Leerberg
The Leerberg or Legerberg was an artificial elevation, probably a prehistoric burial mound near Pobzig , a district of Nienburg (Saale) in the Salzlandkreis ( Saxony-Anhalt ).
location
The hill was located southeast of Pobzig, north of the road originally leading to Latdorf . The lime ponds of Latdorf are located to the west of its former location. There were originally numerous other prehistoric grave monuments in the vicinity, not all of which have survived today. A few hundred meters to the northwest was the presumed burial mound Gorrenberg , further northwest the large stone grave Bierberg , to the west the large stone grave Heringsberg , south the Galgenberg , the Trappenberg , the large stone grave Steinerne Hütte and the burial mound Spitzes Hoch and to the southwest the burial moundPohlsberg and Pfingstberg .
History of the hill
Maps from the 17th century show that the Swedish general Lennart Torstensson set up an army camp near Bernburg in 1644 during the Thirty Years War , which enclosed Latdorf and the Heringsberg, the Bierberg, (possibly) the Gorrenberg, the Leerberg, the Trappenberg, the Pohlsberg and used the Pfingstberg as viewpoints for the bastions of the fortification.
The Leerberg was described as existing by Heinrich Lindner in 1833 under the name Legerberg and was probably not completely removed until the 20th century. It is still recorded on a measuring table from 1937. No prehistoric finds are known.
literature
- Wilhelm Albert von Brunn : The Bernburg burial mounds. Its history and its significance for the vertical stratigraphy of the late Neolithic. In: Prehistoric Journal. Volume 52, 1977, pp. 4-27.
- Heinrich Lindner: History and description of the state of Anhalt. Ackermann, Dessau 1833, p. 550 ( online ).
- Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme: Meßtischblatt 2312, new no. 4137. Wulfen in Anhalt. Berlin 1937 ( online )
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 '22.4 " N , 11 ° 50' 1.9" E