Great stone graves near Güstow
The megalithic graves at Güstow were several megalithic graves of unknown numbers from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Güstow , a district of Prenzlau in the Uckermark district ( Brandenburg ). They were destroyed in the 18th century.
location
According to Johann Christoph Bekmann, the graves were located between Prenzlau and Güstow.
description
As early as the early 18th century, only remains of the graves were left, which were probably completely removed a little later. According to Bekmann, there were “a large number of stones, some of them also large, now here and there individually, now also in quite a number in one area together”. In the middle of the 19th century, Leopold von Ledebur could only refer to this information, as the graves had already been destroyed at that time. No information is available on the dimensions, alignment and type of the systems.
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. 33.
- 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. 355 ( online ).
- Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, p. 156.
- Leopold von Ledebur : The pagan antiquities of the administrative district of Potsdam. A contribution to the antiquity statistics of the Mark Brandenburg. Berlin 1852, p. 99 ( online ).
- Hugo Schumann: The Stone Age graves of the Uckermark. Mieck, Prenzlau 1904, p. 28.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : The cultures of the younger Stone Age in the Mark Brandenburg. Prehistoric research 4. Berlin 1926, p. 140.