Street of the Megalithic Culture

Street of the Megalithic Culture (Lower Saxony Section)
Length:	about 310 kilometers
State:	Lower Saxony
Course direction:	South - north
Start:	Osnabrück
The End:	Oldenburg

Routing sign

The Route of Megalithic Culture is a tourist route and as such the Lower Saxony section of the " European Route of Megalithic Culture ", a cultural path of Europe . The German holiday route was opened in 2006.

Since August 27, 2013 the “European Route of Megalithic Culture” has been officially recognized as a cultural route by the Council of Europe. On this day the Danish part of the cultural route was inaugurated. In 2019, along with the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands , Denmark, Sweden , Spain , Portugal and the United Kingdom will take part in the project . Like the “Megalithic Routes” project as a whole, the road is being run by the Osnabrück-based “Verein Megalithic Routes e. V. "care, whose patron of from the Osnabrücker Land originating Hans-Gert Poettering (CDU), former President of the European Parliament (2007-2009) is.

course

Route in Lower Saxony

The route of the megalithic culture connects 33 archaeological stations of the megalithic culture with more than 70  megalithic systems from the middle phase of the Neolithic (3500–2800 BC) in Lower Saxony.

It runs over the area of Osnabrück , Ostercappeln , Belm -Vehre, Wallenhorst , Bramsche , Ankum , Berge , Bippen , Fürstenau , Freren , Thuine , Langen , Meppen , Sögel , Werlte , Lastrup , Cloppenburg , Visbek , Großenkneten , Wildeshausen , Dötlingen , Ganderkesee and Oldenburg . The route was signposted in 2008/2009. It is 310 kilometers long and was inaugurated on May 14, 2009.

Purpose of the road

Demonstration of stone transport at the Jeggen large stone grave

The route of the megalithic culture is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the worlds of people who lived in northwest Germany over 5000 years ago . At the 33 stations, the function and construction of the graves, the concept of the afterlife , the understanding of nature and everyday life are discussed. In individual cases, the holiday route also leads to groups of Bronze and Iron Age burial mounds from more recent times.

The Council of Europe comments on the purpose of the route (s) as follows:

The Route of Megalithic Culture serves as a platform for scientists, museums as well as tourism experts from Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark to underline the outstanding importance of the megalithic culture for European history, to rediscover and promote the tourism value of its monuments and, in this way, improve their protection as part of the common cultural heritage.

( The street of the megalithic culture serves as a platform for scientists, museums, but also for tourism experts from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark, through which the outstanding importance of the megalithic culture for European history is underlined, the tourist value of its monuments is rediscovered and made known in this way their protection as part of the common cultural heritage should be improved.)

The leaflet for the street of the megalithic culture shows not only the numerous Stone Age stations of the megalithic culture but also other sights on the street. These are in particular the city of Osnabrück with the Museum of Cultural History , the palaces and castles in the Osnabrück region, the Darpvenne Iron Age House , the Old Alexander Church in Wallenhorst , the Kalkriese Museum and Park , the Bramsche Clothmaker's Museum , the Malgarten Monastery and the Börstel Monastery , the city of Meppen, the Hüvener Mühle , the Clemenswerth Castle , the museum village of Cloppenburg , the Wildeshausen collegiate church , the village of Dötlingen, the Hude monastery and the city of Oldenburg with the State Museum for Nature and Man .

In addition to the road of megalithic culture as a car route, there are other tourist offers for megalithic culture in Lower Saxony. The 380 km long megalithic cycle route has existed since 2014 . The 208 km long Hünenweg was revised from 2015 to 2017. The three traffic routes each have their own network of routes.

Stations

 Map with all linked sites: OSM | WikiMap

The 33 stations of the Route of Megalithic Culture in Lower Saxony are listed in the table:

