Great stone graves near Bexhövede
| Great stone graves near Bexhövede Great stone graves near Dünenfähr | |||
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 The preserved large stone grave Bexhövede 1 |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 28 '37.8 " N , 8 ° 40' 20.2" E | ||
| place | Loxstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 619 | ||
The megalithic graves near Bexhövede (also megalithic graves near Dünenfähr ) were two grave complexes of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near the Bexhövede district belonging to the municipality of Loxstedt in the district of Cuxhaven , Lower Saxony , of which only one still exists today. It bears the Sprockhoff number 619.
location
Grave 1 is located on the southwestern outskirts of Bexhövede in the immediate vicinity of the Dünenfähr residential area. A second plant was originally located about one kilometer east of this in Steertmoor.
The preserved grave 1
The grave has a mound with a diameter of 35 m and a height of 2 m. There is an approximately northeast-southwest oriented burial chamber with a width of 2 m. Its length cannot be precisely determined. The stones are still deep in the ground, so that no precise statement can be made about how many are still preserved. Two cap stones are still clearly visible. The southwestern one has a length of 2.2 m, a width of 3.5 m and a thickness of 1.15 m. It rests on wall stones that protrude only a short distance from the earth. There appears to be one on the southeast side, and apparently two on the northwest side. The north-eastern capstone is still deep in the ground, so its exact dimensions cannot be determined.
The southwest capstone has two rows of wedge holes that go back to the planned demolition of the tomb in 1840. But this could be averted at the last minute by the landowner von Hodenberg.
The graves in regional sagas
The Bexhövede 1 grave and two neighboring complexes were viewed as dwarfs' homes, according to the legend of the "Dwarfs of Dünenfähr". They were kind to the locals and often repaired their broken metal tools. For repairs, however, they often used metal that they stole from the farmers. They especially liked to lurk on a path that led past their homes and stole the axle nails from teams driving by. One day a servant passed this place with his wagon and cracked his whip. Thereupon a dwarf became visible, because the kecht had torn his cap off his head with the crack of a whip. He only wanted to give them back in exchange for the stolen axles, but the dwarf had long since melted them down. Instead, he promised the servant an appropriate reward, which he would find on the way home. The servant then returned the hat, but found only one dead horse on the way back. At first he thought the dwarfs had tricked him, but then cut a piece of meat from the carcass for dog food. When he reached the courtyard, he suddenly found that the meat had turned to pure gold. He immediately returned to the place where the horse had been, but it had disappeared without a trace.
See also
literature
- Eberhard Michael Iba (Ed.): Hake Betken siene Duven. The saga of the Elbe and Weser estuaries (= special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund at the Elbe and Weser estuaries . Volume 16 ). 3. Edition. Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1999, ISBN 3-931771-16-4 , p. 218-219 .
- H. Müller-Brauel: The prehistoric monuments of the Geestemünde district. In: Annual Report of the Men of the Morning Star. Volume 11, 1908/09 (1910), pp. 165, 212.
- 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. 7.
- Ernst Sprockhoff, Benne Eide Siebs: The large stone graves of the Elb-Weser angle. Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern, Bremerhaven 1957, plate 47.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Duehnefaehr stone grave (1)
- cruptorix.nl: Bexhövede