Great stone grave court place

Great stone grave court place
Great stone grave court place
Coordinates	52 ° 56 '3.7 "  N , 8 ° 24' 38.5"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 56 '3.7 "  N , 8 ° 24' 38.5"  E
place	Dötlingen , Lower Saxony , Germany
Emergence	3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no.	945

The large stone grave place of justice is a megalithic complex from the Neolithic Age in the municipality of Dötlingen in the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony . It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC and is a passage grave of the funnel cup culture . Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development. The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.

description

Floor plan of the preserved part

The large stone grave is located on the “Zum Sande” road in the Aschenstedt district of Dötlingen , 2 kilometers east of the center of Dötlingen, 1.5 kilometers northeast of the Hunte .

The stone chamber, oriented in a north-south direction, has an area of ​​around 4.0 × 1.5 meters. Five bearing stones , one end stone and one cap stone next to the corridor have been preserved. The megalithic grave got its name because it was here in the 18th century that a court of minor, local offenses was held: the owners of the nearby Aschenbeck farm held a wooden court over forest violators between at least 1742 and 1812 .

In the area of ​​the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park and its immediate surroundings there are another 36 facilities of a similar type.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• The complex is on the street of the megalithic culture

literature

• Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , p. 99.
• Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , pp. 134-135.

Web links

Commons : Great stone tomb courtroom  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Megalithic Portal: Stone Grave Court
• strahlen.org: Large stone grave "Court of Justice", Aschenbeck settlement, Dötlingen near Wildeshausen
• steinzeugen.de: 48th place of jurisdiction
• cruptorix.nl: court of law
• steinzeitreise.de: Great stone grave “court of justice” in the municipality of Dötlingen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15