Large stone graves near Oetzen
| Large stone graves near Oetzen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|||
| Coordinates | 53 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
| place | Oetzen , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 783-785 | ||
The large stone graves near Oetzen were eleven graves of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near the municipality of Oetzen in the district of Uelzen , Lower Saxony . The megalithic graves were described by Georg Otto Carl von Estorff in 1846 . Two of them no longer existed at this point in time, the others were completely destroyed in the second half of the 19th century. Von Estorff made reconstruction drawings of three systems. These have the Sprockhoff numbers 783–785.
location
Von Estorff described 13 large stone graves near Oetzen, of which the two easternmost already belonged to the area of the former municipality of Dörmte. Most of the graves run in a line running from southwest to northeast, west of Oetzen. Grave 3 was east of this main group and south of Oetzen near the Wipperau . Graves 6 and 8 were west of the line. To the southwest, in the direction of Masendorf, the group of graves was continued by a larger number of earth monuments.
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 was already destroyed by von Estorff when it was taken. It had a huge bed in which there was a burial chamber.
Grave 2
The complex with the Sprockhoff number 783 had an east-west oriented burial chamber. Five of the wall stones were still in situ on the southern and three on the northern long side . Two more stones on the north side had fallen outwards. In its original state, the chamber probably had five or six pairs of wall stones on the long sides. Of the end stones, only the eastern one was left. Three capstones were preserved, of which only the middle one was still on the bearing stones. The western capstone had a large number of bowls .
Grave 3
Grave 3 had a north-west-south-east oriented, trapezoidal barn bed with a length of 40 m. The width was about 8 m in the northwest and 6 m in the southeast. There were still 20 stones left from the border. The burial chamber was located 8.5 m from the northwest end of the megalithic bed. It stood across the bed and was 2.35 m long and 1.2 m wide. It had two pairs of wall stones on the long sides and one end stone each on the narrow sides. It was therefore an enlarged dolmen . Cap stones were not available.
Grave 4
Grave 4 is managed by Ernst Sprockhoff under the number 784. It had a rectangular, east-west oriented barren bed with a length of 65 m and a width of 7 m. In von Estorff's picture, the enclosure still consisted of 60 stones, but the long sides already had large gaps. Von Estorff describes the surrounding stones at the corners as particularly large. The burial chamber was near the eastern end of the megalithic bed. It was 4.5 m long and 2 m wide. Of the wall stones, there were four on the northern and five on the southern long side as well as the two end stones. A capstone was partly still on the wall stones. Other fragments lay inside the chamber. A second capstone lay dragged east of the chamber.
Grave 5
Grave 5 had an east-west oriented barren bed with a length of 27 m and a width of 9 m. Twelve surrounding stones were still preserved. The burial chamber was in the eastern part of the megalithic bed. It was trapezoidal and 4.7 m long and 1.8 m to 2.3 m wide. It still had five or three wall stones on the long sides and the two end stones. The cap stones were missing.
Grave 6
Grave 6 was completely destroyed by 1846, so that von Estorff could no longer provide a more detailed description.
Grave 7
From grave 7, von Estorff could only make out the already heavily damaged remains of the chamber.
Grave 8
The plant had a north-east-south-west oriented megalithic bed with a length of 15 m and a width of 4.7 m. 19 stones of the enclosure were still preserved. Von Estorff was unable to provide an exact description of the burial chamber, as it was completely covered with reading stones .
Grave 9
Grave 9 was elevated and visible from afar. It had a rectangular, north-west-south-east oriented barren bed with a length of almost 19 m and a width of 6 m. Only nine enclosing stones were left. The burial chamber was in the middle of the barren bed and had only three stones.
Grave 10
The grave with the Sprockhoff number 785 had a rectangular, east-west oriented barren bed with a length of 20 m and a width of 7 m. The enclosure was already badly damaged and only consisted of seven stones on the southern and four stones on the northern long side. The burial chamber was in the eastern half and stood diagonally to the barn bed. It was 4.7 m long and 1.5 m wide. Only the south-eastern end stone and the three adjoining wall stones on the south-western long side were still there.
Grave 11
Grave 11 was almost completely destroyed when von Estorff was taken. He assumed a small barren bed, but could not say anything about the exact appearance, since the stones had all blown up.
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 , p. 68.
