Aldrans excavations

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Excavations in the local area of Aldrans show that the Inn Valley was already settled in the Bronze Age due to its favorable location in terms of transport and the flood-protected terraces around the Innsbruck basin. This includes the discovery of bronze objects , helmets, swords, ceramics, jewelry and even streets, which, however, only date from the time of the Raetians , Romans or the Middle Ages .

Archaeological finds

In 1914 archaeologists discovered an urn grave near the meadow courtyards. The grave contained a knife with a pierced handle, a needle with an alternately twisted neck and the fragments of an urn, a tall beaker and a bowl. The most significant addition, however, was a bronze sword from the Urnfield period . The discovery of this sword plays not only for archeology of Aldrans an important role, but for the whole archeology of Austria and Germany, since after this sword has its own type ( type of sword Aldrans ) was named, extending from North Tyrol over the Salzburgische and Upper Bavaria to to Bohemia .

In 2000 further Raetian traces were discovered. The bronze belt plate is unique, on which a representation that is difficult to interpret is engraved.

In the same year, a number of metal objects were discovered on the low mountain terrace, not far from the village. Most of these were iron weapons, such as lance tips, hatchets and swords, as well as fibulas from the La Tène period . The fire patina on the objects showed that they were exposed to the fire before they were dumped . Since there is no evidence of cremation burials, there is a suspicion that the weapons once belonged to a burnt offering place. Among the iron weapons there were also several fragments of "Celtic" iron helmets with a crown knob and neck protection. Even earlier, in 1870, Roman coins were found in the Aldrans village area. But in 1991 the discovery of the Aldrans gold coin treasure caused a sensation .

Later, in 1950, a piece of an old track road was exposed at the southwest end of the village. It is a Roman or medieval long-distance traffic route.

When building the road in Aldrans-Ambras in 1884, a cannonball from the Tyrolean struggle for freedom of 1809 was found. It was walled up on the street-side wall of the early Adelhof.

literature

  • Wolfgang Hahn, A. Luegmeyer: The Longobard Age coin treasure find from Aldrans in Tyrol. Fassbaender, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-900538-26-3 .
  • Peter Vögele: Aldrans. Innsbruck 1993, DNB 941297233 .
  • Walter Krämer: The full-grip swords in Austria and Switzerland. Beck, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-30185-1 .
  • Hermann Müller-Karpe: The full-grip swords of the Urnfield period from Bavaria. Beck, Munich 1960, DNB 453502326 .
  • Gerhard Tomedi, Hans Appler: New testimonies of the situle art from North Tyrol. In: Archaeo Tirol. 3, Wattens 2001, pp. 113-122.
  • Markus Egg : An unusual helmet pommel from the younger Iron Age from Aldrans in the Innsbruck-Land district in Tyrol. In: Archaeo Tirol. 3, Wattens 2001, pp. 99-107.
  • Hans Appler: Latene Age washer neck rings from Aldrans and Ampass. In: Archaeo Tirol. 3, Wattens, pp. 108-112.