The royal court of Zizers

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Situation at the excavation site in 2011

The Königshof Zizers is an archaeological site in Zizers in the Chur Rhine Valley in the canton of Graubünden .

discovery

The ruins came to light in 2003 during exploratory drilling for a building project on the Schlossbungert meadow south of the Reformed village church .

Meaning and history

After the Lindenhof in Zurich, it is one of the few historically and archaeologically proven secular buildings from the Carolingian - Ottonian period on Swiss soil. In the Carolingian-Ottonian times it served as a farm during the times of "travel rule". In addition, it can also be seen as a political instrument in the enforcement of rule or personal identity. This is one of the reasons why it was given to Bishop Hartbert von Chur by Otto I in 955 . It was first mentioned in 955 when Otto I gave it to the Chur bishop Harpert. The ruins extend to the reformed church. They are around 25 meters long and 13 meters wide. The presumably two-story building was converted into a multi-room living and working building in several stages.

Charred beams are evidence of several fire incidents. At some point the huge building could no longer be maintained and fell apart. Parts of the inside of the building were then used as a cemetery, and the outer walls became enclosing walls.

Small finds from Roman times indicate that a village or a Roman manor already stood at this point .

Todays use

The excavation site was roofed over and researched and reconstructed by the Graubünden Archaeological Service . The first head of the excavation was Mathias Seifert; He was followed from 2009 to 2013 by Jürg Spadin. The excavations ended in 2013. A re-use concept is currently being drawn up.

Monument protection

The Swiss Confederation declared the excavation site a find of national importance when, in May 2010, the findings on the historical extent of the discovery were made.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Heinzle, The royal court of Zizers. Historical investigation and interdisciplinary considerations on a curtis in Graubünden from the early to the high Middle Ages. Unpublished diploma thesis (Innsbruck 2014), p. 44f.
  2. B. Heinzle, Der Königshof von Zizers (see above), pp. 52–55
  3. Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 10, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archaeologie.gr.ch
  4. B. Heinzle / Th. Reimaier: Reading layers of time - the medieval curtis by Zizers as a palimpsest. Bündner monthly newspaper; under pressure; Pp. 58-72

Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '4.3 "  N , 9 ° 33' 59.4"  E ; CH1903:  762016  /  200357