De Danzenbarg

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The burial mound near Appen

De Danzenbarg is a Young Bronze Age burial mound in the area of ​​the municipality of Moorrege in the Pinneberg district , Schleswig-Holstein and is protected as an archaeological monument . The name and dimensions are reminiscent of similar hills in Denmark that are listed under the name Dansehøje .

description

De Danzenbarg is the field name of the burial mound north of Appen in the area of ​​the municipality of Moorrege, on a small ledge about 200 meters from the Pinnau . It is located away from public roads and can only be reached via a narrow path. The Danzenbarg is about 25 meters long and 14 meters wide. The height is about 2.5 meters. It falls off slightly on the back. It has no visible entrance and is mostly overgrown with grass and a few trees.

The burial mound is recognized by the Schleswig-Holstein State Archaeological Office (ALSH) as an archaeological ground monument and is a listed building .

Excavations

The burial mound, which at that time was only about 20 meters in diameter, 1.75 meters in height and half removed, was opened in June 1908 under the direction of the archaeologist Dr. Knorr unearthed . In the middle of the hill, a group of three funeral urns was found just a few inches above the natural ground . One of these cone-necked urns was covered with a bowl, the other two with bowl-like vessels. The urns contained only a few bronze devices, including a razor . To the east and northeast of the urns, two smaller stone settlements were found. After the excavations, the burial mound was raised to the originally assumed height. The finds from the excavation are kept in the Archaeological State Museum Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig.

Due to the ceramic vessels and bronze objects, the grave mound was typologically dated to the early Bronze Age , around 1500 BC. Chr. Dated . Some flint fragments found near the burial mound were assigned to the same period by the excavators due to the lack of evidence of previous settlements on this site.

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  • Dagmar Jestrzemski: The chronicle of the community Appen 1269-2001 . Appen municipality, Appen 2001.
  • Topographic maps Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg (2007)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claus Ahrens: Prehistory of the Pinneberg district and the island of Helgoland . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1966, p. 256 .