<< Our Photo Pages >> Leetze Steingrab 6 - Long Barrow in Germany in Saxony-Anhalt
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leetze Steingrab 6 Alternative Name: Wötz 6, Künnes Grab, Altmark 22Country: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Salzwedel Nearest Village: Leetze
Latitude: 52.763680N Longitude: 11.032595E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Wonderfully preserved long barrow right in the forest. I couldn't stop being amazed. Mystical place for me and definitely worth the visit!
johnstone visited on 25th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Martin_L have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4
The biggest and best preserved tomb of the eight in Wötz / Leetze. Also called 'Künnes Grab'. The former village teacher Hermann Künne bought the tomb because he wanted to take good care and also to be burried in it. This wish didn't come true when he died in 1973.
References:
Johann Friedrich Danneil
'Specielle Nachweisung der Hünengräber in der Altmark'
Sechster Jahresbericht (Neuhaldensleben-Gardelegen 1843)
No. 76
Eduard Krause, Otto Schoetensack
'Die megalithischen Gräber (Steinkammergräber) Deutschlands'
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie
25. Band v. 1893, No. 112, p. 151
Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag
'Großsteingräber in der Altmark'
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle (Saale) 2006, No. 22, p. 107
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