Bronze Age House Hartwarderwurp
The Hartwarderwurp Bronze Age House , also known as the Hahnenknoop Bronze Age House, is a replica of the oldest known farmhouse in the German coastal march from the 10th or 9th century BC. It stands between the federal road 437 and the Strohauser Sieltief in the Lower Saxony municipality of Stadland in the Wesermarsch southeast of the Jadebusen . The house has a 5000 m² outdoor area.
On days of action, bread is baked in a clay oven outside the house in the Bronze Age style .
History of the Bronze Age Settlement
Around 900 BC, people settled at the site of the reconstruction in the younger Bronze Age. The settlement was laid out on the ground, not as a Wurt (the technique of using artificial hills for houses and entire villages was only developed centuries later). The settlement area was at the foot of the back of the banks of the Weser or one of its tributaries. The Sietland bordered the embankment , which is characterized by moors and has only been drained and cultivated since the Middle Ages.
Archaeological finds and reconstruction of the Bronze Age house
In the course of excavation work for the laying of the Strohauser Sieltiefs as well as extensive drilling, remnants of houses and fences made of wood were found at a depth of two meters from 1971, which had been preserved in the moist soil of the march under the exclusion of air for 3000 years. At least four houses belonged to the settlement. From 1996 to 2001 the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research excavated the remains of one of the three house sites. In the constantly moist soil of the marsh, the remains were well preserved. The Stadland Tourist Association initiated the replica of the Bronze Age house in the immediate vicinity of the site as a 1: 1 model. The "Förderverein Bronzezeithaus Hahnenknoop eV", founded at the time, has been responsible for the project since 2001. In May 2005 the reconstruction of the Bronze Age house began; it was officially opened on September 9, 2005.
Half of the construction costs of € 253,200 were financed by LEADER funds and half from the “Wesermarsch in Motion” financial pool of the Wesermarsch district. By March 2015, the facility had been visited by around 20,000 visitors.
Construction of the house
The excavated three-aisled residential stable consisted of two rows of strong inner posts that supported the roof; these limited a middle gear. Boxes for the cattle were attached to it in the stable area on both long sides. The ground-level hearth was in the center of the living area. The length of the houses was usually between 15 and 30 meters with a width of 6 meters. The three-aisled residential stable found its continuation in modern times in the Low German Hall House . Except for a little ash, only alder was used as construction wood for the excavated residential stable. Reeds were used as roofing and as litter in the stable . The living area was slightly raised by a sod pack to provide better protection from the damp surrounding soil.
Way of life of the Bronze Age people in the Wesermarsch
The economic basis of the settlement was animal husbandry , in the form of raising cattle and sheep. A significant part of the protein requirement was probably met by fish. Wild animals were hardly hunted. There was also some agriculture . Above all , husk barley , emmer and einkorn were grown , but also millet , oats , horse beans as well as flax and camelina . During excavations, remains of sloes , blackberries , rose hips , strawberries , wild apples , juniper and hazelnuts were found.
literature
- Günter Alvensleben: An exciting look into another time. Bronze Age House in Rodenkirchen . In: Kulturland Oldenburg. Journal of the Oldenburg landscape . Edition 2/2016, p. 24ff. ( online )
Web links
- Friends of the Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop: Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beatrix Schulte: Day of action: Wheat bread from a clay oven . nwzonline.de. May 22, 2007
- ↑ Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (NIHK): Replica of the Bronze Age House Rodenkirchen-Hahnenknooper Mühle ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The replica of the Bronze Age house . Friends of the Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop eV
- ↑ Wesermarsch district: LEADER + 2000–2006. Final documentation for the Wesermarsch district . P. 22
- ↑ That's how people lived 3,000 years ago . Northwest Newspaper . March 13, 2015
- ↑ Erwin Strahl: Ten Years "Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop" ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Marschenrat to promote research in the coastal area of the North Sea: Nachrichten 52/2015. P. 110f.
- ↑ Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop . Friends of the Bronze Age House Hahnenknoop eV
Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 14.7 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 59" E