Glaner Braut, Neolithic dolmen in Wildeshausen, Germany

Glaner Braut is an archaeological site with four megalithic structures positioned along the Hunte River within the Glaner Heath. These stone chambers were originally built to serve as burial chambers and remain visible in their original arrangement today.

These structures were built between 3500 and 2800 BCE during the Funnel Beaker culture, a prehistoric society that lived in this region. An archaeological excavation in 2011 found an urn with cremated remains, showing that the site continued to serve as a burial place into the Iron Age.

The name Glaner Braut comes from the nearby Glane hamlet; the second element was borrowed from the better-known Visbeker Braut, probably between 1810 and 1830, as the name is absent from a 1765 official map. Local legend says the wealthy Glane tribe lived here and that prince Glanos resided in grave I, the largest tomb, while the smaller graves served as huts for his people.

The four graves lie in the Glaner Heide nature reserve on the left bank of the Hunte, about six kilometres from Wildeshausen town centre, opposite Dötlingen. Information boards were installed by the Zweckverband Wildeshauser Geest in 2006. The site is part of the Straße der Megalithkultur; the ground is heath and sand, so sturdy footwear helps.

The concentration of megalithic structures in this area is unusually high, indicating that the region was densely settled during the Neolithic. This makes the site an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns.