Greifensee-Storen-Wildsberg

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Location of the site
Storen, Neolithic lakeside settlements in Greifensee 2011-09-03 15-38-58.JPG
Pottery from the neighboring Furen site , Greifensee Castle

Greifensee-Storen-Wildsberg is a prehistoric settlement on Greifensee in the municipality of Greifensee 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 oldest finds date from 3762 to 3755 BC. The remains of the settlement extend over a large area on the right-hand (north-eastern) bank of the Greifensee in the municipality of Greifensee. The location on a steep slope of the lake area that was silted up in modern times is remarkable. From a scientific point of view, a settlement phase of the late Horgen culture is of particular interest. Two bronze daggers found in 1934 and a wire spool from the Pfyner culture are early evidence of metalworking in the region. With the exception of the remains of settlements on the lakeshore ( Böschen ), the extensive and protected area has so far been archaeologically largely unexplored in its entire extent.

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 : Storen (Greifensee)  - 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. ^ Website of the Greifensee municipality: Der See , accessed on March 4, 2013
  3. ↑ a b c Website palafittes.org: Swiss sites in the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Greifensee – Storen / Wildsberg (CH-ZH-02) ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not 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
  4. ^ Website Foundation for Archeology in the Canton of Zurich , accessed on March 11, 2013
  5. ↑ 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 ° 21 '38.4 "  N , 8 ° 40' 51.8"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-three thousand eight hundred fifty-five  /  246277