station	Surname	image	Place / municipality	Sprockhoff no.	Remarks
1 a	Devil stones	Devil stones	Voxtrup ( Osnabrück )	914
1 b	Gretescher stones	Gretescher stones	Gretesch ( Osnabrück )	920
2	Great stone grave in Jeggen	Great stone grave in Jeggen	Jeggen ( Bissendorf )	922
3 a	Driehauser stones	Driehauser stones	Darpvenne ( Ostercappeln )	903
3 bd	Darpvenner stones I – III	Darpvenner stones I Darpvenner stones II Darpvenner stones III	Darpvenne ( Ostercappeln )	900-902
4 a-c	Süntelstein large stone graves near Vehre	Süntelstein Devil's Dough Trough Devil's Oven	Vehre ( Belm )	915-916	Devil's baking trough Devil's oven
5	Helmich stones	Helmich stones	Rulle ( Wallenhorst )	908	also Gevasteine called
6 a-b	Oestringer stones	Oestringer stones I Oestringer stones II	Nettetal (Osnabrück)	912-913	There is another large stone grave in Östringen (Östringer Steine ​​III), but it is not a station on the Route of Megalithic Culture.
7 a-b	Karlsteine	Large Karlsteine Small Karlsteine	Haste (Osnabrück)	909-910
8th	Wiemelsberg stones	Wiemelsberg stones	Ueffeln ( Bramsche )	897
9 a-i	Großsteingraveweg Giersfeld	Rickelmann II Reinecke Meyer Grumfeld East Grumfeld West Rickelmann I	Westerholte ( Ankum )	891-896	with the Grumfeld West and East , Meyer , Reinecke , Rickelmann 1 and Rickelmann 2 systems
10 a	Large stone grave Restrup and cup stone "Teufelsstein"	Large stone grave Restrup Näpfchenstein	Restrup ( bippen )	886
10 b	Hekeser stones	Hekese, grave A Hekese, grave B	Hekese ( mountains )	883-884	In Hekese there are two large stone graves with a row of stones .
11	Large stone grave in the Alt-Frerener Forest	Large stone grave in the Alt-Frerener Forest	Freren	875
12 a	Large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne	Large stone grave in the Kunkenvenne	Thuine	874
12 b	Large stone grave on the Radberg	Large stone grave on the Radberg	Long	873
13	The stone key	The stone key	Apeldorn ( Meppen )	852	The exhibition center for the archeology of the Emsland with background information on the megalithic complexes is located in Meppen
14 a – d	Great stone graves of Deymanns Mühle I – IV	Great stone grave Deymann's mill I Great stone grave Deymann's mill II Great stone grave Deymann's mill III Great stone grave Deymann's mill IV	Stavern	848-851
14 e	Large stone grave at Osteresch	Large stone grave at Osteresch	Stavern	847
14 f	Great stone grave Groß-Stavern 1	Bruneforths Esch in Stavern	Stavern	846	The large stone grave Groß-Stavern 1 is also known as the large stone grave on Bruneforths Esch .
15 a	Large stone grave at the Düvelskuhlen	Large stone grave at the Düvelskuhlen	Sögel	831
15 b	Hune bed at the Düvelskuhlen	Hune bed at the Düvelskuhlen	Sögel	832
15 c	Great stone grave Püttkesberge	Great stone grave Püttkesberge	Sögel	833
16 a-e	Hümmling megalithic burial road	Stone grave In Ipeken I - fir wood stone grave In Ipeken II stone grave large Berßen IV stone grave large Berßen VI ( Crest grave ) Reconstructed stone grave large Berßen VII stone grave large Berßen VIII ( King grave )	Big Berßen	856-861	Great stone grave in the Ipeken royal grave of Groß Berßen
17 a	Volbers Hünensteine	Volbert's Hünensteine	Hüven	842
17 b	Great stone grave Hüven-Süd	Great stone grave Hüven-Süd	Hüven	843
17 c	Large stone grave Lähden I	Large stone grave Lähden I	Loading	866
