Large stone grave in Langen (Geestland)
| Large stone grave in Langen (Geestland) Ritzerberg | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 35 '53 " N , 8 ° 35' 49.1" E | ||
| place | Langen (Geestland) , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Langen (also called Ritzerberg ) is a possible burial site of the Neolithic funnel cup culture in the area of the village of Langen in the city of Geestland in the district of Cuxhaven , Lower Saxony .
location
The grave is located in the south of Langen on the south side of the street Am Dolmen in the middle of a residential area.
description
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It is not certain whether the monument in Langen today is actually the remains of a large stone grave. These were discovered in 1849 when the Ritzerberg was removed. Most of the material was removed without documentation. The facility has only been in its current form since the 1880s. At that time, the previously rolled cap stone was put back on the wall stones. One or two of the four remaining wall stones were also only set up at their current position at this time. The capstone has a few pans .
The assessments of whether it is actually a large stone grave vary. While Hugo Mötefindt spoke out in favor of it, Sophus Müller and Ernst Sprockhoff were rather skeptical due to the position of the wall stones.
See also
literature
- Michael Martin Lienau : About megalithic graves and other grave forms in the Lüneburg area. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1914.
- Hugo Mötefindt: The dolmen near Langen, Krs. Lehe. Jahrbuch der Männer vom Morgenstern , No. 16 (1914), p. 133 ff.
- Johannes Heinrich Müller: Report on antiquities in Hanover. Archives of the Association for History and Antiquities in Stade 4 (1871), p. 361.
- Johannes Heinrich Müller, Jacobus Reimers (ed.): Pre- and early historical antiquities of the province of Hanover . Theodor Schulze Verlag, Hanover 1893, IV.Stade district, 6th district of Lehe, p. 194 ( digitized version [PDF; 25.0 MB ; accessed on April 30, 2019] p. 202).
- Hans Müller-Brauel : The prehistoric monuments of the district Lehe. In: Annual Report of the Men of the Morning Star. Volume 16, 1913/14 (1914), p. 77 ff.
- Peter Raap : The dolmen in Langen . In: Men from the Morgenstern Heimatbund at the mouth of the Elbe and Weser. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 681 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven September 2006, p. 4 ( digital version [PDF; 388 kB ; accessed on October 12, 2018]).
- 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. 4.
- Ernst Sprockhoff, Benno Eide Siebs : The large stone graves of the Elb-Weser angle. Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern, Bremerhaven 1957, plate 46.
- Friedrich Tewes : The stone graves of the province of Hanover. An introduction to your customers and the main types and forms. Hanover 1898, p. 56.
