Great stone grave Hassel

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The great stone grave in Hassel. Engraving by FE Gericke (Berlin). Illustration from: Historical description of the Chur and Mark Brandenburg (1751)

The large stone grave in Hassel was a megalithic burial complex of the Neolithic deep engraving ceramic culture near the village of Hassel in the Stendal district , 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 probably belonged to the type of passage graves . The burial chamber had six capstones. From the enclosure, which presumably had a long rectangular floor plan, only a few stones were left in the 18th century.

Hartmut Krell summarized the state of research in 2018. He listed over 9 possible locations for megalithic structures in the vicinity of Hassel.

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. 60.
  • 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. 354 ( online version ).
  • Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack : The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany . I .: Altmark . In: Journal of Ethnology . Vol. 25, 1893, p. 139 / no. 34 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 60.
  2. ↑ Hartmut Krell: Great stone graves near Hassel . Ed .: Kulturförderverein "Östliche Altmark" (=  knowledge of the region . Volume 1 , 2nd book). Edition Kulturförderverein "Östliche Altmark", Altenzaun 2018, ISBN 978-3-9811747-0-0 , p. 140-146 .