Great stone graves near Christianenhof

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Great stone graves near Christianenhof
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place Selpin , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The megalithic graves at Christianenhof were two megalithic tombs from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Drüsewitz , a district of Selpin in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). Today only grave 2 remains, grave 1 was destroyed in the late 19th or early 20th century.

location

The two systems were located at the former Christianenhof, southwest of the Drüsewitz expansion. The well-preserved grave 2 is in the forest, grave 1 was on a meadow.

description

Grave 1

According to Friedrich Schlie, grave 1 was already badly destroyed at the end of the 19th century. Information on orientation, dimensions and type of grave is not available.

Grave 2

Grave 2 is a rectangular, chamberless giant bed . Information on alignment and dimensions are not published.

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. 4.
  • Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 98 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 1. 2nd ed., Schwerin 1898, p. 453 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 118.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 22.