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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Altsächsisches Gräberfeld LiebenauCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 16.193 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Liebenau Nearest Village: Reese
Latitude: 52.587430N Longitude: 9.075520E
Condition:
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The Old Saxon burial ground in Liebenau is a burial ground near Liebenau (Lower Saxony) that was used between the 4th and 9th centuries for cremation and burial. It is located on the Heidberg, a range of dunes up to 4 meters high along the river Große Aue, which has been known for prehistoric finds since the beginning of the 20th century. Around 520 graves were discovered during excavations by the Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover, which began in 1953 and continued for more than 35 years. The grave goods provided important insights into the culture of the Old Saxons.
The Old Saxon burial ground in Liebenau was laid out on the dune range of the Heidberg, which is about 2 km south-west of Liebenau and north of the Liebenau-Steyerberg road. It is an elongated, east-west trending sand drift, up to 200 meters wide and approximately 2 km long. It runs between the Reese residential area and the Liebenau Jewish Cemetery on the L 251 state road. The dune stretches along the south bank of the Große Aue, which is a left tributary of the Weser.
The archaeological excavations from 1953 showed that the dune reached a height of 4 meters and is based on existing alluvial loam. Based on the find situations, their uplift could be dated to between 2500 and 700 BC. date. The inland dune continued to migrate in some areas after it was no longer used as a burial ground in the 9th century. The area may have been settled early on, even if the settlement site of the burial ground has not yet been found. As a tributary of the Weser, the Große Aue offered the settlers good access to the river. The terrain was also higher and offered protection from regular flooding of the Weser. An old army road passed nearby.
The name Heidberg for the area is an old field name. The reason for the naming is no longer known, but could be due to its former status as a heathland. The Old Saxons buried their dead almost exclusively in the sand of the dune, since no graves were found in neighboring areas. The good state of preservation of the graves found is due to the dune sand, which, being poor soil, has never been used for agriculture. Due to the lack of possible uses, the sand dune remained largely undisturbed until the 1950s. Until then, there had been human intervention in the form of small sand removals and the construction of the Nienburg-Uchte railway connection and the Liebenau-Steyerberg road connection. There were also archaeological finds such as urns near the Liebenau train station and in the area of the Liebenau Jewish cemetery.
The information was taken from the wikipedia page and translated by me: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altsächsisches_Gräberfeld_Liebenau
There are also some photographs of the finds made.
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