Stuttgart-Feuerbach cemetery
The Alemannic burial ground of Stuttgart-Feuerbach was excavated from 1904 to 1912 by the Feuerbach city pastor Richard Kallee . It is located on the corner of Staufeneckstraße (formerly Schlosserstraße) and Scharfenschloßstraße (formerly Eich-Straße) at Stuttgarter Straße 115 (formerly Wilhelm-Murr-Straße) in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.
Richard Kallee dug up over 100 Alemannic stone graves with chief medical officer Reinhold Blind and other helpers and documented 760 finds. With great care he secured the finds from the Alemannic burial ground: skulls and bones, coins, pottery shards, combs, collars, belt locks, swords, lances, arrows and spurs.
In the spring of 1910, 31 row graves were gradually excavated in 9 rows, dating from around the 6th century AD. The contents of the graves were investigated under the direction of Pastor Kallee with the support of Dr. Hauff and Dr. Blind carefully collected and stored. The graves were partly bricked, partly protected by stone slabs. About 11 men, 14 women and 6 children's graves were excavated. The men's graves could be recognized by the warrior gifts. Among other things, the following were found: five short swords ( skramasaxe ), a spearhead, an arrowhead, spurs, a bridle, a dagger, many knives and belt tongues (several pieces were inlaid with silver). In women's and children's graves there were two combs made of bone and a corresponding leg case, belt buckles, fibulas, pendants and four pearl necklaces. The locations of the semi-precious stones, amber pearls and artificial pearls from which the collars apparently consisted were immediately and precisely recorded and the pearls were then lined up in their correct order on silk.
Finally, the grave of a warrior was excavated, which contained particularly remarkable and very well-preserved accessories: a short iron sword with a rich hanger and a fully preserved bronze belt lock with two side fittings, which are decorated with chiselled hemispherical rosettes, lay between the legs. The belt was set with agate and other semi-precious stones. This grave, as well as various previously opened graves, was photographed by photographer Berthold from Feuerbach during the opening. A special gem is an iron belt fitting with the most elaborate silver tanning, which depicts a snake with two heads.
In October 1910, at the instigation of Richard Kallee and the state curator Eugen Gradmann, archaeological excavations were carried out by the municipal building authorities, which brought interesting finds to light . There were three Alemannic row graves from the 7th and 8th centuries, which contained stone coffins. The best preserved stone coffin was brought to the Feuerbach town hall, which was built shortly before. The excavations were scientifically published as follows: “In the southern grave, next to the bones, there was a necklace made of charming little pearls, golden yellow, red and green with yellow. So it is probably a woman's grave. The northern grave contained a strong, tall warrior: the remains of a sword lay diagonally across the body. The middle grave is a riddle. It was completely undamaged, but did not contain a complete skeleton, only the head and part of the body. "
Prince Karl von Urach, managed by the landowner, the manufacturer Hauff, visited the grave site in October 1910 and asked Pastor Kallee to explain the details to him. In the spring of 1911, J. Hauff u. Cie. (chemical factory) completed four semi-detached houses for their employees. The finds were made available to the public at the trade exhibition held in August and September 1912.
On November 4, 1926, the Feuerbach Local History Museum was inaugurated under Kallee's direction. The most important finds are exhibited in the foyer of the Feuerbach district town hall. Further excavations took place under Reinhold Blind in 1928 (graves no. 123-138)
The cemetery was found in Staufeneckstrasse (formerly Schlosserstrasse), 70469 Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Former local history museum in Wiener Straße 157, 70469 Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Excavators of the Stuttgart-Feuerbach burial ground, pastor Richard Kallee
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Stone slab grave No. 61
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- ↑ Richard Albrecht: Feuerbach ond ebbes Feuerbächer quoted in ' Feuerbach writes ( Memento of the original of July 19, 2011 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. '.
- ↑ a b c Feuerbach row graves. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2017 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 the column "100 years ago" Ulrich Gohl. Stuttgarter Zeitung, "Nord-Rundschau", September 2, 2011.
- ↑ Schwäbische Kronik, October 24, 1910, quoted by Ulrich Gohl in the column “ 100 Years Ago ( Memento of the original from December 7, 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. “In Stuttgarter Nachrichten on October 26, 2010.
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '32.6 " N , 9 ° 9' 16.2" E