Little silver mountain
The Kleine Silberberg is an elevation of 59 m in the area of the city of Magdeburg . He hid a stone age stone grave .
Great stone grave
In 1831, Professor Friedrich Wiggert , who later became the director of the Magdeburg High School , uncovered the grave complex. However, the excavation report has been lost. However, several ceramic vessels of the so-called Walternienburg culture were found. The most beautiful piece was an amphora with a deep stitch pattern . The finds were dated to the Middle Neolithic between 2500 and 2100 BC. Dated.
There were also three undecorated vessels from the early Bronze Age between 1800 and 1500 BC in the complex . According to a report from 1925, the vessels lay next to a human skeleton , which was next to two rows of stones.
In 1928 a two-day subsequent excavation was carried out, but no grave complex could be found. It is believed that, as was often the case, the stones of the tomb were taken as building material.
Some of the finds recovered in 1831 were lost in the turmoil at the end of the Second World War .
Todays situation
Today the Olvenstedter Graseweg / Holzweg intersection is almost directly on the Kleiner Silberberg . The hill is named for the nearby street Am Kleinen Silberberg . A little further north is the Große Silberberg .
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Beier : The grave and burial customs of the Walternienburg and Bernburg culture. Scientific articles 1984/30 (L19) of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg ISSN 0440-1298 , p. 93.
- Hans-Joachim Krenzke: Magdeburg cemeteries and burial places . State capital Magdeburg, City Planning Office Magdeburg, Magdeburg 1998, pp. 11–12 ( PDF; 6.3 MB )
Web links
- The destroyed large stone grave "Kleiner Silberberg" in Magdeburg
- destroyed large stone grave "Kleiner Silberberg", Magdeburg
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ N , 11 ° 36 ′ E