Route of Megalithic Culture
The road of the megalithic culture is starting from 27 August 2013, a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. Previously, she had only the character of a cottage street in Lower Saxony.
Since 27 August 2013, the road including their yet to be assigned sections is officially recognized as the Cultural Council of Europe. On this day the Danish part of the cultural route was inaugurated.
The plan is an extension of the street, on the one hand in the direction of North Rhine -Westphalia, on the other hand in the direction of the north-eastern Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein. Another section of the road to the megalithic culture, branching off from the oldest leg lead in the Netherlands, where there are a further 53 megalithic sites. Ancillary facilities in Denmark and those to be included in Sweden in the trail is.
The road is maintained by the resident in Osnabrück " club Megalithic Routes eV ".
- 3.1 Lower Saxony
Course
Section in Lower Saxony
The oldest section of the road of megalithic archaeological connects 33 stations of the megalithic culture with more than 70 megalithic sites from the middle phase of the Neolithic period ( 3500-2800 BC) in Lower Saxony.
This section extends over the area of Osnabrück, Ostercappeln, Belém - Vehrte, Wall Horst, Bramsche, Ankum, mountains, Bippen, Fuerstenau, Freren, Thuine, Lingen (Ems ), Meppen, Soegel, Werlte, Lastrup, Cloppenburg, Visbek, Großenkneten Wildeshausen, Dotlingen, Ganderkesee and Oldenburg. The signs of the route took place in 2008/2009. It is 310 km long and was inaugurated on 14 May 2009 ..
The purpose of the road
The road of the megalithic culture should contribute to a better understanding of the lifestyles of people who have lived over 5000 years ago in north-west Germany. At the 33 stations the tombs function or construction, the afterlife, the understanding of nature and everyday life are discussed. The Holiday Road leads in some cases, also the Bronze and Iron Age grave mound groups in recent times.
The Euro Europe talks about the purpose of the road as follows:
The flyer for the Lower Saxon section of the road the megalithic culture has, besides the numerous Stone Age megalithic stations also point to other lying on the street sights. This is in particular the city of Osnabrück with the Museum of Cultural History, the palaces and castles in the Osnabrück country, the Iron Age house Venne, the Old Alexander Church Wall Horst, the Kalkriese Museum and Park, the clothier Museum Bramsche, the monastery Malgarten, the pin Börstel, Meppen, the Hüvener mill, the Clemenswerth Castle, the Museum Cloppenburg, the collegiate church Wildeshausen, the town of Dötlingen, the monastery Hude and the city of Oldenburg with the national Museum of Nature and Man.
Stations
Lower Saxony
The 33 stations of the street of the megalithic culture in Lower Saxony are listed in the table:
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Project participants, organization and financing
Project regions ( development areas ) are in Lower Saxony, the regional working groups Hasetal, Hümmling, Southern Emsland, Geest and ILEK regions Northern Osnabrück region and Soeste Lowland.
The road of the megalithic culture is a joint project of the following institutions:
- Emsland Touristik GmbH
- District of Vechta
- Museum Schölerberg Osnabrück - nature and environment, Planetarium
- Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage
- Oldenburg Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
- City and county archeology Osnabrück
- Tourism Osnabrück region e.V.
- Purpose association recreation area Thülsfelder dam
- Purpose Association Nature Park Geest
It is sponsored by the Department of Geoinformation, land development and real estate. The street of the megalithic culture is financed by EU funds, which must be co-financed by the tourist boards and counties.
In May 2011, flowed as part of the tourism promotion of the country's Department of Commerce at the request of the district of Osnabrück, a grant of € 180,600 in the upgrading and networking of the road.