Celtic graves of Donnerskirchen
The five Celtic graves of Donnerskirchen come from the early Hallstatt culture (800–650 BC - Osthallstattkreis) and are located on the eastern slope of the Mahdberg (also Martinsberg), west of Donnerskirchen , east of the B 15 (Mannersdorfer / Wiener Str., Direction Hof am Leithaberge) in Burgenland in Austria . The one to three meter high hills are popularly known as the “three mountains” because of the three largest.
The Celtic grave mound above Donnerskirchen (2013)
The Hills Seen From Below (2013)
The bull's head protome from the Celtic graves (2013)
Hills 1 to 3 were excavated between 1910 and 1913. The hills contained next to a magnificent polychrome Stierkopf vessel that much attention was, urns , decorated and undecorated tapered neck vessels, moon idols (typical of women's graves), shells, animal vessels, Tonsitulen and the fire attacked metal additions. Perhaps there is a connection between the richly decorated tombs in Donnerskirchen and the height fortifications at the Burgstall near Purbach . A reliable allocation of the additions to individual tumuli is difficult. Hills 4 and 5 were old stripped. The finds are in the Landesmuseum Burgenland (BLM) in Eisenstadt .
literature
- Chr. Pescheck: The Junghallstättischen grave mounds of Donnerskirchen, (Niederdonau). In: Communications from the Prehistoric Commission. 4/5, 1942, pp. 93-104.
Web links
- Find description (PDF file; 1.64 MB)
Coordinates: 47 ° 53 '50.1 " N , 16 ° 38' 10.1" E