Bundsø

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In the meantime silted Bundsø with an area of about 138 hectares is the largest lake on the Danish island of Als . Until the Middle Ages, the lake was the inner part of a fjord that was created by the melt water of the last Ice Age . In 1590, Duke Hans the Younger (1545–1622) built the Mjels and Broballe dams to control the water level in the surrounding areas, and separated the Bundsø from the fjord.

Excavations

On the island of Flintholm in Bundsø, a settlement of the Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture (TBK) has been excavated since 1904 with a significant result. In the late phase of the culture (3000 to 2900 BC) there was a settlement on Flintholm that left layers of waste with many flint objects, bones of animals and humans as well as pottery shards and became known as the Middle Neolithic stage III of Bundsø. More than 10,000 objects were found during the archaeological excavations in the early 1900s. Since the excavations in the 1920s and 1930s showed the same wealth of finds, Bundsø was the largest Neolithic settlement of Jutland. For this reason the place was set the tone for the study of this period in Denmark, and a type of ax (Bundsøøksen) and a ceramic style (the Bundsø style u. A. Through eyes idols ( Danish Ansigtskar ) embossed) have been named after the town. Between 1979 and 1981, Bundsø was again dug. During the excavation, traces of a meeting place of the TBK were found under the old cultural layer. In Denmark these meeting places were established between 3500 and 3200 BC. Built in BC.

In the 1980s, it was found that the water table in the north of Alsen was seriously threatened and plans were made to restore lakes Oldenor, Mjels Sø and Bundsø to counteract the threat. The three lakes have since been renatured. For Bundsø, this happened in 2015.

literature

  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , pp. 120, 121, 134, 265, 289

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Coordinates: 55 ° 1 ′ 18 ″  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 54 ″  E