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Oldendorfer Totenstatt Megalithic Tombs

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Oldendorfer Totenstatt Megalithic Tombs

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Oldendorfer Totenstatt Megalithic Tombs

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Location: Oldendorf (Luhe), Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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3. Bench by the Lopau Stream loop from Amelinghausen

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Siegfried LG

August 27, 2017

The Oldendorf Totenstatt (about 1.5 kilometers from the town center located) is one of the most interesting stone tombs of the district Lüneburg and a real attraction. You should definitely visit this landmark of the Lüneburg Heath.

Here are sites from almost all pre- and protohistoric eras united in one place.
From the last century comes the first site plan of the Oldendorf Totenstatt with the corresponding numbering of the graves, which has been maintained until today. F. Laux, the excavator of the dead place, had created a connection with the pottery finds and the corresponding design of the megalithic tombs, which enabled him to recognize a chronological sequence. For this reason, the graves are listed chronologically.

The burial mounds in and around the dead place belong to the later Neolithic and Bronze Age, but most are not (yet) studied. The same applies to 2 urn cemeteries of the pre-Roman Iron Age and the time of the migrations, as well as various sites of the early and middle Stone Age. Obviously, the site of the dead place has always been a popular place.
The finds that were found in the tombs of the funerary can be seen in the Archaeological Museum Oldendorf / Luhe (Amelinghausener Str. 16b). There you will also find the permanent position "Apartments for all eternity - 5700 years Oldendorf Totenstatt".

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lueneburger-heide.de/natur/sehenswuerdigkeit/3888/mystische-oldendorfer-totenstatt.html
oldendorf-luhe.de/dorfleben/ausflugsziele/totenstatt/index.html

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MatLanHet

February 26, 2017

Several large megalithic tombs located in a beautiful heathland. There is plenty of information and a variety of seating for pausing.

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April 1, 2018

Great grave diggers to marvel at. With plenty of seating and rest options.
Many panels for the creation of the graves.

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Oldendorfer Totenstatt Megalithic Tombs

1. Marxener Paradise – Confluence of Lopau and Luhe loop from Oldendorf (Luhe)

2. Bench by the Lopau Stream – Marxener Paradise loop from Amelinghausen

3. Bench by the Lopau Stream loop from Amelinghausen

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