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The megalithic tomb Hagen-Stubnitz 2 is located about 300m west of Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (about 60m north of the path). Only the mound fill, as well as some larger stones of the enclosure, and two larger stones, presumably capstones, are preserved from the tomb.

Visited June 2021

Hagen-Stubnitz 1 (aka Pfenninggrab) is a grand dolmen with an east-west oriented chamber with three supporting stones on each of the long sides. The western capstone is also present. A capstone lies next to the grave. The chamber measures about 3.50 x 1.70 metres.

The tomb lies about 1 km north-east of the Stubbenkammer (Königsstuhl) visitor centre car park in Hagen. But it is much easier to find it if you walk from the visitor centre back to the car park. After the Herthaburg, a rampart castle from the time of the Slavic settlement of Rügen from the 8th to the 12th century, you’ll pass the Herthasee. After about 80 m there is a fork with a path leading in a north-western direction (straight on is the way back to the car park). Take this path to the right which leads in about 800 m directly to the tomb.

Visited June 2021

Lonvitz 1 is probably a grand dolmen, a mound fill can no longer be detected. The burial chamber is oriented north-east-south-west and is partly well preserved. The north-eastern end, however, was destroyed during the construction of the railway line. The chamber is 2.20 m wide and 0.80 m high. Four wall stones have survived on the north-western long side. The north-easternmost one is inclined towards the interior of the chamber, the other three are still in situ. On the south-eastern long side there are still three wall stones. The north-eastern and the central one are inclined outwards, but the third one is still in situ, as is the south-western end stone. Three capstones are still preserved, but two of them have fallen into the interior of the chamber. The most south-westerly one, however, is still in its original position. With a length of 3.10 m, a width of 1.80 m and a thickness of 1.10 m, it is the largest of the three capstones.

To get to the tomb, it is best to park in the large car park in Lauterbach. Cross the railway line and take the small path on the right with the sign to the tomb between the houses and the railway line to the north. This leads directly along the edge of the fields and the railway line on the right hand side in about 500 m to the grave.

Visited June 2021

Lonvitz 2 is a trapezoidal, north-south oriented long barrow with a length of about 28 m and a width of 8 m in the south and 6 m in the north. Of the enclosure, 13 stones are preserved on the eastern long side, five on the western long side and one on the southern narrow side. The burial chamber is located at the southern end. It is oriented northwest-southeast and thus slanted towards the enclosure. It is 3.50 m long and 1.80 m wide. The stones are still very deep in the ground. Three wall stones are still in situ on the north-eastern long side. On the south-western long side, two wall stones are in situ, but the middle one is missing. The northwestern endstone is also still in its original position, but the southeastern one has tipped over into the interior of the chamber. The northwestern capstone is almost in situ. The second capstone lies displaced a little to the south-east of the long barrow. It is 3.00 m long, 2.70 m wide and 1.40 m thick. It has at least five cup marks on its upper side.

The megalithic tomb is located directly north of the L29 road from Putbus to Vilmnitz, directly west of the turnoff to Posewald and Zirkow.

Visited June 2021

The megalithic tombs near Lonvitz are two graves of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture in the vicinity of Lonvitz, a district of the municipality of Putbus in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). A third grave was destroyed in the 19th century.

Nadelitz 1 is a long barrow with a trapezoidal encloure oriented in an east-west direction with a transverse chamber at the eastern end. The northern long side has been destroyed by road construction. The southern long side and the eastern narrow side are well recognisable, even though some stones have been tipped off the high and steep hill. Thus, the dimensions of 24 metres x 8.50 – 6 metres can still be reconstructed, with the narrower side to the west. The chamber is still deep in the ground. It is probably an extended dolmen 2.50 metres long and 2 metres wide. The two capstones have sunk into the chamber. An entrance is not visible.

The megalithic tomb is located at the western end of Nadelitz, directly south of the road from Putbus to Lancken-Granitz on a conspicuous, long hill at a bus stop. There is no signpost.

Visited June 2021

Nadelitz 5 has an east-west oriented, trapezoidal long barrow. It has a length of 35 m and a width of 11 m in the west and 7.5 m in the east. The maximum height is 3.5 m. The stone enclosure is still largely complete with 34 preserved stones (14 missing).

The burial chamber lies near the western end of the long barrow and is oriented north-south. It is about 4.0 m long, 2.0 m wide and 1.4 m high. The entrance is in the south, it has a length of 1.1 m, a width of 0.8 m and a height of 1.0 m. The passage consists of two pairs of wall stones and is bordered on the inside and outside by threshold stones.

The chamber has three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, a capstone on the northern narrow side and a smaller half-stone on the western half of the south side between the passage and the western long side. All three capstones are present and were found in situ during the excavation by Ewald Schuldt in 1970.

