Oldendorfer Totenstatt

Okay, so this place with dead in the name actually has something to do with dead people, so this pleases my somewhat ghoulish nature. Don't come expecting Tolkien-like barrows (not to mention wights), because it's not quite that dramatic.

What is it, a collection of burial mounds and megaliths dating back 4,000 years. Based on artifacts discovered here, it's surmised the area was used over a period of time. Thank you to google translate picture option for allowing me to translate the signs. I was doing only a marginal job with my level A2/ barely B1 German.

Unfortunately, we were too late to go to the museum where all of the artifacts they dug out of the mounds are on display.Read more