Wanhödener Berg

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Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 51 ″  E

Relief map: Lower Saxony
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The Wanhödener Berg is located on the Geestrücken of the Hohen Lieth , 500 meters west of Wanhöden , a district of the municipality of Wurster North Sea Coast , in the district of Cuxhaven in the Elbe-Weser triangle in Lower Saxony between the Autobahn 27 and the village. It is a seven-meter-high and 55-meter-long man-made hill. On the southern side there are remains of the wall.

It is one of several long hills in northern Germany . In the absence of archaeological research, its prehistoric or early historical significance is still unclear. He can Neolithic , Bronze Age his or before the early Middle Ages listed Jedutenhügel .

At the northwest exit of Wanhöden in Krempel are the Hohensteine ​​near Wanhöden ( Sprockhoff No. 607), a megalithic complex . The nature reserve Wanhödener Moor lies east of Wanhöden.

literature

  • Hery A. Lauer : Archaeological walks in northern Lower Saxony. A guide to sights of prehistory and early history, Volume II, Cuxhaven district. Verlag H. Lauer, Angerstein 1979, ISBN 3-922541-08-9 .