Großsteingrab Langeneichstädt, Neolithic passage grave in Langeneichstädt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Großsteingrab Langeneichstädt is a Neolithic megalithic tomb with a burial chamber constructed from limestone and sandstone slabs. The site sits roughly 800 meters north of the medieval Eichstädter Warte watchtower near Mücheln.
The chamber, 5.3 m long, 1.9 m wide and 1.7 m high, dates to 3600–2700 BCE and is assigned to the Salzmünde or Bernburg culture. It was found in 1987 during field work near the medieval Eichstädter Warte, when sandstone and shell-limestone slabs were removed.
The 1.76-metre menhir statue found here was reused as the chamber's capstone; it shows a female figure, called a Dolmengöttin, and an axe motif. A replica now stands between the Eichstädter Warte watchtower and the burial chamber, while the original is kept in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. The site is a station on the Himmelswege tourist route.
Visitors reach the site by following a field path and will find a replica of the original statue on display. The authentic artifact is housed at Halle's State Museum, where you can view it as part of their collection.
Excavations revealed jewelry made from animal teeth, bone, amber, and copper arranged in multiple layers across the chamber floor. These discoveries show that people buried here had access to valuable materials sourced from distant regions.
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