Large stone grave Büden
The large stone grave Büden was a megalithic Neolithic grave complex near Büden , a district of Möckern in the district of Jerichower Land , Saxony-Anhalt . The grave was destroyed in the 18th or 19th century.
location
The grave was outside of Büden near the Kienheide.
Research history
The facility was documented for the first time by Joachim Gottwalt Abel , who was pastor in Möckern between 1755 and 1806 . He left only handwritten notes on this, which were published by Ernst Herms in 1928 . However, the grave itself had already been completely removed during Herms' investigations.
description
According to Abel's notes, the grave was oriented east-west and had an enclosure of 30 stones arranged in two rows. The stones were enormous and the majority of them were still upright. A burial chamber could not be seen, so the complex could be described as a chamberless giant bed .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 45.
- Ernst Herms : The megalithic graves of the district of Jerichow I. In: Festschrift of the Magdeburg Museum for Natural and Local History for the 10th Conference on Prehistory. Magdeburg 1928, p. 257.