To get to the tomb, drive east on the L29 (Bäderstraße) through Nadelitz. Approx. 1.3 km after leaving the village, turn off at a bus stop to the right (south) in the direction of Groß Stresow. After 250 m you will see the megalithic tomb about 250 m under a group of trees in the middle of a field. The tombs Nadelitz 4 (70 m) and Nadelitz 3 (110 m) are lying directly behind it.

Visited June 2021

Just 100 m in a south-easterly direction from Dummertevitz 1, in an open field under a group of trees, lies Dummertevitz 2. Only a mound is still preserved, on which several stones lie, but these no longer allow any conclusions to be drawn about the original appearance of the site.

Visited June 2021

This megalithic site with a trapezoidal long barrow oriented in an east-west direction with a transverse burial chamber is about 30 m long. Numerous stones are missing from the enclosure. The north side is still relatively well recognisable, the south side can still be reconstructed on the basis of individual stones. The very large stones at the eastern end of the enclosure are striking. They may also be guardian stones. Of the burial chamber, three support stones each of the eastern and western long sides and the northern endstone are still present. Two capstones of the chamber still lie on their supporting stones, a third one is missing.

You reach it from Lancken-Granitz and drive southwest to the grave group of Lancken-Granitz / Burtevitz. You can park at the junction of the road to Burtevitz and take the forest path (Küstenweg) from here, which leads in a westerly direction south past the graves Burtevitz 3 and Burtevitz 4 and then turns off to the southwest. Dummertevitz 1 (aka Ziegensteine -> goat stones) is located just south of the path after about a kilometre.

Visited June 2021

The megalithic tombs Dummertevitz were originally probably eleven megalithic tombs of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture in the vicinity of Dummertevitz, a district of the municipality of Lancken-Granitz in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Only two of these still exist today. All the tombs were grand dolmens. The best-preserved grave is also known as Ziegensteine (goat stones).

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs.

This completely preserved grand dolmen was only excavated in 1969 by Ewald Schuldt. Until then, the site was considered a barrow and therefore has no Sprockhoff numbering. The mound fill has a diameter of 12 m and reached a height of 2 m before the excavation. The enclosure originally consisted of 18 stones, of which Schuldt found 13.

The burial chamber is oriented northwest-southeast. It is 3.7 m long, 1.8 m wide and 1.3 m high. It has three pairs of wall stones on the long sides, a normal-sized end stone on the north-west side and three cap stones.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs.

The tomb is still largely stuck in a mound almost 0.8 metre high and 9 metres in diameter. Two of the original three capstones, the south-eastern endstone and some supporting stones of the long sides barely protruding from the ground can be seen. The chamber oriented in a northwest-southeast direction, probably a grand dolmen, is assumed to measure 4.50 x 2 metres.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Burtevitz 1 lies south of Lancken-Granitz 4. About 80 m further west on the other side of a path is the tomb Burtevitz 4 and south of it the most south-westerly tomb of the whole group, Burtevitz 3. Burtevitz 2 lies about 860 m in a south-easterly direction from these two tombs.

The tomb was severely damaged in 1926 when the capstones and the south-eastern end stone were removed as building material for a causeway. Ernst Sprockhoff therefore found only an irregular pile of stones when he recorded the site in 1931. The mound fill had been removed and the wall stones protruded 1 m from the ground. In 1969, the site was excavated and restored by E. Beltz. It now appears as a burial chamber, presumably a grand dolmen, with three supporting stones on one side and two preserved ones on the opposite side. A  end stone has also been preserved.

Visited June 2021

The megalithic tombs near Burtevitz (also known as megalithic tombs near Preetz) were originally probably 23 megalithic tombs of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture in the vicinity of Burtevitz, a district of the municipality of Lancken-Granitz in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Only four of these still exist today. All of the tombs are grand dolmens.

Please note that my numbering scheme follows the numbering on the German Wikipedia page, which is based on Ewald Schludt’s numbering.

Sprockhoff / Schuldt / Beier
Preetz 1 (507) / Burtevitz 2 / Burtevitz 3
Preetz 2 (506) / Burtevitz 1 / Burtevitz 2
Preetz 3 (505) / Burtevitz 4 / Burtevitz 1
-----------------  / Burtevitz 3 / Burtevitz 4

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Lancken-Granitz 1 to 3 lie in a line running almost east-west, Lancken-Granitz 4 lies about 70 m south-west of this group of three.

Lancken-Granitz 4 is an extended dolmen with three yokes. All support stones are preserved. One capstone lies on top, a second one has slipped into the chamber. The third capstone is missing. The southern narrow side is half closed by a support stone, next to it is the entrance to the chamber. The north-south oriented burial chamber is 3.5 m long and 1.8 m wide. Its height is 1.4 m at the north end and 1.1 m at the south end.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Lancken-Granitz 1 to 3 lie in a line running almost east-west, Lancken-Granitz 4 is about 70 m south-west of this group of three.

