High stones near Wildeshausen

High stones near Wildeshausen
High stones near Aumühle
Coordinates	52 ° 53 '53.6 "  N , 8 ° 22' 49.4"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 53 '53.6 "  N , 8 ° 22' 49.4"  E
place	Aumühle , Lower Saxony , Germany
Emergence	3500 to 2800 BC Chr.
Sprockhoff no.	956

The Hohen Steine are a Neolithic passage grave near the town of Aumühle bei Wildeshausen in the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony . They have the Sprockhoff no. 956 and originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker 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.

location

The passage grave is located immediately south of the federal highway 213 about 1.5 km southeast of the village of Aumühle.

description

The almost east-west-oriented large stone grave consists of a 17 meter long and 2 meter by 1.4 meter large, double trapezoidal Emsland chamber , which lies in the remains of an oval enclosure. 32 edging stones have been preserved. Most of these have been moved from their original location. One of the original 25 bearing stones and eleven cap stones is missing. The entrance was in the middle of the south side.

Finds of clay vessels from the Iron Age suggest that the grave was used again at that time.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• The complex is part of the Route of the Megalithic Culture .

literature

• Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , pp. 94-95.
• Mamoun Fansa : large stone graves between Weser and Ems. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-118-5 , pp. 126-127.
• Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 138.

Web links

Commons : Hohe Steine ​​bei Wildeshausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park Association
• Steinzeugen.de: Hohe Steine, Wildeshausen
• Wildeshausen Navigator: interactive LGLN ​​focused on the Hohe Steine, convenient official map service of the city of Wildeshausen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15
2. ↑ Large stone grave "Hohe Steine"
3. ↑ Hohe Steine ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.stonepages.de