Bäckerbichl

Bäckerbichl is a megalithic mound in Erling, a district of Andechs in the Starnberg district of Germany. It is also a protected natural monument and geotope, with further protection because it lies in the “Westlicher Teil des Landkreises Starnberg” landscape protection area and the “Moränenlandschaft zwischen Ammersee und Starnberger See” FFH area.

The mound rises to 726 m ü. NN in the Isar-Loisach-Jungmoränenregion and covers 8000 square metres. It is a glacial “Tumulus”: the Isar-Loisach glacier left relatively steep hills of rock debris as it melted. At Bäckerbichl, angular gravel from the moraine reaches the surface, making the land unsuitable for profitable cultivation.

Bäckerbichl was given protected status on 9. August 1979 to preserve the appearance of the moraine hill and its uncommon plant population. The land was owned at that time by the Erling Bäcker family, whose occupation gave the mound its everyday name. The Starnberg district bought it around 2000. Its dating as a mound with integral stones is an estimate of 3500 BCE to 500 BCE.

The mound supports varied, species-rich dry grassland vegetation. Early spring brings violet flowers of Kuhschellen, followed later by Echte Alpenenzian and, in high summer, Silberdistel. Bees, butterflies, beetles and other insects feed and pollinate these plants. In wider German tradition, burial mounds occur from the northern plain to the south and have been used from the Middle Bronze Age through the Hallstatt period.

Bäckerbichl is a megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones) in Andechs, Germany. Wikidata describes it as: tumulus in Germany. A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. Elevation: 726 m. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Bäckerbichl", shown in the original language.