Great stone grave Hesselte

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Great stone grave Hesselte
Great stone grave in Hesselte (Lower Saxony)
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Coordinates 52 ° 25 '36.3 "  N , 7 ° 21' 52.1"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '36.3 "  N , 7 ° 21' 52.1"  E
place Emsbüren , Lower Saxony , Germany
Emergence 3500 to 2800 BC Chr.

The Hesselte large stone grave was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Hesselte , a district of Emsbüren in the Emsland district ( Lower Saxony ). It was destroyed in the 19th century.

location

The grave was located about 1 km north of Hesselte on the western steep bank of the Great Aa . In older literature a second grave is mentioned on the other bank of the Great Aa. However, this is no longer in the area of ​​Hesselte, but rather the large stone grave Bramsche-Wesel 1 . The large stone graves Bramsche-Wesel 2 and 3 , which were destroyed in the 19th century, were located 2 km east and east-southeast . 3.1 km to the northwest was the large stone grave Gleesen , which was destroyed in 1893 .

description

In 1926 Ernst Sprockhoff could only make out a single capstone, which was 2.6 m long, 2.0 m wide and 0.9 m thick. However, he was abducted so that the exact location of the grave could no longer be determined. Information on orientation, dimensions and grave type is therefore not possible.

literature

  • Detering: Deitering: About the giant stones and burial mounds located in the former Gogerichts district of Emsbüren, together with the old German equipment found in and around them. In: Archive for the history and antiquity of Westphalia (Wigands archive). Volume 2, 1828, p. 323 ( online )
  • Johannes Heinrich Müller , Jacobus Reimers : Pre and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover. Schulze, Hannover 1893, p. 253 ( PDF; 25.0 MB ).
  • Ludwig Schriever : History of the Lingen district. Acken, Lingen 1905, p. 21 ( online ).
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 110.
  • Johann Karl Wächter : Statistics of the pagan monuments existing in the kingdom of Hanover. Historical Association for Lower Saxony, Hanover 1841, p. 124 ( online ).

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