Great stone grave Potzlow

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The large stone grave Potzlow was a megalithic burial site, presumably of the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near Potzlow , a district of Oberuckersee in the Uckermark district ( Brandenburg ). It was probably destroyed in the 18th century.

location

According to Johann Christoph Bekmann , the grave was in a field south of Potzlow on the border with Fergitz .

description

The complex is only generally referred to by Bekmann as the “high barrow”. Further information on orientation, dimensions or type is not available.

literature

  • 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. 33.
  • 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. 372 ( online ).
  • Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, p. 165.
  • Ewald Schuldt : The Mecklenburg megalithic graves. Research on their architecture and function. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1972, p. 136.
  • Hugo Schumann: The Stone Age graves of the Uckermark. Mieck, Prenzlau 1904, p. 45.
  • Ernst Sprockhoff : The cultures of the younger Stone Age in the Mark Brandenburg. Prehistoric research 4. Berlin 1926, p. 142.