Hügelgrab in Baden

Burial mounds appeared at the end of the Neolithic period 4500 years ago, in the Bronze Age 3500 years ago they were the usual form of burial, and in the Iron Age 2500 years ago the existing burial mounds were still used and urns with cremated bodies were sometimes buried there. Even in the early Middle Ages, burials were still occasionally made in the traditional burial mounds. It was only with the introduction of Christianity under Charlemagne that all the dead had to be buried in Christian cemeteries. As long as a burial mound has not been excavated, like this example here, it is not possible to determine its exact age.


The remains of the dead have lain in the earth unchanged in burial mounds for thousands of years. Often only one person is buried in them, sometimes several. The bones from the urns survive storage in the ground well. There was originally a second burial mound nearby. It was largely destroyed in 1954. At that time, the lower part of an urn from the Iron Age and colorful glass beads were found.