Stone setting Oll Gries
The medieval stone setting Oll Gries ("old man" - linguistically a tautology ) is located north of Friedeburg in the Wittmund district in Lower Saxony and consists of four boulders that are arranged around a central stone.
location
A dirt road branches off at km 5.9 north of Upschört Strasse (K50), which connects Wiesedermeer with Reepsholt , which leads through the Adder Moor to the Knyphauser Wald and Oll 'Gries , which is just 150 m from the edge of the forest.
Research history
The local researcher Baron von Krüdener considered the stone setting to be a prehistoric sundial and made it known to various institutions and scientists. Werner Haarnagel (1907–1984), Karl-Heinrich Marschalleck (1904–1981) and Ernst Sprockhoff (1892–1967) decided to conduct an archaeological investigation of the Oll Gries. Waldemar Reinhardt began the excavation shortly after the last stone that appeared to be in situ had been smashed. He found out that the position of the boulders did not correspond to the directions of the sunrise and sunset or the summer and winter solstice .
The stones were placed in the late Middle Ages at the earliest. The 1.2 m long and 0.5 m wide middle stone (stone I) and stone III were located above a lamination with bricks . Stone II in the northeast once stood upright. The position of stone IV was disturbed by the leaching and stone V was only slightly sunk into the topsoil. Since Reinhardt discovered old wagon tracks near the stone setting, an interpretation as a waypoint came into question. This interpretation is supported by findings in the immediate vicinity. Another setting of five stones was at Reepsholt, on the old country road from Friedeburg to Leerhafe . All traditional stone settings have now been destroyed, so that it is not possible to check the function.
The nearby Bronze Age barrows at Rispel on the Rispel -Reepsholt road spoke in favor of the original interpretation as a prehistoric complex . The interpretation as a medieval waymarking is supported by the importance of the road between Oldenburg and East Frisia as an old military and trade route. From Oll Gries the route continued via Rispelerhellmt, Kirmeer and Farlage to Ardorf .
literature
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Wulf : For the inventory of archaeological monuments in the district of Wittmund . Yearbook of the Society for Fine Art and Patriotic Antiquities in Emden (Emder Yearbook) 68, 1988, pp. 5-38
- F. van Dieken & Wolfgang Schwarz: Setting stones in the Friedeburg office. Communications of the working groups of the East Frisian Landscape 10, 1979, pp. 43–46.
- Karl-Heinrich Marschalleck : Stone markings of prehistoric times in Harlingerland . Harlinger Heimatkalender 1970, pp. 3–8.
- Waldemar Reinhardt: The stone setting “Oll Gries” in the Reepsholt community . Investigation report. (Unprinted manuscript in the local files of the Archaeological Land Survey of the East Frisian Landscape)
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedeburg . Tourist information of the community Friedeburg (PDF)
Coordinates: 53 ° 29 '14.3 " N , 7 ° 47' 46.7" E