Burial mound at the port of Uelzen
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The once about 1.5 m high grave mounds at the port of Uelzen are located in the districts of Ripdorf and Molzen, in the heath area northwest of the port of Uelzen in Lower Saxony . They had to be excavated in 1972/73 when the Elbe Side Canal was being built. Then the findings were made permanent for the public by concreting. With their stone setting and stone packings, they offer a clear picture of the hill structure and the construction phases.
The oldest part of the complex is formed by an almost polygonal stone wreath with a diameter of about 24 m, in which there is a concentric stone packing. Underneath this central stone layer was “Burial 1”, the structure of which could not be determined because it was completely destroyed, presumably as early as the 19th century.
To the east of the stone wreath, three quarters of which was surrounded by an open moat, there is an almost rectangular forecourt of around 650 m², within which, near the stone wreath, there are small hook-shaped and arched stone settings, the two so-called "cult niches ". A rectangular discoloration, perhaps the remains of a wooden structure, lies on the forecourt, which seems to be related to the cult, as indicated in the surrounding burial mounds ( burial field in the Addenstorfer Heide ).
The polygonal stone ring is interrupted in the south. Wedge stones indicate the place of a tree coffin "Burial 2", which was dug into the curb ring of the hill. Then, outside the stone wreath (presumably at the same time), another tree coffin burial "Bestattung 3" was carried out, which, together with burial 2, was connected to the polygonal stone wreath or its mound by a sickle-shaped stone wreath. The installation of a tree coffin in the edge of the last extension and its connection to the main hill by further crescent-shaped stone settings was repeated twice ("Bestattung 4 and 5"). In the mound there were three additional burials above ground level . Based on the finds, burials 4 - 8 (1 - 3 were without additions) can be dated to Period III of the Bronze Age .
A few 100 m south-east is the second grave, the excavation findings of which have also been preserved. Both complexes belong to a burial mound from the late Neolithic and the older Bronze Age.
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literature
- Hans-Jürgen Häßler (Ed.): Prehistory and early history in Lower Saxony. Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0495-0
- Tourismuskreis Uelzen eV (Ed.): Traces of time, ways to archaeological monuments of the Uelzen region ISBN 3-933943-03-5
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Coordinates: 53 ° 0 '21.4 " N , 10 ° 33' 34.7" E