User:Ubel/Bornhöck

The Bornhöck was a large Early Bronze Age tumulus in Central Germany, 11 km SE of Halle, created ca. 1800 BC during by the Unetice culture, presumably for one its foremost rulers. With an estimated original height of ca. 15 m and a diameter of 65 m, it was one of the largest Bronze Age tumuli of Europe. During the Middle Ages, it was looted but also expanded and raised to a height of about 80 m. Due to lignite mining nearby, the hill was flattened in the late 19th century. Aerial cartography led to its rediscovery in 2010, with en-bloc excavations of its significant remnants.