A Bronze Age archaeological site at the northern edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. The battle fought here in the 13th century BC probably involved thousands of warriors, with about 750–1,000 dead.
The battlefield of the Tollense valley is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the northern edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. The site, discovered in 1996 and systematically excavated since 2007, extends along the valley of the small Tollense river, to the east of Weltzin village, on the municipal territories of Burow and Werder. As of late 2024, excavation was ongoing.
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A museum depicting what Slavs living in the area may have lived like. There is also an information centre near the village, the high medieval building complex "Castrum Turglowe" next to the club's hostel in Torgelow, and a shipyard for the construction of a cog in Ueckermünde.