18 a	Steenhus in the Klöbertannen	Steenhus in the Klöbertannen	Werpeloh	822	The original station 18a was the large stone grave on Kölkesberg ( Spr.-No. 838).
18 b	Large stone grave in the Klöbertannen	Large stone grave in the Klöbertannen	Werpeloh	823	The original station 18 b was the large stone grave at the Kölkesdose (Spr. No. 837).
18 c	Large stone graves on the Buschhöhe	Great stone grave Werpeloh IV Great stone grave Werpeloh V	Werpeloh	825-826
18 d	Steenhus from Börger	Steenhus from Börger	Borger	819
19th	Passage grave of Ostenwalde	Passage grave of Ostenwalde	Ostenwalde	835	System moved 70 meters from the original location. There are two more large stone graves in Ostenwalde, but they do not represent stations on the route of megalithic culture.
20 a	De hoogen Steener	De hoogen Steener in Werlte	Werlte	830
20 b	Poldenhünensteine	Poldenhünensteine ​​in Harrenstätte	Spahnharrenstätte	829
21st	Devil's Stones (Molbergen)	Devil stones	Peheim ( Molbergen )	959
22 a	Whale stones	Whale stones	alleviate -Neuenkämpen	961
22 b	Large stone grave Hünensteine	Giant stones	alleviate -Herrensand	962
22 c	Large stone grave on the high stone and the high stone	Cooking, on the high stone Cooking, the high stone	alleviate -Garen	963-964	The megalithic grave at the high stone and the high stone are also called megalithic tombs in cooking referred
23	Oldendorfer Hünensteine	Oldendorfer Hünensteine	Oldendorf ( Lastrup )	968
24 a	Visbek groom	Visbeker Groom 934 Visbeker Groom 935 Visbeker Groom 936 Visbeker groom 937 Visbeker groom 938 (bridal carriage)	Grossenkneten	934-938
24 b	Pagan sacrificial table	Pagan sacrificial table	Engelmannsbäke ( Visbek )	974
24 c – d	Ahlhorner cellar stones	Ahlhorner Kellersteine ​​I Ahlhorner Kellersteine ​​II	Ahlhorn ( Grossenkneten )	939-940
25 a-c	Small kneading stones	Small kneading I Small kneading II Small kneading III	Kleinenkneten ( Wildeshausen )	957-958, 947	The third grave (station 25 c) was originally in Dötlingen and was moved to Kleinenkneten in the 1930s.
26th	Pestrup burial ground	Pestrup burial ground	Pestrup (Wildeshausen)	-	Burial mound field
27 a	Tall stones	Tall stones	Wildeshausen	956
27 b	Bargloy stone box	Bargloy stone box	Bargloy (Wildeshausen)	-	The stone box has no Sprockhoff number.
28 a	Visbek bride	Visbek bride	Aumühle (Wildeshausen)	952
28 b	Big stones near Thölstedt	Big stones near Thölstedt	Thölstedt	953
29 a-b	Reckum stones	Great stone grave Reckum I Great stone grave Reckum II	Winkelsett ( Harpstedt )	811-812
30 a	Court	Great stone grave court place	Dotlingen	945
30 b – d	Glaner bride	Glaner bride I Glaner bride II Glaner bride III Glaner bride IV	Glane (Wildeshausen)	948-951
30 e	Large stone grave at the shooting range (Dötlinger stone grave)	Large stone grave at the shooting range (Dötlinger stone grave)	Dotlingen	944
31	Steenberg stone grave	Steenberg stone grave	Kirchhatten	926	also called "Had 2"; more than 30% of the stones seem to be in place unchanged
32 a-b	Hünensteine ​​from Steinkimmen	Hünensteine ​​I Hünensteine ​​II	Steinkimmen ( Ganderkesee municipality )	927-928	There is a third grave nearby (Hünensteine ​​III, Sprockhoff No. 929), which is not part of the Megalithic Culture Route .
33	Large stones from Stenum	Large stones from Stenum	Stenum (Ganderkesee)	930

