Large stone graves near Beesewege
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 39 '3.5 " N , 11 ° 38' 2.9" E | ||
| place | Bismark (Altmark) , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3700 to 3350 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves at Beesewege were originally two megalithic tombs from the Neolithic deep-engraving ceramic culture near Beesewege , a district of Bismark (Altmark) in the Stendal district , Saxony-Anhalt . The field name "bei den Hünensteinen" also indicates a possible third large stone grave near Beesewege.
location
The preserved grave is located 800 m southeast of Beesewege on the border with Kläden . The destroyed grave was located about 750 m east of the village in the parcel “the long pieces” or “the round bush”.
There are several other large stone graves in the vicinity. About 1 km northeast of the preserved grave is the large stone grave Bülitz . The large stone grave Hohenwulsch-Friedrichsfleiß is located 2.8 km to the northeast . The large stone grave of Kläden is 2.6 km east-southeast .
Research history
The preserved grave was first mentioned by Johann Christoph Bekmann in his Historical Description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg , published in 1751 . In 1843, Johann Friedrich Danneil carried out the first systematic survey of all the large stone graves in the Altmark . The grave was still in good condition at the time, and Danneil was able to make out a second grave, which had already been largely destroyed. At the beginning of the 1890s, Eduard Krause and Otto Schoetensack carried out a new survey of the old market stone graves. They found that the grave that Danneil had discovered had meanwhile been completely destroyed. The existing grave was also in a very bad condition, since after 1870 most of the stones were used in the construction of the underpass for the railway line between Bremen and Berlin ( American line ), where they are still located today. In 2003-04, all remaining large stone graves in the Altmark were recorded and measured as a joint project of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology of Saxony-Anhalt , the Johann Friedrich Danneil Museum in Salzwedel and the association “Young Archaeologists of the Altmark”.
description
The preserved grave
The burial mound is still recognizable and has a large number of depressions, in which the bearing stones of the burial chamber were originally located. Only two stones remain of the chamber itself, a third, broken stone represents the last remnant of the grave border. Despite this poor state of preservation, the original appearance of the grave can be reconstructed very precisely thanks to the records from 1751. According to Hartmut Bock , Barbara Fritsch and Lothar Mittag it belonged to the large dolmen type , while Hans-Jürgen Beier classifies it as a presumed passage grave . It had a trapezoidal, probably east-west oriented enclosure ( barn bed ) with a length of 39.0 m and a width between 8.2 m and 12.5 m. According to Beckmann, all 15 wall stones were still preserved on one long side and eleven on the other. All the stones were still preserved on one narrow side, but were missing on the other. The grave chamber had at that time a capstone with dimensions of 3.2 m × 2.2 m, which rested on five wall stones. Seven more wall stones stood open.
The destroyed grave
The complex had a burial chamber with a length of 6.6 m and a width of 3.5 m. According to Danneil, a large "ring stone" leaned inwards on the east side. It is unclear whether this meant an enclosure stone or a wall stone. Another stone leaned against it. The cap stones were already missing from Danneil's investigation. The exact type of grave can no longer be determined. Nothing is known about the finds.
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 59.
- Johann Christoph Bekmann , Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann : Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg according to their origin, inhabitants, natural characteristics, waters, landscapes, towns, clerical donors, etc. [...]. Vol. 1, Berlin 1751, p. 348, Taf. I, I ( online version ).
- Hartmut Bock , Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Great stone graves of the Altmark . State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-939414-03-4 , pp. 42–43.
- Johann Friedrich Danneil : Special evidence of the barrows in the Altmark . In: Sixth annual report of the Altmark Association for Patriotic History and Industry . 1843, p. 94 ( PDF; 5.5 MB ).
- Friedrich Hossfeld, Ernst Haetge: District of Stendal Land (= The Art Monuments of the Province of Saxony. Volume 3). Hopfer, Burg 1933, p. 17.
- Eduard Krause , Otto Schoetensack : The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany . I. Altmark . In: Journal of Ethnology . Vol. 25, 1893, p. 135 / no. 7, plate VI / 7 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).
- Britta Schulze-Thulin : Large stone graves and menhirs. Saxony-Anhalt • Thuringia • Saxony . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-428-7 , p. 35.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Beesewege stone grave
- KLEKs Online: Large stone grave Beesewege
- grosssteingraeber.de: The destroyed large stone grave Beesewege near Stendal
- tw.strahl.org: destroyed large stone grave "Beesewege", Beesewege near Stendal, Altmark
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Großsteingraves der Altmark. 2006, pp. 42-43.
- ↑ Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Großsteingraves der Altmark. 2006, p. 11.
- ^ Johann Christoph Bekmann, Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg [...]. 1751, p. 348.
- ↑ Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Großsteingraves der Altmark. 2006, p. 42.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Danneil : Special evidence of the barrows in the Altmark. 1843, p. 94.
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