Gold find from Borgbjerg
The gold find from Borgbjerg ( Danish Borgbjerg Bakker ) near Boeslunde north of Skælskør on Zealand was made in 1842 (Find I, two gold bowls) and 1874 (Find II, four more gold vessels) and dates from the Danish Late Bronze Age , around 800 BC. Chr.
The find assessment
On the sides of the obviously artificially terraced hill, six gold vessels, two beakers, two large bowls and two scooping vessels with curved handles in the shape of stylized horse heads were found. As early as 1948 Hans Christian Broholm (1893–1966) and F. Horst 1989 therefore interpret Borgbjerg as a “place of worship”, ie a religious gathering point.
The Danish archaeologist Peter Vilhelm Glob (1911–1985) identified some of the hills in Denmark as meeting places from the Bronze Age. Broad processional paths dug into terraces on several hills or a ramp leading to the summit could be detected. Such peaks are preserved at Havegård near Illebølle on Langeland and in Nymarkshave at Egeskov Castle on Funen . Borgbjerg has a similar ramp. The finds from the peaks of “Borrebjerg” and “Bygbjerg” on Sejerø , on the other hand, are Iron Age and have ramps dug into their sides. The “Dyret” at Onsbjerg on Samsø , the “Ellemandsbjerg” on Helgenæs and the “Daugbjerg Dås” in Jutland are other examples. However, no findings or earthworks have been made on any of the last three hills.
The finds are now in the National Museum in Copenhagen , which carried out systematic excavations in 1874 and 1979. Today it is assumed that sacrificial finds were found in a holy place at that time. An indication of the small wall thicknesses of the finds, which make them unsuitable for use.
Surroundings
Boeslunde is also an example of the fact that churches were built on the old places of worship in early Christian times. A wooden church is said to have stood here. Boeslunde's new church is on the east side of the hill. At its foot lies the Hellig-Kors-Kilde, (Holy Cross Spring), which was visited by the sick in the Middle Ages and must have been important in prehistoric times. The hill is badly damaged today. It was dug up by removing gravel and the buildings moved close to the hill. The insignificant remains of the ramp can be seen to the south, and only a small part of the flat top has been preserved. Today there is an open-air stage and a memorial to Minister FJ Borgbjerg , whose grandfather made one of the gold finds and named himself after the site.
See also
literature
- Andrea Stapel: Bronze Age landfills in the settlement area. Dissertation, Waxmann, 1999, ISBN 3893257357 .
- Hans Christian Broholm : The Midskov find , Acta Arch. (Copenhagen), 19, 1948, pp. 189-204.
- Fritz Horst: Young Bronze Age cult sites in the Nordic cultural area. In: Schlette / Kaufmann (ed.) 1989, pp. 219–224.
- Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, pp. 139, 141
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Stapel, p. 125
- ↑ Borgbjerg, 1948, p. 203
- ↑ F. Horst, 1989, p. 221
- ↑ Illustration of the find
Coordinates: 55 ° 18 ′ 5 ″ N , 11 ° 16 ′ 9 ″ E