Kolankoron

Kolankoron , in Latin Colancorum ( Greek Κολάγκωρον ), is a place name that appears in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places (πόλεις) located in the interior of Germania magna north in the west with 39 ° 00 ′ longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 53 ° 30 'width is specified. According to Ptolemy, Kolankoron lies between Sousoudata and Lougidounon . Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

So far the place could not be located safely. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemaios, is currently locating Kolankoron based on the transformation of the ancient coordinates at today's Küstrin (Kostrzyn) in the Polish Lebus voivodeship .

The polis Kolankoron could have been on Hellweg , an important ancient trade route that led from the west of Germania magna to Samland .

In addition, Küstrin is located at the confluence of the Warta and the Oder . Archaeologically, there could be a connection with the Oder-Warthe group or the early Przeworsk culture , an archaeological culture that connects research in general with the early Vandals and Burgundians as well as with the Lugians .

Remarks

^ Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13
↑ See Hermann Reichert : Kolankoron. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 17, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016907-X , pp. 168–169, ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online).

^ Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch, Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 49.

literature

Hermann Reichert : Kolankoron. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 17, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016907-X , pp. 168–169, ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online).

Hermann Reichert : Ptolemaeus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 567–597, ( paid for via GAO , De Gruyter Online).

Alfred Stückelberger, Gerd Graßhoff (ed.): Ptolemaios, Handbook of Geography (Greek-German) . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7965-2148-7 (work in 2 half-volumes, with CD-ROM).

Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms as well as non-Germanic toponyms of Germania. A handbook on its etymology using a bibliography by Robert Nedoma. Published by Hermann Reichert (= Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 141–142.

Maximilian Ihm : Colancorum . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 361.

Web links

Edition of Geographike Hyphegesis with translation and map of Germania magna , accessed on November 16, 2016
Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, accessed November 16, 2016

[1] Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13

[rga-2] See Hermann Reichert : Kolankoron. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 17, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016907-X , pp. 168–169, ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online).

[3] Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch, Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 49.