Great stone graves near Holdorf
The megalithic graves near Holdorf were two or three megalithic tombs from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Holdorf in the district of Vechta ( Lower Saxony ). They were destroyed in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
According to a report from 1900, the remainder of a larger monument still existed at that time "[a] uf Parz. 64, corridor 15 to Art. 14, Kolon Niehaus". A single stone called "the broad stone" was preserved. It was 3 m long, 2 m wide and a little over 1 m thick. To the north, four more stones were attached to the adjacent property. It is not clear from the description whether it was a contiguous or two adjacent monuments, but the former is more likely.
Nearby on the “Parz. 134, hall 15 ”is the name given to“ near the stones ”. A large stone grave is said to have been located there, which was probably torn down in the 1850s for the construction of the St. Peter and Paul Church in Holdorf . No information is available about the orientation, dimensions and type of grave of the facility.
literature
- The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Oldenburg. II. Issue: Vechta Office. Stalling, Oldenburg 1900, p. 124 ( online ).
- 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. 146.