Himlingøje burial ground

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Coordinates: 55 ° 22 ′ 24 ″  N , 12 ° 12 ′ 46.5 ″  E

Himlingøje burial ground
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location Zealand , Denmark
Location at Køge
Himlingøje burial ground (Denmark)
Himlingøje burial ground
When around 150 AD - 300 AD
Where at Køge , Stevns Peninsula
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The cemetery of Himlingøje is an Iron Age burial ground from the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

location

It is in the area of the parish Himlingøje on the Stevns - Peninsula in the east of the Danish island of Zealand . The Stevns Peninsula is separated from Zealand by the rivers Kildeå, Stevns and Tryggevælde Å. The burial ground, which was laid out around 150–300 AD, is located on the lower reaches of Tryggevælde Å, a few kilometers from where it flows into Køge Bay. New discoveries have been made here regularly (1929, 1949 and 1977) over the past 100 years.

description

Over several generations, graves for men and women were laid on the burial ground . However, there is a difference between the grave contents. Some were without gifts, others are evidence of considerable wealth. The well-preserved Roman provincial glass products are a feature of the grave goods . In one of the graves, an elegant purple-colored glass drinking horn , a bucket with bronze fittings , a glass beaker, a gold arm ring, a gold ring, a bone comb, a silver-plated brass plate, a sieve and a dining set were found. They appear almost like new. A woman wore two rings and two bracelets made of gold, several brooches made of silver (including the bow brooch from Himlingøje ), a necklace made of glass, silver and amber beads , a perforated medal and a small silver amulet .

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There is evidence that the first Danish kings to come from Sweden are buried in the rich tombs on the Stevns Peninsula . In any case, the rich grave goods from half of Europe show that important men maintained one of the oldest trading places in the Baltic Sea on Tryggevælde Å. The river, which is one of the largest in Zealand, was even wider in the Iron Age and navigable far into the country. Similar rich grave goods were found near Himlingøje in Varpelev and Valløby . The 30-year-old woman from Juellinge on Lolland and the woman in the grave of Aska were also buried with rich gifts, including objects from the Roman Empire. In this context, the Broskovvejen , a road from the Roman Iron Age, is important. The well-preserved stretch of road lies between Tappernøje and Præstø .

At the same time there were several places in Denmark and southern Sweden that became rich through maritime trade. In contrast to the regions in the southern Baltic Sea area, rich finds were made in Gudme on Fyn and the Muld variety on Bornholm . Gudme / Gammel Lundeborg was the outstanding Danish center of power in the period from 3rd to 6th Century, which replaced Himlingøje with a zenith in the early 3rd century.

See also

literature

  • Ulla Lund Hansen et al .: Himlingøje - Zealand - Europe. A burial ground of the younger Roman Empire on Zealand, its importance and international relations. In: Nordiske Fortidsminder Serie B 13. Copenhagen 1995.
  • Ulla Lund Hansen, Marie Stoklund:  Himlingøje. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 14, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016423-X , pp. 576-580.
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 188.

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