Stolzenhagen (Oder) stone grave

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The large stone grave Stolzenhagen (Oder) (also known as the silver box) was a megalithic grave, probably from the Neolithic funnel cup culture near Stolzenhagen , a district of Lunow-Stolzenhagen in the Barnim district ( Brandenburg ). It was destroyed in the 18th or early 19th century.

location

The grave was to the west of Stolzenhagen.

description

Pastor E. Chr. Ohnesorge made the original description of the complex in 1741. Johann Christoph Bekmann and all other authors after him refer to this information. Accordingly, it was a north-south oriented facility with a length of 16 feet (about 4.8 m) and a width of 4 feet 8 inches (about 1.45 m) in the north or 3 feet 8 inches ( approx. 1.15 m) in the south. It was built from large field stones and filled with earth and small stones inside. Eberhard Kirsch and Hans-Jürgen Beier see the grave as a possible extended dolmen due to its dimensions .

According to a local file entry, there is an east-west oriented rectangular hill in Stolzenhagen with a length of 26 m, a width of 14 m and a height of 2 m. It has several old excavations and reading stones. In the northeast area there are two larger stones. Due to very different descriptions of the location, it is unclear whether it was the hill that originally contained the large stone grave described in the literature, or whether it was another megalithic bed .

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. 42.
  • 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. 367 ( online ).
  • Ernst Fidicin : The territories of the Mark Brandenburg or history of the individual cities, manors, foundations and villages. Volume IV. Self-published, Berlin 1864, p. 239 ( online ).
  • Eberhard Kirsch : Finds from the Middle Neolithic in the state of Brandenburg. Brandenburg State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Potsdam 1993, p. 80.
  • Leopold von Ledebur : The pagan antiquities of the administrative district of Potsdam. A contribution to the antiquity statistics of the Mark Brandenburg. Berlin 1852, p. 93 ( online ).