Route of Megalithic Culture

Signposted with brown road signs it links many places of archaeological interest from the Megalithic era.

[9] The founding section of the Route of Megalithic Culture runs through the territories of Osnabrück, Ostercappeln, Belm-Vehrte, Wallenhorst, Bramsche, Ankum, Berge, Bippen, Fürstenau, Freren, Thuine, Lingen (Ems), Meppen, Sögel, Werlte, Lastrup, Cloppenburg, Visbek, Großenkneten, Wildeshausen, Dötlingen, Ganderkesee and Oldenburg.

[10] It is planned to extend the route, on the one side towards North Rhine-Westphalia, and on the other towards northeast Lower Saxony as far as Schleswig-Holstein.

The founding part of the route in northwest Germany has 33 stations, with insights into the function and design of their graves, their conception of the afterlife, understanding of nature and everyday lives.

Visbeker Bräutigam 937Visbeker Bräutigam 938(Brautwagen) The Straße der Megalithkultur is a community project resulting from collaboration between: Authorised by the Behörde für Geoinformation, Landentwicklung und Liegenschaften (Department of Geoinformation, Land Usage and Property), financing for the Route of Megalithic Culture is provided from EU funds, distributed to local tourism and district authorities.

Standard design of road signs
One of the Megalithic sites near Steinkimmen , this chambered grave is known locally as 'Hünensteine', a not uncommon name for megalithic sites, although usually Menhirs.
Station 32 on the route [ 1 ]
Map of the route