Steinfeld-Bökenberg stone grave
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 34 '28.5 " N , 8 ° 14' 21.7" E | ||
| place | Steinfeld (Oldenburg) , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
The large stone grave Steinfeld-Bökenberg was a megalithic grave complex of the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Steinfeld (Oldenburg) in the district of Vechta ( Lower Saxony ). It was located 2 km southeast of the village near Bökenberg or Böker-Berg and was destroyed in 1819 to obtain building material for a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Leipzig . No further information is available about the grave itself, except that it consisted of numerous stones. The largest stone used for the memorial came from the "witch bush" and was called the "giant fist" or "giant foot".
There were originally other large stone graves in the vicinity: to the east was the stone grave Steinfeld-Lehmden . There were several graves of unknown numbers near the main town of Steinfeld .
Web links
- steinzeugen.de: Large stone graves and tumuli south of the Wildeshauser Geest near Damme (Vechta district): Large stone grave Bökenberg