Girls from Molzbach
The girl from Molzbach or the rich girl from Molzbach refers to the richest girl's grave from the Bronze Age in Hesse . This funeral became known as the “ Girl from Molzbach” because her age was initially estimated to be around 12 to 14 years. Today it is believed that the deceased was around 20 years old.
Replicas can be viewed on site in the Konrad Zuse Museum in Huenfeld. The original finds can be found in the Hessisches Landesmuseum .
tomb
To the northeast of Molzbach, on Bomberg, was a burial mound from the Bronze Age , which is no longer visible today. It measured 13 m in diameter and 17 m in height. Gero von Merhart-Bernegg, the first professor of pre- and early history in Germany, in 1931 examined the hill. It is the only burial mound in the Fulda region to be built with limestone , which means that the skeletons are still well preserved. While one or two skeletons can be found in other burial mounds, this one contained 10, 17, according to another source 24 pieces. The majority of the dead belong to the East Hessian Barrow Bronze Age (Werra-Fulda Group). The archaeologists came to the conclusion that this hill was originally built for a man. The girl's burial was a subsequent burial . The burial mound is unique in the Rhön area in terms of its size, number of burials, occupancy period and rich women's burial. The remains of the girl from Molzbach were found in grave number 8. Other graves date from the late Hallstatt period , one from the early La Tène period .
Jewelry and accessories
All jewelry was found in a "body-friendly" position; H. where they were worn or attached. Smaller additions were a small bracket, a horse's tooth, a cow's tooth and two shards.
Ring-shaped jewelry
Around her neck she wore a four-spiral choker with opposing end spirals adorned with triangles. There are a few such jewelry rings in the eastern part of Hesse up to the upper Main . Most of the right arm was covered by a spiral on the forearm with 17 turns, on the left forearm there was a counterpart with 19 turns. The right upper arm was adorned with a wide bracelet, the ends of which run out in spirals. This piece of jewelry, which is common in the East Hessian area, suggests a short-sleeved robe. The girl wore double-spiral jewelry on her left ankle. Such forms are also known on the upper Main as in the Werra area . Thin-wire spiral rings on the left side of the head and two spiral rings on the left upper arm are classified as hair ornaments or cloth-like headgear.
Flat jewelry
Two flat, round needles held the robe together on the girl's shoulders. The so-called wheel needles are worn in pairs. They are forms from the early Bronze Age, cast in two shells and rare because of a crown placed on top. Pointed hats with holes for sewing on, so-called tutuli , were obviously decorative trimmings on a bodice in the chest area. Further tutuli, 43 made of bronze and three of white metal, were found at thigh level and suggest a decorated piece of clothing. Presumably the hats were sewn on in several rows. Such shaped trimmings are particularly common on the upper Main, in the area of Coburg . The belt plate made from obviously local craftsmanship is a rarity . It encircled the hips, is 45.5 cm long, 9.6 cm wide and has a point or hump decoration.
interpretation
Most of the burials in this mound date from the Bronze Age. The girl from Molzbach is at the end of the Bronze Age , around 1300 BC. Chr. To settle. Not all of the graves on the hill were provided with grave goods. Rich bronze decorations like these are generally the exception. The cultural home of the jewelery shows cross connections. The young woman's costume is unusual for East Hesse . Presumably she was born in the southern Hessian area or in the Obermaing area. It is believed that she moved to this area through marriage. That would certainly not have been unusual for a 12 to 14 year old according to the customs of the time. It is unclear why her grave was given ample equipment, but it probably has to do with her social status.
literature
- Fritz Holste and Werner Jorns, The Molzbach burial mound in Germania Anzeiger of the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute , Volume 19 No. 1, Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, 1935, Pages 4–12, ISSN 0016-8874 . PDF view
- Albrecht Jockenhövel et al .: The Prehistory of Hesse , Ed .: Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann, Albrecht Jockenhövel, Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Molzbach - The rich girl from Molzbach , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Barrows of the Bronze Age from Molzbach , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ^ Konrad-Zuse-Museum - City and District History , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ Adventure bike path Frankfurt - Krakow - The rich girl from Molzbach , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ↑ a b c d e Albrecht Jockenhövel et al .: The prehistory of Hesse . Ed .: Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann, Albrecht Jockenhövel. Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , p. 413 .
- ↑ IDAl Arachne - girl Molzbach , accessed on May 27, 2017
- ^ Albrecht Jockenhövel et al .: The prehistory of Hesse . Ed .: Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann, Albrecht Jockenhövel. Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 , The Bronze Age, p. 213 .