blätter. Volume 20, 1906, p. 231 ( online ).
- Waldemar Matthias : Catalogs on Central German Cord Ceramics. Volume 4. South Harz-Unstrut area. Ulrich Fischer dedicated to the leading specialist in the field of string ceramics research on the occasion of his 60th birthday on July 3, 1957 in a collegial bond (= publications of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. Volume 28). Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1974, p. 104, plate 41.7.
- Detlef W. Müller : Lutherstadt Eisleben, Ldkr. Mansfelder Land. In: Siegfried Fröhlich (Ed.): From the prehistory of Saxony-Anhalt. State Office for Archaeological Monument Preservation Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 1995, ISBN 3-910010-13-X , No. 9.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archaeological finds. Luther's pit puts everything in the shade. In: mz-web.de. December 30, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
