page_title: Sieben Steinhäuser
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sieben Steinhäuser / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Lageplan 7 Steinhäuser, einer Gruppe von fünf Großsteingräbern in der Lüneburger Heide im NATO-Truppenübungsplatz Bergen-Hohne, Niedersachsen (Deutschland). English: Site plan of the Sieben Steinhäuser dolmen site, a group of five dolmens on the Lüneburg Heath in the NATO training area of Bergen-Hohne, in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany.
context_page_description: The Sieben Steinhäuser is a group of five dolmens on the Lüneburg Heath in the NATO training area of Bergen-Hohne, in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The stones are considered to be part of the funnelbeaker culture. The gravesite was granted protected cultural monument status in 1923.
context_section_description: The Sieben Steinhäuser gravesite was established during the third millennium BC during the neolithic funnelbeaker period by the first settled farmers.  The large gravesite, Grave D, shows similarities to French gravesites, the other four are like those of the Elbe-Weser Triangle.
  Although they are traditionally called the Sieben Steinhäusern ("seven stone houses") there are actually only five graves. Because an old illustration from 1744 still shows only five graves, it is assumed today, that the number seven is being used in the figurative sense for a larger number, as in the German expression sieben Sachen ("seven things") which means 'everything'. The first written record of the graves was made in 1720 by an academic.
  On 24 July, 1835 the gravesite was placed under conservation protection by the Amtsvogtei of Fallingbostel.
  The regional author, August Freudenthal, contributed to their fame in the 19th century. Even then it was a popular tourist destination.
caption: Plan of the site
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