Equestrian grave

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Neukölln equestrian grave , currently exhibited in the Märkisches Museum

A rider grave is a ritual burial of a rider . Reiter graves common graves of rider and mount may be, as with the Huns was practiced, but it can be, even to Tombs of the riders, so-called rider graves in the narrow sense act whose unique recognition by grave goods in the form of bridles and weapons is possible .

In Germany there are very few equestrian graves, the following are to be mentioned:

• from the time of the Great Migration
  • Equestrian grave of Neukölln
  • Grave of a distinguished rider from Großmehring
• from the early modern period and the period of the Thirty Years War
  • Top wood : equestrian grave of a French officer
  • Equestrian grave between Schköna and Reinharz
  • Equestrian grave in Niedergailbach ( Niedergailbach )

20 cavalry graves ( Danish Ryttergraven ) were found on the Cimbrian Peninsula (Fregerslev; Grimstrup) and in Torgård in Norway. One of the most distinctive graves of Norway's Viking Age is the grave of a rider. The Gjermundbugraven (also Gjermundbufunnet) by Ringerike in Buskerud . It is rich in equipment, but made world famous for the helmet and the ring fountain that was in the grave. This is the only helmet and the only ring fountain in the Viking Age.