Great stone grave Godern

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The large stone grave Godern was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Godern , a district of Pinnow in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ). It was destroyed in the 19th century. The exact location has not been passed down, and the description of the facility is also very vague. It was a megalithic grave surrounded by stones, which probably meant a stone enclosure. No information is available about the burial chamber . Around 1850 the grave was partially demolished. A hatchet and a flint blade were found, which were given to the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology.

Possibly there was a second grave, which was opened around 1825 and from which a supposed stone "idol's head" was recovered. However, this turned out to be a simple, unworked flint, the surface of which had some bumps and impressions that were vaguely reminiscent of a face. Since there is no more precise information about the place where it was found, it is unclear whether it was directly with Godern and whether it was actually a “megalithic grave”.

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literature

  • Godern 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. 22.
  • 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, p. 101 ( online ).
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : megalithic graves to Godern. In: Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Volume 16, 1851, pp. 253-254 ( online ).
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 130.