Barrows field "Schweinert"

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Pottery found in the Schweinert
Knives from the Schweinert

The "Schweinert" barrow field is one of the most important Bronze Age barrow fields in Central Europe and the largest in Germany. It is located about 7 km southeast of Herzberg (Elster) near the Black Elster . The burial ground consists of more than 650 visible burial mounds on an area of ​​about 30 hectares. The western part of the burial ground is dominated by larger burial mounds, some with a diameter of up to 40 m, while in the eastern part mostly burial mounds with a diameter of 8 m to about 15 m can be found.

Investigations of a hill in 1811 are documented. Further excavations were carried out by the district physicist Friedrich August Wagner , who found his results in various works such as Egypt in Germany or the Germanic-Slavic antiquities on the Black Elster and the temples and pyramids of the indigenous people published on the right bank of the Elbe, not far from the outflow of the black Elster . The first and so far only scientific excavation and evaluation was carried out in 1934/35 by the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle . The large hill investigated at the time showed rectangular stone pavement above a layer of white sand on which lay the corpse embankment, vessels, bronze jewelry, bronze implements such as needles, rings, lance tips, a bronze cup and remains of birch bark containers. Stone packings were placed over it and the mound was built. The metal objects found belong to the Hallstatt A2 group (manufactured from the middle of the 12th century BC), while the ceramics belong to the grooved goods of the Billendorfer culture (around 1000 BC).

As early as 1958, the cemetery was placed under protection as a ground monument. In 1989 the area in Schweinert became a nature reserve without forestry management, i.e. a total reserve. This is remarkable because it meant that it was no longer possible to use the alder wood in Schweinert for export. In 1997, the German Foundation for Monument Protection began to look after the burial grounds, and a modern survey of the burial ground was commissioned.

A nature trail with information boards leads through the Schweinert.

literature

  • Markus Agthe: Newly measured city of the dead . In: Archeology in Germany 1/2001, p. 66 ff
  • Bornschein / Gandert: Local history for the Liebenwerda district , Verlag Ziehlke, Bad Liebenwerda, 1928 p. 149/150
  • Voegler: The burial mound in "Schweinert" near Kleinrössen In: The Black Elster. Our home in words and pictures. Bad Liebenwerda, No. 211, 1913
  • Report of the first excavation by Friedrich Krug von Nidda in 1811
  • Heinz Schmidt-Falkenberg: The barrow field in Falkenberger Forst and the ramparts "Wallberge" - originated 3000 years ago? - projekte-verlag.de ISBN 978-3-86237-750-3

Web links

Commons : Hügelgräberfeld Schweinert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 38 "  N , 13 ° 16 ′ 7.8"  E