Oppidum Hrazany

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Panoramic view of the area of ​​the Oppidum Hrazany

The Celtic oppidum Hrazany is located about ten kilometers north of the village Sedlčany and about 30 kilometers south of the oppidum Zavist near the Vltava River at the confluence with the Mastník river at an altitude of up to 200 meters above the valley floor. It has an area of ​​almost 40 hectares and is a link in the chain of Celtic oppida along the Vltava.

history

A settlement by the Celtic tribe of the Boier is likely at the height of the fortifications . Sporadic traces of the settlement of the place were also found from the Paleolithic , Mesolithic and Copper Age . There are also traces of settlement from the High Middle Ages ( fortress Červenka ) and modern times ( Hussite camp ).

The fortifications had been known since the 19th century and their full significance was only recognized through excavations between 1951 and 1963 carried out by the Prague Archaeological Institute (ARÚ) of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences .

Long-distance transport

An important north-south connection ran along the Vltava and the hillside settlements of Závist , Hrazany, Nevězice (near Orlík ) and Třísov (near Krummau ) through the Bohemian Forest and the Haselgraben to the Oppidum Gründberg in the Linz Danube region .

literature

  • Libuše Jansová: Hrazany. The Celtic oppidum in Bohemia. 3 volumes. Academia, Praha 1986-1992.
    • Volume 1, The fortification and the adjacent settlement development. Archeologický ústav ČSAV, Prague 1986.
    • Volume 2, Issue 1, The homesteads in the middle depression. Find report and find catalog. Archeologický ústav ČSAV, Prague 1988.
    • Volume 2, Issue 2, The homesteads in the middle depression. Boards and supplements. Archeologický ústav ČSAV, Prague 1988.
    • Volume 3, Settlement of the Slopes of the Červenka. Archeologický ústav ČSAV, Prague 1992.
  • Libuše Jansová: Hrazany, keltské oppidum na Sedlčansku. (= Památníky naší minulosti. 3). Nakl. Českosloven. Akad., Prague 1965.
  • Libuše Jansová: O počátcích laténské fortifikace v Čechách. (= Study archeologického Ústavu Československé Academy Vĕd v Brně. 11.1). Academia, Prague 1983.
  • Petr Drda, Alena Rybov: Keltové a Cechy. Prague, 1998.

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 58 "  N , 14 ° 23 ′ 52"  E