Project participants, organization and funding

Project regions (funding areas) in Lower Saxony are the state working groups Hasetal , Hümmling , Südliches Emsland , Wildeshauser Geest and the ILEK regions of Northern Osnabrücker Land and Soeste Niederung.

The street of the megalithic culture is a joint project of the following institutions:

• Emsland Touristik GmbH
• District of Vechta
• Museum am Schölerberg, Osnabrück
• Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation
• Oldenburg Tourism and Marketing GmbH
• City and district archeology Osnabrück
• Tourism Association Osnabrücker Land e. V.
• Zweckverband Recreation Area Thülsfelder Talsperre
• Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park Association

It is funded by the Authority for Geoinformation, Land Development and Real Estate. The route of the megalithic culture is financed by EU funds, which must be co-financed by the tourism associations and districts.

In May 2011, as part of the tourism promotion of the State Ministry of Economic Affairs, a grant of € 180,600 went to the upgrading and networking of the road at the request of the Osnabrück district.

In 2012 the association “Megalithic Routes” was founded, which includes representatives of the states involved in the European Cultural Route.

Cooperation partner outside of Lower Saxony

The European Route of Megalithic Culture also includes:

• Schleswig-Holstein : Dithmarschen Stone Age Park in Albersdorf
• North Rhine-Westphalia : Sloop stones in Lotte (Westphalia) and Warburg-Rimbeck's gallery grave
• Netherlands: The "Hunebedcentrum" in Borger and the " Hondsrug Geopark" ( Drenthe )
• Denmark: Museum Odsherred (West Zealand), Museum Sydøstdanmark ( Møn ) and 2500 megaliths across the country
• Sweden: Museum "Ekehagen Forntidsby" in Falköping , Scania region
• Spain: Museum " Seró Espai Transmissor " in Seró (Province Lleida ), Comarca de Sobrarbe ( Aragon Pyrenees ),
• Portugal: Naturtejo Geopark
• United Kingdom: South West England, Wales

Future of the road

It is unclear whether there will be further connections between individual prehistoric sites that are continuously passable by cars and entered in maps. At an international general meeting of the “Megalithic Routes” association in Meppen in May 2017 , the participants from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain agreed “ to open up megalithic graves , especially for hikers and cyclists , by expanding and setting up new cultural routes ”. An extension of the route in the direction of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein is planned. A branching section should lead to the Netherlands. A representative of the Falbygdens Museum in Falköping (Sweden) is "hoping" [!] For further tourism development and networking towards the center of Europe .

See also

• List of large stone graves in Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg
• List of north German megalithic systems according to Sprockhoff number

literature

• Annette Bussmann: Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Street of the Megalithic Culture. Published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Straße der Megalithkultur, Isensee, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 .
• Helmut Ottenjann : Where did the builders of the large stone graves at Hase und Hunte come from? In: Home calendar for the Oldenburger Münsterland . Vol. 4. 1955, pp. 45-50 ( online )
• Karin Peters: The voices of the stones. With Meena on a journey through time through the Wildeshauser Geest . In: Kulturland Oldenburg. Journal of the Oldenburg landscape . Issue 3/2015, pp. 36–39 ( online )
• Bodo Zehm : Street of the Megalithic Culture. Megalithic graves as image carriers for archaeological tourism projects In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , Hameln 2/2017, pp. 121–123.

Web links

Commons : Street of the Megalithic Culture  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Street of the Megalithic Culture
• Archaeological sights in the Wildeshauser Geest
• Dolmens and passage graves in Europe
• Route of megalithic culture - mystical stone kingdom without borders-Emsland-Drenthe

Individual evidence

1. ^ Council of Europe: The "Street of the Megalithic Culture" in Northwest Germany
2. ↑ City of Osnabrück: "Megalithic Routes e.V." becomes the "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe"
3. ↑ PresseTerminMünchen: Denmark inaugurates the European Megalithic Culture Trail . August 27, 2013
4. ↑ http://www.strassedermegalithkultur.de/
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Street of the Megalithic Culture"
6. ↑ Brief information from the community of Ostercappeln on the street of megalithic culture
7. ↑ Currently (2017) the singular without the addition "European" is used for the street in Lower Saxony. Either the addition “European” or the plural is used for the overall European project. The quoted information comes from a time when this language regulation was not yet widespread. The quote that can still be found on the current versions of the website is actually out of date insofar as Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom are now also participating in the “Megalithic Routes” project.
8. ^ Council of Europe: The European Route of Megalithic Culture
9. ^ Leaflet on the Street of the Megalithic Culture
10. ↑ The stations - sights , 404 error summer 2012
11. ↑ Bike route of the megalithic culture
12. ↑ The stations - megalithic buildings , 404 error summer 2012
13. ↑ Annette Bußmann: Stone Age witnesses. Pp. 71-72.
14. ↑ Annette Bußmann: Stone Age witnesses. P. 72.
15. ↑ Project regions and partners (page 74f.)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Homepage of Emsland Touristik
17. ^ Urban and district archeology in Osnabrück
18. ↑ Osnabrück News , June 5, 2011, p. 9
19. ↑ 180,600 euros for "Megalith Street"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 5, 2011  
20. ↑ Megalithic Routes - New project in Schleswig Holstein . megalithicroutes.eu. 17th September 2018
21. ^ Council of Europe: Megalithic culture: A remainder of our common European cultural heritage
22. ^ Adelheid Schmitz: Street of the Megalithic Culture is being expanded . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (noz.de). May 28, 2017