Great stone graves near Baccum
| Great stone graves near Baccum | |||
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '20.7 " N , 7 ° 24' 3.2" E | ||
| place | Lingen (Ems) , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 871-872 | ||
The megalithic tombs in Baccum are a group of former six grave sites of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture near the town of Lingen (Ems) belonging district Baccum in Emsland , Lower Saxony . Four of these graves were destroyed in the 19th century. Of the other two, only the mound fillings are preserved today. They have the Sprockhoff numbers 871 and 872. They originated in the Neolithic between 3500 and 2800 BC. And are megalithic systems of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) mainly of the Emsland Chamber type .
location
Johann Karl Wächter stated the location on the Langenberge for a facility, the remaining five graves were all outside of Baccum, a few hundred meters south of the B 214 on the Steenbrink (or Steinbrink), one of them "next to the Brömlinge". This also includes the two remaining graves, which are only 22 m apart. About 370 m southwest of these at the edge of the forest was grave 4.
numbering
There is no uniform numbering of the graves. In this article the counting according to Sprockhoff is used, who assigned numbers 1 to 4 for the graves. The numbers 5 and 6 were not explicitly assigned by him, but they designate the two graves last treated by him. On the local information boards, the two surviving complexes are marked with the numbers III and IV, probably based on Wächter, who treated the graves in a different order than Sprockhoff. The following comparison should be used with caution, as Wächter did not provide a description of the location of the graves in relation to one another:
| Sprockhoff | Guardian |
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| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4th |
| 3 | 2? |
| 4th | 6? |
| 5 | 1 |
| 6th | 5 |
description
Preserved graves
Grave 1
From grave 1 there is still an east-west oriented mound formation. It is 18 m long and 15 m wide. According to Sprockhoff, it is said to have been the largest known grave in the vicinity, which, however, contradicts the dimensions given by Wächter. He described it in 1841 as a complex of 60 paces in size. Seven stones were left at the time.
Grave 2
Grave 2 also has an east-west oriented mound. The length of the system is also 18 m. With a width of 12 m, it is somewhat narrower than grave 1. Wächter states in his description a circumference of 80 paces and two stones still present.
Destroyed graves
Grave 3
When the guards took the picture, there was still a pile of mounds with a circumference of 80 paces. Eight stones were still there, but were already so scattered that it was no longer possible to assign them as wall or cap stones.
Grave 4
When Sprockhoff took the photo in 1926, grave 4 was still covered by a mound with a length of 28 m, a width of 20 m and a height of 1 m. In the following period, however, this was completely removed. In his description, Wächter gives a circumference of 65 paces and one stone still present.
Grave 5
Grave 5 on the Langenberge was completely destroyed when it was taken by guards around 1840. It only states that it was 50 paces in circumference.
Grave 6
According to Wächter, the grave “next to the Brömlinge” had a circumference of 100 paces. A stone was still present when the photo was taken.
literature
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 107.
- Johann Karl Wächter: Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, pp. 123–124.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Grave 1 , Grave 2
- steinzeugen.de: Large stone grave Baccum III (destroyed), Large stone grave Baccum IV (destroyed)
- cruptorix.nl: grave 1 , grave 2