Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken
DatedEst. 3500–2800 BCE
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Das Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken ist eine mögliche megalithische Grabanlage der Jungsteinzeit bei Neuenbeken, einem Stadtteil von Paderborn (Nordrhein-Westfalen).
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Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken is a possible megalithic burial place of the Neolithic period at Neuenbeken, a district of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The site lies south of the former railway station at Neuenbeken.
The monument is known only from a local records entry, which gives its location but no other information. Its present condition is unknown. There are no recorded details about its orientation, dimensions, or precise grave type.
The site has been dated by typological estimate to 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. It may be a gallery grave, since that is the only megalithic grave type confirmed in the Paderborn area, but this identification is not certain. The available information is too limited to show what survives on the ground.
More broadly, monuments of this kind belong to a tradition of megalithic tombs left across northern Europe, mainly between 3500 and 2800 BCE. The Funnel Beaker culture spread from the Netherlands to Poland, and northern Germany now has thousands of recorded megalithic monuments. Known types include simple dolmens, extended dolmens, passage graves, great dolmens, unchambered long barrows and stone cists.
No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken", shown in the original language.
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Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken is a megalithic tomb (unclassified) in Paderborn, Germany. A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken", shown in the original language.
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Die Anlage befindet sich südlich des ehemaligen Bahnhofs von Neuenbeken.
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Die Existenz der Anlage ist nur durch einen Ortsakten-Eintrag überliefert, der außer der Lage keine weiteren Informationen enthält. Der aktuelle Erhaltungszustand ist unbekannt. Auch zur Orientierung, den Maßen und dem genauen Grabtyp liegen keine Angaben vor. Vielleicht handelt es sich um ein Galeriegrab, da dies der einzige megalithische Grabtyp ist, der in der Umgebung Paderborns nachgewiesen ist.
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The summary at the top of this page was written by MiniMax-M3 (2026-11-08) from the cited Wikipedia article “Großsteingrab Paderborn-Neuenbeken”, translated from German. The numbers in it were checked automatically against the source text. The rest of the page is the article itself, the structured records and computed distances.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Megalithic tombs of the North European Plain
Across the plain from the Netherlands to Poland, the Funnel Beaker culture left thousands of megalithic tombs. Nordic megalith architecture emerged in northern Europe mainly between 3500 and 2800 BCE. Counts have risen as surveys improved: Schleswig-Holstein now reports 3,212 megalithic monuments and 958 long mounds, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 5,991 megaliths (against 648 in 2010), and Lower Saxony 1,155. Altogether 11,162 megaliths are known in these three regions, and with Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt the figure for northern Germany rises to 11,648. Denmark has 5,001 registered monuments, the Netherlands 101, Sweden 639 and Poland 18. Johannes Müller has suggested that originally more than 75,000 megaliths were built.
Monuments are classed by type: simple dolmens, extended dolmens, passage graves, great dolmens, unchambered long barrows and stone cists. The oldest are the simple dolmens, which appeared around 3500 BCE and are found across almost the whole area of Nordic megalith architecture. Their entrances were built to be reopened. A megalithic entrance had to seal the tomb, yet allow the community to gain access to the interior again, even after a long time, to perform rituals.
In the Netherlands the hunebedden were built between 3470 and 3250 BCE and used until about 2760 BCE; 54 of the original 100 survive, 52 of them in Drenthe. Poland has only 18 registered monuments, and the long barrows in parts of Poland were typically earthen rather than megalithic.
Dating combines radiocarbon dates from bone and pottery. The tombs were used by later cultures too, so a single tomb can hold remains from different periods.
When visiting, look at how the capstones sit on the supporting stones, how the entrance is built, and the frame of kerbstones around the mound.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Nordic megalith architecture, Wikipedia: Megaliths in the Netherlands, Wikipedia: Funnel beaker culture, Wikipedia: Megaliths in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · CC BY-SA 4.0
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What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 3500–2800 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for megalithic tombs in Germany; this site has not been dated itself. German stone tombs (Grosssteingraber) belong to the Nordic megalith tradition which emerged predominantly between 3500 and 2800 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Germany
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- Coordinates
- 51°44′30″ N, 8°51′03″ EFor a GPS or map app: 51.74169, 8.85072
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Nearby
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- Gallery grave (allée couverte)Galeriegrab Paderborn-Dahl3500–2500 BCE
Meinwerk-Stele- Gallery grave (allée couverte)Galeriegrab Neuhaus3500–2500 BCE
Galeriegrab Etteln3500–2500 BCE
Externsteine10700–9600 BCE
Bülheimer Großmutter2800–1800 BCE- Gallery grave (allée couverte)Galeriegrab von Warburg-Rimbeck3500–2500 BCE
- Gallery grave (allée couverte)Galeriegrab Hohenwepel3500–2500 BCE
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