Lancken-Granitz 3, the middle of the group of three, is an extended dolmen oriented in a northwest-southeast direction. The burial chamber is 3.6 m long, 1.8 m wide and 1.3 m high. There are three supporting stones on each of the long sides. The north-western end stone of the narrow side is in situ. A small stone is present on the south-western side, perhaps a doorstep stone. A capstone lies on top, a stone lying in front of the tomb could be a second capstone.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Lancken-Granitz 1 to 3 lie in a line running almost east-west, Lancken-Granitz 4 is about 70 m south-west of this group of three.

Lancken-Granitz 2, the easternmost tomb of the group of three, is the largest and relatively well preserved. It has an east-west oriented, slightly trapezoidal long barrow with a length of 30 m, built on a mound that slopes steeply towards the north. The enclosure originally consisted of 25 stones, 14 of which are still preserved. The long sides of the long barrow are clearly visible, although some stones are missing or somewhat displaced.

The chamber of the grand dolmen lies at the western end of the enclosure and is transverse to it, i.e. oriented north-south. It is 4.5 m long, 2.3 m wide and 1.6 m high. It has three pairs of wall stones on the long sides and a cap stone on the northern narrow side. Of the original three capstones, only the northern and the middle one have survived.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz lies a group of 7 megalithic tombs, 4 of which belong to Lancken-Granitz, three to Burtevitz. They can be easily reached via the road leading southwest out of Lancken-Granitz. A sign points to the tombs. Lancken-Granitz 1 to 3 lie in a line running almost east-west, Lancken-Granitz 4 is about 70 m south-west of this group of three.

Lancken-Granitz 1, the westernmost of the group of three, is a east-west oriented long barrow with a transverse lying burial chamber. The chamber is 4.5 m long, 2.2 m wide and 1.5 m high. The long barrow has been destroyed, but its extent is still clearly visible. A large stone at the eastern end is probably a guardian stone. The chamber lies in the western part of the long barrow. It is a three-yoke, completely preserved chamber, apparently an extended dolmen. All three capstones lie on their supporting stones, although some of them have slipped into the chamber. The stones already show drill holes in preparation for blasting. The stones of the chamber are partly overgrown by large trees.

Visited June 2021

Southwest of Lancken-Granitz, Lancken-Granitz 1-4 (originally 8 graves), Burtevitz 1,3 and 4 (originally 23 graves) are a total of 7 preserved megalithic tombs lined up in a southwesterly direction, like a string of pearls over a distance of about 400m. If one adds the two megalithic tombs Dummertevitz 1 (also known as Ziegensteine) and 2 (originally 11 tombs), this collection is probably one of the largest former necropolises on Rügen.

Please note that my numbering scheme follows the numbering on the German Wikipedia page, which is based on Ewald Schludt’s numbering.

Sprockhoff / Schuldt / Beier
Lancken 1 (504) / Lancken-Granitz 2 / Lancken-Granitz 4
Lancken 2 (503) / Lancken-Granitz 3 / Lancken-Granitz 3
Lancken 3 (502) / Lancken-Granitz 1 / Lancken-Granitz 2
Lancken 4 (501) / Lancken-Granitz 4 / Lancken-Granitz 1

Visited June 2021

Altensien aka Goldbusch is a grand dolmen oriented in a northeast-southwest direction. According to the information board it is the last of formerly 43 tombs between Altensien and Seedorf.

The site was badly damaged. It was excavated and restored in 1969 by E. Schuldt. It has three supporting stones on each long side. The end stones are also preserved. The entrance consisted of two sandstone slabs. One of the original two capstones has sunk halfway into the chamber, the second is missing. The capstone has numerous cup marks.

To get to the tomb, drive on the B196 from Lancken-Granitz to Sellin and Göhren, turn right towards Altensien and Moritzdorf. Drive through Altensien in the direction of Moritzdorf and after about 1 km immediately east of the narrow road, close to Selliner See, you will find the signed megalitic tomb on the left on a small hill.

Visited June 2021

The megaltihic tomb Alt Reddewitz (aka Herzogsgrab, which translates to Duke’s grave) is a long barrow oriented approximately in east-northeast-west-southwest direction with a transverse chamber. There are only a few stones left of the barrow, some of which are no longer in their original position. It will have been about 24 meters long and tapers from 9 to about 7 meters wide. The approximately 5.40 meter long burial chamber consists of 4 pairs of supporting stones. Of the three capstones, one stone weighing approx. 6 tons is still intact, the other two are broken in the chamber.

