Medenheim
Medenheim is an early to late medieval desert between the district town of Northeim and the village of Sudheim in Lower Saxony .
history
From the Fulda 1 document book one learns that around 800 Nithart and his wife Eggihilt donated goods in Northeim, Medenheim and Sudheim to the Fulda monastery .
Medenheim is also mentioned in the sources in Ottonian times: “ At the request of Werinhar , Abbot of Fulda, the Fulda monastery, Emperor Otto II , pays the annual interest of one cattle in the first year and two cattle in the second year [Wüst, south Northeim], located in Rittigau (pago Rietdega) and in the county of Sigefrids, transfers it to the monastery and confers immunity. "(Sigefrid is Count Siegfried von Northeim.)
The church
It is known from written sources that in 1141 there was a church dedicated to St. Boniface in Medenheim. She lay, surrounded by her cemetery, on the northern edge of the village.
The stone construction
An emergency excavation in 1991 brought to light a stone building of 7.40 × 7.40 m , 11 m west of the Bonifatius Church, which probably included a front building. This bower is "with its up to 1.80 m high masonry an important evidence of Romanesque construction in the southern Lower Saxony area." There were two entrances, of which the southern one was walled up. This was probably the seat of the Lords of Medem .
Another stone building was destroyed without being able to be archaeologically recorded.
Animal bone finds
With regard to the diet in Carolingian and Ottonian times, the analysis of the animal bones found, 99% of which came from domestic animals, and only 1% from game, was informative . Twice as many pigs as cattle were kept, but the latter were still the most important meat suppliers because they were larger. Sheep, goats and horses were not kept primarily for their meat. The age at slaughter was relatively high, which means that there must have been housing facilities and feed reserves for wintering.
Presentation of the excavation results
- The reconstructed pit house ensemble is located directly on the B 3, south of the Hillerser Straße junction, on the site of a car dealership. 51 ° 41 ′ 11 "N, 9 ° 59 ′ 8" E
- The secured walls of the stone works are located under a protective structure in the parking lot of a hypermarket on Hillerser Straße. 51 ° 41 ′ 25 "N, 9 ° 59 ′ 4" E
Both places are freely accessible, but not specially marked.
literature
- Stefan Teuber, Heidrun Teuber: Church and desert Medenheim. In: ArchäologieLandNiedersachsen. Oldenbourg 2004, pp. 613-618. (not evaluated)
- Heidrun Teuber: The Saint Boniface Church in Medenheim. A desert church in southern Lower Saxony. In: Northeimer Jahrbuch. Volume 67, 2002, pp. 20-50. (not evaluated)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ HStAM inventory document 75 No. 80. Retrieved on January 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Die Rote Mappe 1992. (PDF) Retrieved on January 14, 2018 .
- ^ Stefan Hesse: Rural stone works in Lower Saxony. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Häßler : Prehistory and early history in Lower Saxony . Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, p. 338 .
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