Name: Rax Burial Mounds (Grabhügel) in Naturpark Raab
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Rax Burial Mounds (Grabhügel) in Naturpark Raab

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Rax Burial Mounds (Grabhügel) in Naturpark Raab

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Location: Burgenland, Austria

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1. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Camping Jimmerdorf loop from Grieselstein

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02:24

530m

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2. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Uhudlerviertel loop from Haris

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3. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Main Square Fürstenfeld loop from Mogersdorf

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430m

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May 4, 2025

The burial mound field in Rax, with 72 preserved burial mounds, is one of the largest Noric-Pannonian burial grounds in Burgenland. Known to the local population since the 19th century, eight tumuli were examined and dated to the 1st and 2nd centuries during archaeological excavations by the Burgenland State Museum in 1956.

The construction of these burial mounds was particularly common among the local Celtic population of the early Roman Imperial period. They cremated their deceased on a pyre along with various grave goods. Various burial structures, such as stone settings, stone packings, stone burial chambers, and even brick and plastered burial chambers with an entrance, are often found beneath the mound. These were intended to accommodate and protect the cremated human remains and grave goods. Equally numerous are simple cremation graves without any built-in features, as is demonstrably the case with the burial mounds examined in Rax.

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Location: Burgenland, Austria

Rax Burial Mounds (Grabhügel) in Naturpark Raab

1. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Camping Jimmerdorf loop from Grieselstein

2. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Uhudlerviertel loop from Haris

3. Pilgrimage Church Maria Bild – Main Square Fürstenfeld loop from Mogersdorf

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