Large stone graves near Klein Polzin

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Large stone graves near Klein Polzin
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Great stone graves near Klein Polzin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates Klein Polzin 1 coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 31.8 ″  N , 13 ° 36 ′ 33.2 ″  E , Klein Polzin 2 , Klein Polzin 3
place Groß Polzin , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no. 559-561

The large stone graves near Klein Polzin were originally three megalithic graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Klein Polzin , a district of Groß Polzin in the district of Western Pomerania-Greifswald ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They have the Sprockhoff numbers 559-561. Grave 3 was probably destroyed in the middle of the 20th century.

location

Graves 1 and 2 are located in the southwest corner of the intersection of Menzlin –Groß Polzin and Klein-Polzin– Konsages on private property. They are only 50 m apart. Grave 3 was 200 m north-northeast in a field. 130 m southeast of grave 2 is the large stone grave Menzlin .

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 has a north-east-south-west oriented burial chamber , originally encased by a rolling stone mound , which is a large dolmen . The chamber originally had four pairs of wall stones on the long sides. Seven stones are still preserved in situ , the southwest stone on the southeast long side is missing. A piece of the southwest stone on the northwest side was blasted off. The north-eastern capstone is in situ, the south-western one is missing. All three capstones are still there. They are still lying on the wall stones, but have slipped easily. The chamber has a length of 5 m and a width of 1.7 m. According to Ernst Sprockhoff's assessment, the burial horizon is still unaffected.

Grave 2

Grave 2

Grave 2 has a north-west-south-east oriented burial chamber, originally encased by a rolling stone mound, which is also a large dolmen. There are three wall stones on the long sides, two end stones and two cap stones. The southeast half gave Ernst Sprockhoff the impression of a modern structure, which is why he only used the northwest half for the reconstruction of the original appearance. This comprised two pairs of wall stones, an end stone and the two cap stones. The second wall stone on the north-eastern long side is pressed outwards, the south-eastern capstone lies broken inside the chamber. All other stones are still in their original position. Sprockhoff left the original dimensions of the chamber open because of his doubts about its true-to-original condition.

The destroyed grave 3

In 1931 Ernst Sprockhoff was only able to identify three stones that he believed to be a capstone and two wall stones. A reconstruction of the original appearance was no longer possible. The stones seem to have been removed later. Ewald Schuldt listed the grave as destroyed in 1972.

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. 23.
  • Ewald Schuldt : Old Graves - Early Castles. Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Schwerin 1964, Fig. 30.
  • Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 131.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 86.

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