To get to the tomb, drive on the B196 from Baabe to Göhren. At the roundabout take the first exist to Mönchsgut / Lobbe. Immediately afterwards there is a small pariking lot on the right side and an entrance to a forest path. Park your car here and follow the path for about 900 meters. The signed tomb is then to the right of the path.

Visited June 2021

Nobbin 1 (aka Riesenberg) is one of the largest stone graves in north Germany and is only a few meters away from the steep coast of the Tromper Wiek, directly at the Hochuferweg.

It is a trapezoidal long barrow with two chambers (extended dolmens). The trapezoidal enclosure of the complex, made up of 53 large curb stones, is 34 m long and 11 to 8 meters wide (39 stones have been preserved). In the northwest there were two transverse dolmens, one of which is well preserved. It is 1.4 m high, 1.8 m long and 1.1 m wide. The second dolmen was constructed in a similar way, but only one supporting stone has been preserved. On the south-west side, two guardian stones (called “Wächterpaar von Nobbin”) over three meters high are placed in front of the enclosure.

To get to this impressive megalithc tomb drive from Altenkirchen on the K1 to Putgarten (Kap Arkona). Although the tomb is probably the most famous megalithic tomb on Rügen, it is not properly signed. In Nobbin, turn southeast and drive on until you come to a t-crossing. You have to park here as the dirt road to the east is closed to cars. From here it is a 600m walk to the tomb, after 400m turn north (left) to get to the tomb. More courageous drivers drive the 400m to the fork in the road and park here.

Visited June 2021

The burial chamber of this passage grave is oriented east-west. It has a length of 4.0 m, a width of 1.6 m and a height of 1.1 m. It has four wall stones on the southern long side and one end stone each on the narrow sides. The northern long side has three wall stones and a narrow plate. This is where the entrance to the chamber is located, unusually on the north side of the chamber. The tomb is surrounded by a stone circle, which was probably only added in Slavic times. Due to threats from the ongoing gravel mining (the grave is on the edge of a gravel pit) it was excavated in 1986 by Dr. Günther Rennebach.

To visit the tomb drive on the L303 from Hagen to Nipmerow. Pass the huge car park Nationalpark Königsstuhl. Immediately at the entrance to Nimperow, the street turns sharply to the left. Here you leave the L303 and continue straight on. After approx. 550m you will reach a small parking lot on the right hand side and a sign for the grave. Park here and walk about 250m on a beaten path to the east. The tomb is on a small hillock. During my visit the grass was unfortunately very high and the grave was a bit overgrown by the vegetation.

Visited June 2021

taken from the on-site information board:

Burials at different times under a earth mound or a stone pack made of boulders are known as barrows. The surface is often protected by a cover made of pebbles. The grave complex is further secured by enclosing the edge of the hill with boulders and dry masonry or a circular moat. The shapes vary greatly: In the Neolithic Age (3500-1800 BC), partly flat, round or oval mounds, partly steep and conical burial mounds were built. Even in the Bronze Age (1800-600 BC) flat and steep, concise mounds occur. The burial mounds of the Iron Age (600-50 BC) and the Slavic period (700-1168 AD) are mostly low and inconspicuous. A peculiarity in Slavic times are rectangular burial mounds. The burials in the mounds were in the embankment or in stone chambers, stone packings or wooden structures. The barrows are often grouped together. Isolated hills are often characterized by an imposing size. Most of Rügen’s burial mounds were destroyed by agriculture in the 19th and 20th centuries. But with over 560 hills, which are under protection according to the district soil monument list, the island of Rügen still has the highest population in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The grave mound at “Magelowberg” was opened in 1983 by Dr. Günther Rennebach and archaeologically examined. The excavations revealed a “passage grave” from the Neolithic Age (3500-1800 BC) under a cairn with a bed of mounds and a stone circle. Access to the east-west facing burial chamber was from the north. In Slavic times, the burial mound was supplemented by a further circle of stones, in which two body burials were carried out.

Right between Keitum and Munkmarsch, approximately at the level of the Jückermarsch Brücke, lies this rather small burial mound on a slope about 140 m in a field.

Parking is possible 100 m before the mound on the right side when you drive from Keitum towards Munkmarsch.

Visited September 2020

taken from the on-site hünen.kulTOUR information board:

Gallighoog & Boikenhoog

The two Bronze Age burial mounds are prominently located on the Geest slope on both sides of the Jückersmarsch lowland.

The Frisian free hero Pidder Lüng is said to have been executed and buried on the Gallighoog (gallows hill) in 1518.

» According to legend, he now hikes every night as a Jückersmarschmann from Gallighoog to Boikenhoog and repeatedly calls on the undefeated hero Boh, who is resting there, to restore freedom and the Frisians’ right to self-determination. «

A human skeleton is said to have been found in Gallighoog around 1880.