Erlenbach angle

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Erlenbach-Winkel is a prehistoric settlement in the middle basin of Lake Zurich in the area of ​​the municipality of Erlenbach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . The site is part of the lakeside settlements in the Alpine region (UNESCO World Heritage Site) .

Location and findings

The settlement was on the right-hand (eastern) bank of the lake basin . The lake level ( 406  m above sea level ) is higher than during the Stone and Bronze Ages due to climatic differences and the water correction; the site is therefore several meters below the surface of the water.

Finds from the early Bronze Age (20th / 19th century BC) and floor plans made of corded ceramics are of particular importance for the entire settlement area of ​​Central European 'pile dwellings'. The found material of the late Corded Pottery marks the beginning of a hiatus from 600 years to the Early Bronze Age, during which no pile dwellings were built north of the Alps. The house constructions are also of particular interest, as the corded ceramics in the European context are mainly defined by grave finds, while settlements as archaeological sources are usually absent.

UNESCO World Heritage Site and Cultural Property of National Importance

The settlement remains are among the 111 sites with the greatest scientific potential that were included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites on June 27, 2011 as part of the lakeside settlements in the Alpine region .

In the Swiss inventory of cultural goods of national importance , the wetland settlement is listed as class A objects.

Web links

Commons : pile dwellings in Switzerland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UNESCO World Heritage Center website (June 27, 2011), press release Six new sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List , accessed on March 3, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Website palafittes.org: Swiss sites in the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Erlenbach – Winkel (CH-ZH-01) ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 3, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palafittes.org
  3. ↑ A-Objects ZH 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on March 3, 2013 (PDF; 163 kB, 32 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).

Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′ 17 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 46"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty-nine  /  238108