Grave field in the Addenstorfer Heide
The burial ground in the Addenstorfer Heide is located in the municipality of Jelmstorf in the district of Uelzen in Lower Saxony (Germany). A special feature of the approximately 10 hectare area of the burial ground are 45 preserved round burial mounds from the older Bronze Age (around 1500 BC). The grave field between Bad Bevensen and Bienenbüttel in the Lüneburg Heath is located within the landscape protection area " Hill grave field near Addenstorf ", which includes not only the heather area but also surrounding forest and arable land.
The Addenstorfer Heide belongs to that type of landscape that was formed by human hands. The region existed around 2500 BC. BC still predominantly from mixed forest dominated by oak and birch . The clearing of the land probably created fields, which were only cultivated for a short time due to the nutrient-poor soils. However the floors offered the heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) with permanent grazing by sheep and goats ideal conditions.
Archaeological excavations took place here in 1974 and 1975. Hill no. 24 produced the best results. A so-called "underground grave" sunk into the ground and located in the middle, concealed a tree coffin burial , the oldest type of burial in the area. The whole thing was covered with plague heather . This hill was framed by a curb. The bronze grave goods consisted of a paragraph hatchet , a knife , a needle . Adjacent found arrowheads from flint and a clay pot.
- Sketches for the Addenstorfer Heide
The hole for the second tree coffin, which was wedged with stones, was dug in the hill near the first burial place before it was raised. Six other burials followed with a bronze sword , lance tips and rings . The enlarged hill was then given a second, larger curb. When the funeral rite changed at the end of the Bronze Age, urns were buried in the mound near the surface .
- Addenstorfer Heide
In the Addenstorfer Heide there is also a scaled-down replica of a so-called house of the dead from the Bronze Age. The model is based on the excavation find of the so-called Moortempel von Bargeroosterveld, province of Drenthe in the Netherlands . It consisted of wooden posts, the ends of which were presumably tapered horn-shaped. The layout of the cult building replica is similar to the Eitzen I house of the dead .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Häßler (Ed.): Prehistory and early history in Lower Saxony. Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0495-0 .
Web links
- Reisen-in-die-geschichte.de
- heideregion-uelzen.de ( Memento from October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 57.8 " N , 10 ° 29 ′ 46.9" E