Louisenlund (Bornholm)

Building blocks in Louisenlund

In Louisenlund ( German  "Louisenhain" ) near Østermarie on the Danish island of Bornholm you can find Denmark's largest accumulation of building stones in Denmark. There are about 70 elongated, mostly unworked stones, without pictures or inscriptions, which were erected upright individually or in groups in the younger Bronze Age and the older Iron Age (1100 BC) and represent the remainder of an originally larger collection. Many of the stones in Louisenlund are up to 2.5 meters high.

No research has yet been carried out in Louisenlund, so it is not known why the stones were erected here. In 1850 the Danish King Frederik VII (1808–1863) bought the place and gave it the name of his third ( morganatic ) wife, Louise Rasmussen , who later became Countess Danner.

See also

• Gryet

literature

• Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 p. 336
• PV Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 194 .

Web links

• Louisenlund on NaturBornholm
• Louisenlund at Østermarie on Bornholm

Coordinates: 55 ° 8 '12.8 "  N , 15 ° 4' 4.9"  E