Troldkirken

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The Troldkirken dolmen
Scheme of polygonal poles - seen from above
The Aalborg kvinne

The Dolmen Troldkirken (also called DKC 120511.2; German Troll Church) is located northeast of Sønderholm and southwest of Aalborg in Himmerland in the Nordjylland region in Denmark not far from road 187 (Nibevej) on a hill. It dates from the Neolithic Age around 3500–2800 BC. And is a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). 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.

As a rule, the giant beds are lower, on lakes and rivers. An exception is Troldkirken, which is located on a ridge in northwestern Himmerland with a wide view of the Limfjord . The hill is about 60.0 m long and 12.0 m wide and is framed by a huge bed of 47 large kerbstones. The polygonal pole was placed under protection as early as 1809.

Sønderholm is also the site of an Iron Age women's grave, the so-called “Aalborg kvinne”.

Nearby are the two-chamber megalithic complex of Store Restrup, the Ørnhøj of Frejlev and the passage graves of Tostrup North and South .

See also

literature

  • Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 190
  • Peter V. Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 48
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , pp. 93-94

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johannes Müller : Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. In: Hans-Jürgen Beier , Erich Claßen, Thomas Doppler, Britta Ramminger (eds.): Varia neolithica VI. Neolithic Monuments and Neolithic Societies. Contributions from the meeting of the Neolithic Working Group during the annual meeting of the North-West German Association for Ancient Research in Schleswig, 9. – 10. October 2007 (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 56). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-941171-28-2 , pp. 7-16, here p. 15.

Web links

Commons : Troldkirken  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 0 '29.87 "  N , 9 ° 45' 3.25"  E