Great stone graves near Niendorf I
| Great stone graves near Niendorf I | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 7 '21.1 " N , 10 ° 38' 7" E | ||
| place | Römstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 758-765 | ||
The megalithic graves near Niendorf I were a group of 18 graves from the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near the district of Niendorf I in the district of Uelzen ( Lower Saxony ), which belongs to the municipality of Römstedt . The graves were all destroyed in the 19th century. They were originally part of an extensive necropolis , which also included at least 24 graves in the area of the municipality of Altenmedingen . The facilities were recorded in the 1840s by Georg Otto Carl von Estorff , which gives a more precise description of nine graves. Ernst Sprockhoff assigned eight of them the numbers 758–765 in his atlas of Germany's megalithic tombs .
location
The graves found in Niendorf I were divided into three groups: The first and largest group originally comprised 28 large stone graves and numerous burial mounds . The systems stretched in a dense row from Niendorf I over the Haaßel residential area, which belongs to Altenmedingen, to the outskirts of Altenmedingen. 15 of these large stone graves were located in the area of Niendorf I, the remaining 13 in the area of Altenmedingen (see also large stone graves near Altenmedingen ). In addition, there were two more graves northeast of Niendorf I and another south of the place.
description
Grave 758
This complex had a north-south oriented burial chamber with a length of 8 m and a width of 2 m. When von Estorff took the picture, the grave was still relatively well preserved. The seven pairs of wall stones on the long sides and the end stones on the narrow sides seem to have been there, but some stones on the west side were no longer in situ . Of the seven cap stones, two or three were already missing. On the west side, a few stones indicate a corridor. Accordingly, the facility was a passage grave type Holsteiner chamber .
Grave 759
This grave was also oriented north-south. The burial chamber had a length of 6.5 m and a width of 1.8 m. Von Estorff gave the two closing stones, four wall stones on the eastern long side, one of which had fallen over, and seven wall stones on the western long side. Three of the original four capstones still rested on these. Sprockhoff assumed that the western long side only had four stones, but that they were so deep in the earth that the crests gave the impression that there were several smaller wall stones.
Grave 760
The burial chamber of this complex was oriented southwest-northeast and had a length of 10 m and a width of 1.8 m. It had six wall stones each on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. Von Estorff could still make out five capstones. Slightly shifted to the south-west, there was a corridor on the south-east long side made up of two pairs of wall stones, which Estorff described as stepped. It was therefore a passage grave of the Holstein Chamber type.
Grave after 760
This grave was oriented southwest-northeast. It was 6 m long and 2 m wide. The chamber had three wall stones each on the long sides and a closing stone on the narrow sides. Von Estorff could still make out a capstone. According to Sprockhoff, this grave could be identical to the complex listed under number 756 in Altenmedingen.
Grave 761
This system was also oriented southwest-northeast. It had a length of 5 m and a width of 1.8 m. The chamber had five wall stones on the north-western and four on the south-eastern long side as well as a closing stone each on the narrow sides. Only two capstones were left. Slightly shifted to the south-west, there was a corridor on the south-eastern long side, probably formed from two pairs of wall stones, of which the capstone and the north-eastern wall stones can be seen in von Estorff's illustration.
Grave 762
The plant had a south-west-north-east oriented mound with a length of 36 m and a width of 5 m. The stone enclosure of 51 stones was almost completely preserved when von Estorff took the picture. He couldn't make out a burial chamber. Either this was completely covered by soil or the system was a chamberless giant bed .
Grave 763
This grave was oriented southwest-northeast and had a length of 7 m and a width of 1.6 m. It had five pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. Only one capstone was left. Von Estorff was able to make out clear traces of a robbery excavation.
Grave 764
This complex was also oriented south-west-north-east and had a barren bed, which is the largest grave in the area with a length of 112 m and a width between 3.5 and 4 m. The 166-stone enclosure was relatively complete. Von Estorff suspected a burial chamber, but couldn't make out one, so that the grave can probably be viewed as a chamberless giant bed.
Grave 765
The grave was oriented north-south and had a length of 7 m and a width of 2.2 m. It had six pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. Four capstones had fallen into the interior of the chamber, the southernmost of which showed saw marks. A fifth capstone was already missing.
literature
- Georg Otto Carl von Estorff : Pagan antiquities of the area of Uelzen in the former Bardengaue (Kingdom of Hanover). Hahn'sche Hof bookstore, Hanover 1846.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , pp. 60-61, 75.
