Niemberger Group

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In the prehistory of Central Germany , the Niemberger group is an archaeological group that settled in the Ostsaal area during the early migration period (from 375–450 AD) .

distribution

The Niemberger Group is recognizable from around 375 onwards in the middle and lower Saale , mostly east of the river from Weißenfels via Merseburg to the middle Elbe . In a south-easterly direction it extends into the area of Torgau . Its focus is in the Köthen area and northeast of Halle . Simultaneous neighbors of the Niemberger group were the late Haßleben group in the area west of the Saale , the Burger group in the Magdeburg area and east of Magdeburg , while the Zethlinger group left the Altmark during the first half of the fifth century .

Niemberg burial ground

The cemetery of Niemberg in the Saalkreis was named.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Around the year 486 the Lombards are mentioned in Lower Austria in contemporary written sources. Cf. Berthold Schmidt : Status and tasks of early history research in the Middle Elbe-Saale area . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 65. Halle an der Saale 1982, pp. 145–172.
  2. ↑ basic literature on early Migration Period (ca. 375-450) Kurt Boehner : The Frankish Antiquities of the Trier country . Berlin 1958, see keyword level I ; see. Berthold Schmidt: The late migration period in Central Germany . Halle an der Saale 1961, see Keyword Group I .
  3. ↑ Cf. Walther Schulz : The fibulas of the burial place of Niemberg, Saalkreis . In: Mannus 16. pp. 99-111; see. Berthold Schmidt: The cemetery of Niemberg from the early migration period, Saalkreis . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 48. Halle an der Saale 1964, pp. 315–332.

literature

  • Berthold Schmidt : The cemetery of Niemberg from the early migration period, Saalkreis . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 48. Halle an der Saale 1964, pp. 315–332.
  • Berthold Schmidt: Status and tasks of early history research in the Middle Elbe-Saale area . In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory 65. Halle an der Saale 1982, pp. 145–172.
  • Walther Schulz : The fibulae of the burial place of Niemberg, Saalkreis . In: Mannus 16. pp. 99-111.