Hune beds from Drangstedt
| Hune beds from Drangstedt | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 37 '3.9 " N , 8 ° 42' 12.3" E | ||
| place | Drangstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 612, 613, 614 | ||
The three giant beds of Drangstedt are located near the village of Drangstedt in the city of Geestland in the Cuxhaven district in Lower Saxony . The giant beds are in the "Knüppelholz" between the state road 120 (Hafenstraße) in the direction of Langen and the railway line, which runs just a little further south, just before the junction to Wehden . The megalithic beds are remnants of large stone graves dating from between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC in the Neolithic as megalithic systems of the funnel cup culture (TBK). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.
- Large stone grave in Drangstedt
The large stone grave Drangstedt 1
The large stone grave Drangstedt 2
The large stone grave Drangstedt 3
description
Close by are three long earth dams with the Sprockhoff numbers. 612 to 614. The northern dam is about 70 meters long, the middle about 90 meters and the southern about 50 meters. All three are about 1.5 meters high and seven meters wide. The earth embankments are the remains of what were once barren beds that were robbed of their chambers and borders by rockcutters. Despite the destruction, they are still clearly recognizable as such. The location of the former chambers is indicated by deep pits in the middle of the dam, the small dimensions of which are reminiscent of small dolmens . Neolithic finds were found near the mound beds, which point to a settlement that could have existed at the same time as the facilities.
South of the railway line, about 1.3 kilometers east of the three giant beds, are the remains of the largely destroyed stone chamber with the Sprockhoff no. 615. One of their chamber stones was used in the construction of the Drangstedter war memorial.
In the forest strip between the railway line and the road and to the north of it, far more than 100 barrows have been preserved to the east and west of the barren beds, which are individually or in groups. The hills are lined up here for several kilometers. Of its kind, it is the largest contiguous burial ground in Europe . Some of the burial mounds reach heights of over three meters. You follow the course of an old path that runs from Langen towards Bederkesa . The old lanes can be seen in places parallel to the modern road. Some impressive, large, single hills, lined with groups of trees, are located in the arable land immediately north of the road, in front of the motorway entrance at Debstedt.
See also
literature
- Hery A. Lauer: Archaeological Walks Ostniedersachsen Verlag Hery A. Lauer, Angerstein 1979, ISBN 3-922541-08-9 , p. 92.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs of Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf-Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 6.
Web links
- The Megalithic Portal: Grave 1 , Grave 2 , Grave 3 , Grave 4 , Grave 5
- cruptorix.nl: grave 1 , grave 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15