Great stone graves near Bengerstorf
| Great stone graves near Bengerstorf Large stone graves near Granzin | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 26 '34.9 " N , 10 ° 50' 11.5" E | ||
| place | Bengerstorf , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The megalithic graves near Bengerstorf (also megalithic graves near Granzin ) were two megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Bengerstorf in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 19th century. Johann Ritter examined the graves in 1839. Robert Beltz led them together with the neighboring Granzin in 1899 when they had gone out.
location
The graves were north of Groß Bengerstorf in the direction of Granzin . They were in the forest on the Haid Mountains. They were about 50 paces (almost 40 m) apart in an east-west direction. The Granzin stone grave lay a few hundred meters to the northwest. There were also numerous Bronze Age burial mounds in the vicinity of the three large stone graves .
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 was a north-north-east-south-south-west oriented chamberless giant bed with a length of 50 paces (approx. 38 m) and a width of 15 paces (approx. 11 m). Ritter was able to determine a fairly well-preserved enclosure made of large stones, which in some places already showed traces of attempted removal of individual stones.
Grave 2
Grave 2 was also a chamberless giant bed. In terms of alignment and dimensions, it resembled grave 1. The stone enclosure had already been completely removed before Ritter's investigation.
See also
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 18.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 96 ( online ).
- Johann Ritter : Hune graves from Goldenbow. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 4, 1839, p. 77 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 127.