Wulfsen

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Wulfsen
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Location of Wulfsen within Harburg district
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Wulfsen
Coordinates: 53°18′N10°09′E / 53.300°N 10.150°E / 53.300; 10.150 Coordinates: 53°18′N10°09′E / 53.300°N 10.150°E / 53.300; 10.150
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Harburg
Municipal assoc. Salzhausen
Government
 •  Mayor Gerd Müller (CDU)
Area
 • Total8.42 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [1]
 • Total1,725
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21445
Dialling codes 04173
Vehicle registration WL

Wulfsen is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Horse burial

Horse burial is the practice of burying a horse as part of the ritual of human burial, and is found among many Indo-European speaking peoples and others, including Chinese and Turkic peoples. The act indicates the high value placed on horses in the particular cultures and provides evidence of the migration of peoples with a horse culture. Human burials that contain other livestock are rare; in Britain, for example, 31 horse burials have been discovered but only one cow burial, unique in Europe. This process of horse burial is part of a wider tradition of horse sacrifice. An associated ritual is that of chariot burial, in which an entire chariot, with or without a horse, is buried with a dead person.

Wulfsen horse burial

The Wulfsen horse burial is an early medieval horse burial, consisting of three horses, that was discovered in 1974 in a Saxon grave field in the village of Wulfsen, in the German district of Harburg. The find was rescued as a varnish profile, which is on display in the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg in Harburg, Hamburg.

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