Coin find from the Dionysius Church in Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf
The coin find from the Dionysius Church in Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf , sometimes also called “Wulsdorfer Silberschatz”, consists of 57 silver coins dating back to 1430. It is the content of an offering box that was discovered on November 8, 2002 during restoration work and archaeological investigations in the Dionysius Church in the Bremerhaven district of Wulsdorf . Since the excavations in 2002 and 2003, this church has been the second oldest building in the state of Bremen after the Bremen Cathedral . It was founded around 885, the current structure was built in the 11th century.
The coin find, which was made in an almost completely old wooden box, contains late medieval hollow pennies and swaren from Bremen , Verden , Stade and Oldenburg , as well as 25 modern coins, mainly from the area between the Elbe and Weser .
Although the Bremer Focke-Museum tried to get the coins, it was decided that they would be handed over to the Historisches Museum Bremerhaven .
literature
- Peter Ilisch , Klaus Giesen: A treasure find from the Dionysius Church in Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf , in: Bremer Contributions to the History of Coin and Money 9 (2009) 47-64.
- Klaus Giesen: The scattered coins from the Dionysius Church in Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf , in: Bremer contributions to the history of coins and money 4 (2005) 299-313.
- Nicola Borger-Keweloh (ed.): Burg und Kirche in Wulsdorf (= Volume 51 of the special publications of the Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern , also volume 23 of the publications of the Bremerhaven City Archives , edited by J. Kahleyß), Bremen 2014.
- Uwe Schwartz: The Dionysius Church in Wulsdorf , in: Denkmalpflege in Bremen, Vol. 11, Bremen 2014, pp. 110–118.
Remarks
- ^ Website of the parish .
- ^ State Office for Monument Preservation, Bremen .
- ↑ Till Stop Hagen: "Wulsdorfer silver treasure" remains in Bremerhaven , in: The daily, March 29 of 2003.