Large stone graves near Vietlübbe

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Large stone graves near Vietlübbe
Great stone graves near Vietlübbe (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
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Coordinates Vietlübbe 1 and 2 coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 17.2 ″  N , 12 ° 7 ′ 49.4 ″  E , Vietlübbe 3
place Gehlsbach , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The megalithic graves near Vietlübbe were several megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel cup culture of unknown numbers near Vietlübbe , a district of Gehlsbach in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). They were destroyed in the 19th century. A grave was examined by Friedrich Wilhelm Zinck in 1804 ; Johann Ritter examined four graves from 1843 to 1847.

location

Grave 1 was, according to Ritter, "on the vietlübber field, close to the Karbower and Sandkruger Scheide, where the field slopes northwest towards the meadows." Grave 2 was 90 paces (almost 70 m) west of grave 1. Grave 3 was on the field, "where the paths from Sandkruge to Retzow and from Vietlübbe to Schlemmin cross." Grave 4, together with several other large stone graves, was not far from the path to Plau am See . The Karbow stone grave was located near the graves of Vietlübbe . A few hundred meters west of grave 3 was a group of nine burial mounds .

description

Grave 1

Grave 1 had an east-west oriented rectangular barren bed with a length of over 100 feet (over 30 m) and a width of 16 feet (about 4.8 m). It had a double enclosure, many of which were missing from Ritter's investigation. However, the four parallel long sides could still be made out. The spacing between the rows was 5-7 feet (about 1.5-2.1 m). Approximately in the middle of the barren bed was the burial chamber , which, according to Ewald Schuldt, was an enlarged dolmen . It consisted of eight wall stones and a single large capstone that was eight feet long. The capstone had already been blown before Ritter's investigation. The wall stones were 8 feet high and about a quarter of them were in the ground. The existing soil was made of clay . After the wall stones had been inserted into pits by the builders of the grave, the cavities were filled with sand . In front of the western end of the chamber, a dam made of three layers of pebbles was found in the sandy mound of the barn bed on the ground .

Inside the chamber, Ritter could not find any paving, burial remains or grave goods. Presumably, grave 1 was the site that Zinck had already examined in 1804. At that time he had only found a few ceramic shards.

Grave 2

Grave 2 had a mound about 4 feet (1.2 m) high and a burial chamber of unknown orientation, which, according to Schuldt, was also an enlarged dolmen. She had six wall stones; the capstone had already been removed before Ritter's investigation. The chamber was 4 feet (1.2 m) long and wide. The floor was paved with annealed flint . Burial remains or grave goods could not be made out.

Grave 3

Grave 3 had a 2.5 foot (approx. 0.8 m) high mound and a northeast-southwest oriented grave chamber, which, according to Schuldt, was a large dolmen . It consisted of eight wall stones, of which the southwestern one was shifted. There was still a capstone that had collapsed inside the chamber. The spaces between the wall stones were filled with dry stone slabs. The chamber was 12 feet (about 3.6 m) long and 6 feet (about 1.8 m) wide. After removing the capstone and the northeastern capstone, Ritter examined the interior of the chamber. He noticed a layer of annealed flint above the ground, interspersed with ash and charcoal . On top of it was a 6 foot (1.8 m) long and 2 foot (0.6 m) wide stone dam, on which in turn lay a layer of annealed flint interspersed with ash and charcoal. Burial remains could not be made out. Of the grave goods, only two ceramic shards were found, which were in two places, about 0.3 m above the stone dam.

Grave 4

Grave 4 had a 3 foot (approx. 0.9 m) high mound and a northeast-southwest oriented burial chamber. The number of wall stones is not recorded. The capstone had already been removed before Ritter's investigation. The exact type of grave can no longer be determined. The chamber was 6 feet (about 1.8 m) long and 5 feet (about 1.5 m) wide. Dry masonry was not found. The floor of the chamber was paved with flint, glowed red and white. The only grave goods of the chamber was about 0.15 m above the ground paving a south Hohlbeil found flint.

Readings

In 1852 a half-destroyed large stone grave near Vietlübbe - which is unclear - a small ax made of diorite was found and given to the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology.

literature

  • Vietlübbe barrow. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 18, 1853, p. 228 ( online ).
  • 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. 20.
  • Robert Beltz : The Stone Age sites in Meklenburg. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 64, 1899, p. 103 ( online ).
  • Robert Beltz: The prehistoric antiquities of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Complete list of the finds preserved in the Grand Ducal Museum in Schwerin. Text tape. Reimer, Berlin 1910, pp. 107-108 ( online ).
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : Friderico-Francisceum or grand-ducal antiquities collection from the old Germanic and Slavic times of Mecklenburg. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1837, p. 75 ( online ).
  • Johann Ritter : Hune graves from Vietlübbe near Plau. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 9, 1844, pp. 367-369 ( online ).
  • Johann Ritter: Hünengrab von Vietlübbe near Plau, No. 3 (cf. Jahrb. IX., P. 368). In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 11, 1846, p. 347 ( online ).
  • Johann Ritter: Hünengrab von Vietlübbe. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 13, 1848, p. 361 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 4. Schwerin 1901, p. 632 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 128.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 2: Mecklenburg - Brandenburg - Pomerania. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1967, p. 39.