Kläden 6 Chambered Tomb View all content for Kläden 6

taken from the information board: Megalithic tomb K L Ä D E N kleiner Trappenberg Megalithic tombs are silent witnesses of the past. More than 4500 years ago, the inhabitants built these places of worship. Only rolls (logs) and piled-up inclined planes were used to transport the tons of boulders. What a performance. It could only have been Titans or Giants. The term megalithic tombs dates back to the Middle Ages. The stones for the graves were brought or pushed from northern Europe, central and southern Sweden in the ice age in our area by glaciers (debris). In 1843 there were 34 tombs in the district of Stendal, today there are only 4 in the area of Kläden. The remaining tombs were used as building material. This grave west of the road to Grünenwulsch, on the kleiner Trappenberg, is 18 m long, 12 m wide and consists of 50 stones. The burial chamber consists of 22 supporting and 7 capstones. Besides this tomb are still preserved: Graves on the großen Trappenberg near Bülitz, north of Steinfeld, west of the crossing of the routes Bülitz - Schorstedt and Grassau - Friedrichsfleiß. Further, but no longer existing megalithic tombs lay between Schmoor (Friedrichshof) and Grassau near the deserted medieval town Finschow. Two more in the district Grassau, between the Schartauer and the Schorstedter road. There was a grave in Kläden. It formed with some stones the basis for the built in the 30s war memorial on the church hill.

Posted by Nucleus 2nd May 2019ce Edited 2nd May 2019ce

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