Great stone graves near Gerswalde

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The megalithic graves near Gerswalde were several megalithic tombs of unknown numbers from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Gerswalde in the Uckermark district ( Brandenburg ). They were destroyed in the 18th century.

location

The location of the graves is only indicated by Johann Christoph Bekmann on the “Gerswald field”.

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”. The number of two graves accepted by Ewald Schuldt and taken over by Hans-Jürgen Beier is not given in this text. There is also no information about 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. 36.
  • 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 ).
  • Karl Brunner: Stone Age ceramics in the Mark Brandenburg. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1898, p. 48.
  • Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, p. 183.
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 138.
  • Hugo Schumann: The Stone Age graves of the Uckermark. Mieck, Prenzlau 1904, p. 27.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : The cultures of the younger Stone Age in the Mark Brandenburg. Prehistoric research 4. Berlin 1926, p. 142.