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Guardian Stones
Guardian stones (german: Wächtersteine) are standing stones, always occurring in pairs, at the corners of rectangular and trapezoidally-arranged stone enclosures (hunebeds) around a dolmen. They are found especially in Scandinavia, in the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony ('' Salongrab''), Saxony-Anhalt ( Drebenstedt, Leetze, Winterfeld) and occasionally in Holstein (''Alter Hau''). They are strikingly large stone blocks that form the corner post of enclosures or project above them like antae and lend the stone enclosures a monumental appearance. Guardian stones are typical of trapezoidal enclosures. In Germany the most impressive examples of trapezoidal sites are Dwasieden, Dummertevitz and Nobbin on the island of Rügen. * At the Great Dolmen of Dwasieden, guardian stones of 3.3 and 3.5 metres in height guard the wide end of the dolmen and ones of 1.4 and 1.6 metres high stand sentinel at the narrow end. * At the wide end of the trapezoidal enclosure o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riesenberg Nobbin
Riesenberg may refer to: Places * Riesenberg (Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany * Prabuty, Northern Poland (german: Riesenberg, link=no) * Riisipere, Estonia (german: Riesenberg, link=no) * A megalithic tomb near Nobbin, on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany People * Doug Riesenberg (born 1965), American NFL football player * Felix Riesenberg (1879–1939), American maritime officer and writer * Sidney Riesenberg (1885–1971), American illustrator and artist Other uses * SS ''Felix Riesenberg'', a 1944 cargo ship * House of Riesenberg, a West Bohemian noble family; see Hiltpoltstein Castle See also * Riedenberg, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany * Riesenburg, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Northern Poland * Reisenberg Reisenberg is a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federat . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Rostock, Ludwigslust-Parchim and the district-free city Schwerin, and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. The district seat is the town Wismar. Geography The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck, Rostock and Schwerin. In the north there is the coast of the Baltic Sea with the small island of Poel. Lakes Two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee () at the western border; and the northern half of the Schweriner See () in the south, as well as two smaller lakes, Bibowee () and Mechower See (). History Nordwestmecklenburg District was established in 1994 by merging the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Prignitz
Prignitz () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from the north clockwise) the district Ludwigslust-Parchim in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the district Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, the district Stendal (district), Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt and the district Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony. Geography The term Prignitz originally meant the region north of the confluence of the Elbe and Havel rivers. This region is larger than the district. It also includes the town of Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt and large portions of the neighbouring district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. The Elbe river forms the southwestern border of the district. History The historical region Prignitz consisted of the following eleven districts, established in the 13th century: Wittenberge, Lenzen, Perleberg, Putlitz, Kyritz, Nitzow, Wittstock, Pritzwalk, Havelberg, Wusterhausen and Grabow. The present district of Prignitz was created in 1993 by merging t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simple Dolmen
The simple dolmen (german: Urdolmen, literally "ancient dolmen") or primeval dolmen is an early form of dolmen or megalithic tomb that occurs especially in Northern Europe. The term was defined by archaeologist, Ernst Sprockhoff, and utilised by Ewald Schuldt in publicising his excavation of 106 megalithic sites in the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The simple dolmen emerged in the early days of the development of megalithic monuments of the Funnelbeaker culture (TBK) and around 3,500 BC they appeared across almost the entire region covered by the stone cult structures of Nordic megalith architecture, but not in the Netherlands, in Lower Saxony west of the River Weser nor east of the River Oder and only once in Sweden (Lejeby Laholm). Neolithic monuments are an expression of the culture and ideology of neolithic communities. Their emergence and function serve as indicators of social development. Distinction between simple dolmens and stone cists In many cases t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
