Large stone grave Dolchau
| Large stone grave Dolchau | |||
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 The large stone grave Dolchau. Illustration from: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg (1751) |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 43 '0.1 " N , 11 ° 29' 0.2" E | ||
| place | Kalbe (Milde) OT Dolchau , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3700 to 3350 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Dolchau was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic deep engraving ceramic culture in the area of the district Dolchau of today's town Kalbe (Milde) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt . It was first described and illustrated in 1751 by Johann Christoph and Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann in their historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg . The grave was completely removed in the 18th or 19th century. Eduard Krause and Otto Schoetensack could not find any remains when they took up the Great Stone Graves in the Altmark in the 1890s.
description
The complex was either of the large dolmen type or of the passage graves . and was built on a natural elevation, the Dolchauer Berg east of Dolchau. The burial chamber had several capstones, the largest of which was 4.6 m × 3.0 m × 1.3 m and was therefore a lot larger than the capstone of the Stöckheim large stone grave, which is the largest still preserved capstone of the Altmark graves is. The grave had an oval stone enclosure with the dimensions 30 m by 22.5 m.
literature
- Johann Christoph Bekmann , Bernhard Ludwig Bekmann : Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg according to their origin, inhabitants, natural characteristics, waters, landscapes, towns, clerical donors, etc. [...]. Vol. 1, Berlin 1751, p. 348 ( online version ).
- Eduard Krause , Otto Schoetensack : The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany . I .: Altmark . In: Journal of Ethnology . Vol. 25, 1893, p. 163 / no. 190 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. Part 2. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe 1. Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 56.