Kröllwitz burial mound

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 9.6 ″  N , 11 ° 56 ′ 22 ″  E

Kröllwitz burial mound
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The Kröllwitz tomb with the menhir

The Kröllwitz tomb with the menhir

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Kröllwitz burial mound (Saxony-Anhalt)
Kröllwitz burial mound
When probably Neolithic
Where Halle (Saale) , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany

The grave mound of Kröllwitz is probably a Neolithic burial mound crowned by a menhir in Kröllwitz , a district of Halle (Saale) . An archaeological investigation has not yet taken place.

location

The hill is located northeast of the Kröllwitz University Hospital . It is accessible via the entrance to the hospital grounds and a subsequent footpath.

About 3 km to the west there are 36 more burial mounds in the Dölauer Heide .

description

The hill, heavily overgrown with trees, is oval and oriented east-west. It has a total length of 30 m and a height of 3.5 m. It was probably created in several phases and is divided into an eastern main hill and a clearly separated western side hill with a length of 12 m and a width of 8 m.

A quartzite menhir stands on the main eastern hill . It is plate-shaped, tapers towards the top and has a rugged surface. The stone has a height of 1.1 m, a width of 1.2 m and a thickness of 0.5 m.

literature

  • Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 395, 454.
  • Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, p. 92.
  • Bodo Wemhöner : Small monuments in the urban district of Halle - An inventory. In: Archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. NF Volume 2, 2004, p. 78.
  • Bodo Wemhöner, Ralf Schwarz : Halle and the Saalekreis. In: Routes of archeology. Volume 1, State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-910010-97-X , pp. 62–64

Web links

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