Large stone graves near Stormstorf
| Large stone graves near Stormstorf Judenkirchhof (grave 1), De blage Durnbursch (grave 2) | |||
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| Coordinates | Stormstorf 1 , Stormstorf 2 | ||
| place | Zarnewanz , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 344-345 | ||
The megalithic graves near Stormstorf are two megalithic graves from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Stormstorf , a district of Zarnewanz in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They have the Sprockhoff numbers 344 and 345. Grave 1 is also known as the Jewish cemetery , and grave 2 as De blage Durnbusch (“The Blue Thorn Bush ”).
location
The graves are in the north of Stormstorf. Grave 1 is 150 m west of the road to Reppelin, grave 2 100 m east of the road. The graves are 250 meters apart. 1.1 km southwest of grave 1 is the almost completely destroyed large stone grave Teutendorf . 2.8 km northeast of grave 2 are the large stone graves at Barkvieren , 3.7 km east the large stone graves near Gnewitz , 3.1 km southeast the large stone grave Zarnewanz and 3 km south-southeast the large stone grave Ticino .
description
Grave 1
Grave 1 has an east-west oriented [burial chamber], which is a passage grave . There were originally five wall stones on each of the long sides. Four are still preserved in the north; the two western ones are in situ , the following two have been displaced, the eastern one is missing. On the south side, the two eastern wall stones are in situ, the two western ones seem to have been displaced, the middle one is missing or is completely in the ground. The two closing stones on the narrow sides are still preserved. The eastern one has been blown up, but is still in situ. The western one is inclined outwards. All five capstones are preserved, but none in their original position. The eastern capstone has been blown up; the second from the west has sunk inside the chamber and is now deep in the ground. The chamber has a length of 7 m and a width of 1.8 m. A corridor could not be determined. Ernst Sprockhoff therefore suspected that the grave should be addressed as a large dolmen , but Ewald Schuldt and, following him, Hans-Jürgen Beier classified it as a passage grave .
Grave 2
Grave 2 has an east-west oriented rectangular barren bed . Only three stones remain of the enclosure at the western end of the northern long side and one of the western narrow side. The original dimensions of the giant bed can therefore no longer be determined. At the west end of the bed is the also east-west oriented burial chamber, which, according to Schuldt, is a passage grave as in Appendix 1. On the northern long side, all four wall stones are still preserved in situ. On the south side, the two eastern stones are in situ, the rest are missing. The eastern end stone is in situ, the western one is dragged outside the chamber. Of the original four capstones, three have sunk into the interior of the chamber, the second from the west has not been preserved. The chamber has a length of 5 m and a width of 1.7 m. A corridor cannot be determined.
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. 5.
- Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 98 ( online ).
- Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 1. 2nd edition, Schwerin 1898, p. 450 ( online ).
- Ewald Schuldt : Dolmen and passage graves on the Recknitz. Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Schwerin 1966.
- Ewald Schuldt: The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 118.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 13.
