Dergernau Dolmen, Prehistoric megalithic tomb in Wutöschingen, Germany.

The Degernau Dolmen is a megalithic tomb in the Gewann "Toter Mann" between Degernau and Erzingen, with remains that no longer lie in their original position. The original cover slab measures 2.70 by 2.00 metres and weighs about 3.3 tonnes; the partly preserved gable slab can be completed with a circular soul hole 36 to 38 centimetres across, and a sugarloaf-shaped plug stone closes it.

The structure dates to the Neolithic period when people first settled in permanent communities and practiced farming. During this time, the earliest fixed settlements emerged, and burial chambers like this one were built to serve communities across many generations.

The circular opening in the gable slab, 36 to 38 cm across, is called a Seelenloch, or soul hole: the builders were thought to have left it so the souls of the dead could travel to the afterlife. Its actual function was access. Until the last century people believed the stones healed, and pushed sick limbs and sick children through the opening. A sugarloaf-shaped plug stone closed it.

The tomb lies on the right side of state road 163a between Degernau and Erzingen, in the Gewann "Toter Mann". The Menhir of Degernau stands about 400 metres east in the "Bühlhölzle". The site is open ground beside the road, so visitors reach it on foot from the roadside.

The stones have been reconstructed after the original structure was damaged over thousands of years. This restoration allows visitors today to understand how the burial chamber originally appeared and functioned.