Great stone graves near Genzkow

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Great stone graves near Genzkow
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Great stone graves near Genzkow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates 53 ° 38 '6 "  N , 13 ° 31' 12"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '6 "  N , 13 ° 31' 12"  E
place Friedland OT Genzkow , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no. 451

The megalithic graves near Genzkow were two megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Genzkow , a district of Friedland in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ), of which only one still exists today. The preserved grave bears the Sprockhoff number 451. The second grave was destroyed before 1840 for the extraction of stones for road construction.

location

The preserved grave is located about 1.5 km northeast of Genzkow in a small forest. To the west of this, near today's federal highway 197, was grave 2. Two destroyed stone boxes from the Neolithic Age and at least 25 grave mounds are known from Genzkow .

description

The preserved grave 1

The complex has an almost east-west oriented burial chamber with a length of about 2 m and a width of about 1 m. The two wall stones on the long sides have burst, but are still in situ . They are 2.5 m and 2.3 m long. The wall stones on the narrow sides are missing. A capstone 2.2 m long and 1.7 m wide has been moved to the east. There are several bowls on its top . There are more stones lying around, the original position of which can no longer be precisely determined. The grave should be addressed as an ancient dolmen .

The destroyed grave 2

Grave 2 was quite similar to the existing complex and also had a mighty capstone. Presumably it was also an ancient dolmen. There is no information about dimensions and alignment.

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. 28.
  • Adolf Hollnagel : The prehistoric and early historical monuments and finds of the district of Neubrandenburg. Petermänken, Schwerin 1962, p. 45.
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 134.
  • Friedrich Theodor Sponholz : cone graves of Genzkow. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 5, 1840, p. 39 ( online ).
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 50.

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