Lindenberg (Winterfeld)

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The Lindenberg was a prehistoric burial site, probably a Bronze Age burial mound (according to Hans-Jürgen Beier, however, a possible Neolithic stone grave ) near Winterfeld , a district of the municipality of Apenburg-Winterfeld in the Altmark district of Salzwedel , Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The Lindenberg was north of Winterfeld, near the border with Sallenthin .

The Winterfeld large stone grave is located directly in the village center of Winterfeld, east of the village church .

Research history

The Lindenberg was archaeologically excavated around 1835 under the direction of Johann Friedrich Danneil and probably destroyed a little later.

description

The Lindenberg was a round hill with an outer and an inner stone enclosure. Danneil came across ceramic shards and charcoal in the mound . At a greater depth he found several granite blocks, under which he found large amounts of ash. Danneil also found a pavement made from a single layer of field stones. In the center of the hill, at a depth of 2 feet (0.6 m) was the burial. Here were five completely preserved skeletons in a horizontal position with their heads to the west, directly on the sandy soil. The bones were very friable and disintegrated when touched. Danneil couldn't make out grave goods.

literature

  • Hans-Jürgen Beier : The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings and the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Volume 1). Wilkau-Haßlau 1991, p. 59.
  • Johann Friedrich Danneil : General report on excavations in the vicinity of Salzwedel / von [Johann Friedrich] Danneil zu Salzwedel. In: New communications from the field of historical-antiquarian research. Volume 2, 1836, p. 577 ( online ).
  • Eduard Krause , Otto Schoetensack : The megalithic graves (stone chamber graves) of Germany. I. Altmark . In: Journal of Ethnology . Vol. 25, 1893, p. 156 ( PDF; 39.0 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Beier: The megalithic, submegalithic and pseudomegalithic buildings as well as the menhirs between the Baltic Sea and the Thuringian Forest. 1991, p. 59.