Kongsore Skov

Kongsøre Skov is located on a fertile moraine about 2 km southeast of the town of Hølkerup and about 300 m west of the Isefjord in southern Odsherred on the Danish island of Zealand . The 246 hectare forest contains around 50 prehistoric monuments. 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.

The name of the forest is linked to the legend of King Øre, who is said to have been killed at the site of today's Kalundborg and buried in Kongsøre Skov with a long gold chain. More likely, however, like many other place names with this suffix, the name is derived from ør for "gravelly beach" or øre for "headland".

Kong Øres Grav

Kong Øres Grav ( German "King Øres Grab" , also Kong Øres Dysse) is located in the middle of the southern part of the forest. It originated in the Neolithic between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture . The small looted chamber is rectangular, about 1.8 m long, 0.9 m wide, 0.8 m high and lies as a longitudinal lying (older variant) in about one meter high, 21.5 m long and 7.5 to 8 , 5 m wide giant bed . 3 side stones, the cap stone, an end stone and a threshold stone have been preserved . There may be a second dolmen in the hill. The megalithic bed, restored in 1937, consists of 34 curb stones, which are larger at the southern end of the enclosure. One of them has 16 bowl-shaped recesses.

Mythical royal names are also linked to prehistoric monuments in other places in Denmark:

Kong Asger Høj (on Møn ),
Kong Dyver Sten, Kong Grøns Høj , Kong Svends Høj (all on Lolland )
Kong Humbles Grav , Kong Holms Høj , Kong Renes Høj (all on Langeland ),
Kong Lavses Grav (on Lyø )
Kong Knaps Dige (a rampart), Kong Lavses Grav and Kong Rans Høj (all in Jutland )
Kong Haralds Dysse , Kong Skjolds Høj, Kong Slags Dysse , Kong Svends Høj (a tumulus ) and Kong Suders Høj (all on Zealand).

Prinsehøjene

Prinsehøjene (Prinzenhügel) are two dolmens in the round hill from the Neolithic Age . Frederick VII had the mound excavated when he was crown prince, hence the name. In the capstone of one there are 19 small bowl-shaped depressions. A narrow passage leads into the 2.2 m long and 1.3 m wide chamber. An old oak stands on the other hill .

Tingstedet

The Tingstedet (dt. Thingstätte ), a large part of which probably slipped into the Isefjord , also dates from the Neolithic (around 3500 to 2800 BC). The preserved part of the megalithic bed measures another 25 by 8 m.

literature

Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 241 Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 p. 189

Individual evidence

^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.

Web links

Kongsore Skov. at fortidsminder.com, accessed October 19, 2009 (Danish).
Kongsore Skov, Odsherred. Naturstyrelsen , accessed December 6, 2011 (Danish).

55.816944444444 11.721666666667Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′ 1 ″ N , 11 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ E

[1] Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.