Devil's Stones (Molbergen)
| Devil's Stones (Molbergen) Teufelssteine Bischofsbrück | |||
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 Teufelssteine Bischofsbrück |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 53 '53.4 " N , 7 ° 48' 48.2" E | ||
| place | Molbergen , Lower Saxony , Germany | ||
| Emergence | 3500 to 2800 BC Chr. | ||
| Sprockhoff no. | 959 | ||
The large stone grave Teufelssteine (also called Teufelssteine Bischofsbrück ) is located northwest of the Hofgruppe Bischofsbrück, on the eastern bank of the Marka , north of the villages of Peheim and Vrees , about nine kilometers northwest of Molbergen in Lower Saxony . The large stone grave is an installation of the funnel beaker culture (TBK) from the Neolithic (3500 to 2800 BC) Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of Neolithic societies. Their origin and function are considered to be the hallmarks of social development.
description
The 40 × 6 meter long, presumably once more oval giant bed with the Sprockhoff no. 959 encloses a completely preserved, so-called "Hanoverian Chamber" of 6.0 × 1.5 meters covered with three capstones of different sizes. The chamber has three bearing stones on the southern long side and two and two end stones on the northern side. The entrance (should have been in the north - which would be unusual) cannot be made out. The largest capstone measures 3.0 × 2.9 × 0.6 meters. One of the stones bears the inscription "ANNO SANTO" from the 20th century, in the older Futhark . The stones in the enclosure are incomplete and some are no longer in their original position.
legend
The legend tells that the devil gathered the stones to secure a treasure. Treasure hunters were said to have been deterred from the plan to raise the treasure by a tremendous roar. A big dog is said to have been up to mischief here earlier at night. It should be impossible to give the exact number of stones, each count would result in different numbers, which is due to the eerie aura of the place.
See also
- Nordic megalithic architecture
- The complex is on the street of the megalithic culture
literature
- State Museum for Natural History and Prehistory (Ed.): Archaeological Monuments between Weser and Ems , Oldenburger Forschungen Neue Zusammenarbeit Volume 13, Isensee, Oldenburg 2000, p. 219
- Anette Bußmann : Stone Age witnesses. Travel to the prehistory of northwest Germany. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89995-619-1 , pp. 77-78.
- Ernst Sprockhoff : Atlas of the megalithic tombs Germany. Part 3: Lower Saxony - Westphalia. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-7749-1326-9 , p. 139.
Web links
- Teufelssteine: Description of picture and floor plan
- Large stone grave "Teufelssteine", Bischofsbrück: Description and pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ J. Müller In: Varia neolithica VI 2009 p. 15