Grave field on the Bornhügel
The grave field on the Bornhügel on the outskirts of Osnabrück - Gretesch in Lower Saxony is one of the largest in the Osnabrück region with over 300 cremations and has been known since the end of the 19th century.
The typical hills of the Bronze Age and Iron Age cremation graves (2000 to 500 BC) were leveled in the course of ongoing agricultural use, but the trenches of many structures remained under the plow horizon . The grave field reflects the cremation that was prevalent at that time. The corpse burn was either laid in urns made of clay or in pits that were overgrown in organic material that had now been removed.
Around 1880, the first urns were discovered on the Bornhügel during sand mining. During the archaeological investigations, the peculiarities of this burial area, such as corpse fire camp or urn burials with bronze grave goods and vessels, were discovered. Area excavations have been carried out here regularly since 1985, during which numerous double circular trenches as well as long and keyhole trenches were documented.
The oldest graves in the region (e.g. the Sundermann stones ) come from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture (TBK, 3500 to 2800 BC).
literature
- Axel Friederichs : The Young Bronze and Early Iron Age burial ground "Bornhügel" in Osnabrück-Gretesch (approx. 1100-700 or 700-500 BC) Osnabrück Cultural History Museum, 1988
Web links
- Description at osnabrück.de
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 4.5 " N , 8 ° 7 ′ 25.4" E