Great stone grave Pretzien

The large stone grave Pretzien was a presumed megalithic Neolithic grave complex near Pretzien , a district of Schönebeck (Elbe) in the Salzlandkreis , Saxony-Anhalt . The complex was probably destroyed in the 18th century.

location

The exact location of the grave is unknown.

Research history

The facility was first documented by Justus Christianus Thorschmidt , pastor in Plötzky near Gommern at the beginning of the 18th century . Joachim Gottwalt Abel , who was pastor in Möckern between 1755 and 1806, took over his information . But he could no longer inspect the grave himself, as it had probably already been removed in the meantime. Abel only left handwritten notes on his research, which were published by Ernst Herms in 1928 .

description

The grave had a barn bed surrounded by stone , which contained a burial chamber . According to Thorschmidt, an urn was found in the chamber , which was decorated with dots and lines. This contained bones, additions in the form of hairpins and other, unspecified objects, as well as two other, smaller urns, which also contained human bones, which Thorschmidt interpreted as children's bones. Apparently this was a Bronze Age reburial .

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. 59.
• Ernst Herms: The megalithic graves of the district of Jerichow I. In: Festschrift of the Magdeburg Museum for Natural and Local History for the 10th Conference on Prehistory. Magdeburg 1928, p. 245.
• Justus Christianus Thorschmidt: Plocensium pastor: Antiquitates Plocenses et Adjunctarum Prezzin et Elbenau. Leipzig 1725.