Roseldorf (municipality of Sitzendorf)

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Roseldorf ( village )
locality
cadastral community Roseldorf
Roseldorf (municipality of Sitzendorf) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Hollabrunn  (HL), Lower Austria
Pole. local community Sitzendorf on the Schmida
Coordinates 48 ° 38 '43 "  N , 15 ° 55' 50"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '43 "  N , 15 ° 55' 50"  Ef1
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Residents of the village 291 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 157 (2001 f1)
Area  d. KG 1,084.13 ha (2001)dep1
Post Code 3714f1
prefix + 43/2959f1
Official website
Statistical identification
Locality code 03851
Cadastral parish number 09046
Counting district / district Roseldorf (31043 008)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS
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Roseldorf is a cadastral community and locality of Sitzendorf an der Schmida in the Hollabrunn district in Lower Austria .

meaning

Prince seat-Celtic town Sandberg

The largest currently known Celtic central settlement in Austria was located northeast of the village of Roseldorf on the Sandberg.

Historical research at the end of the 20th century has shown that the area is home to a very important archaeological site. More precise investigations using geomagnetic prospection have shown that here on an area of ​​at least 25 hectares - possibly even up to 50 hectares - around the 2nd century v. Chr. The largest known fortified town-like Celtic settlement ( oppidum ) was located.

Information board about the excavations

The area was never built over by later settlements and there are no vineyards here, only fields, so that since the site became known, the area has been available to archaeologists for their work every year after the harvest . When the time for sowing comes , the soil is used again for agriculture .

Attention was drawn to the existence of a settlement from the Latène period through a belt hook found in 1932 and numerous other surface finds. So have been more than 1,500 coins of gold and silver found that make the Celtic town on the Sandberg to münzreichsten Celtic settlement and the oldest mint in Austria. These coins were minted in Roseldorf itself, but there are also numerous "foreign coins" which indicate extensive and far-reaching trade relations with the Rhineland , Bavaria , the Prague area and the Pannonian - Hungarian region. It is also noteworthy that at that time people were already intensively concerned with counterfeiting coins. There are also coins that have a bronze core and are only covered with a thin layer of gold.

Border marking of the former Celtic town

The archaeologists reached a peak in 2009 when the fifth sanctuary was found here. This find is a real sensation all over Europe , which also underlines the importance of this Celtic city. In August 2013, shortly before the end of the annual excavation period, a 2,300-year-old skeleton was found that has been completely preserved. In the past there were only single bone finds.

The excavations are being carried out under the leadership of the Prehistoric Department of the Natural History Museum in Vienna under the project name “Fürstensitz-Keltenstadt Sandberg”. During the annual excavation period there is an “open day” to view the excavated finds and to discuss them with the archaeologists.

Anyone who comes to the Sandberg outside of the excavation period can find out more about the extent, significance and archaeological knowledge gained from the display boards and border markings.

The replica of a Celtic sanctuary from Roseldorf can be seen in the MAMUZ Prehistory Museum in the area of Asparn Castle .

Retention basin Roseldorf

The Schmida retention basin as a biotope

The market town of Sitzendorf has built a retention basin with a storage volume of around 250,000 cubic meters in the cadastral community of Roseldorf to protect against flooding from the Schmida , which was completed in 2004.

This project not only prevents flooding in the local areas of Roseldorf, Goggendorf, Sitzendorf and Frauendorf in the event of events of up to a 5,000-year flood, but the flood protection also has an effect on the downstream communities up to the confluence with the Danube .

The special design of the retention pond, which some 12 hectares includes area, an improvement of the low water regime of Schmida is also caused, mainly for the domestic there animal - and plant life is important. It is designed in such a way that the Schmida meanders through the pool in a natural course and already fills the many small ponds when it rains a little . This biotope thus not only forms the habitat for birds, frogs and game, but also a recreational area in the Schmidatal through the passing of the cycle path and the creation of an educational fruit path.

Parish church Roseldorf

Some baroque parts of the parish church Roseldorf Mariae Birth are still preserved, the rest had to be rebuilt in 1964–1966.

literature

  • Veronika Holzer: The Celtic cult district in Roseldorf / Sandberg (Lower Austria) . In: E. Lauermann and P. Trebsche (eds.): Sanctuaries of the Druids. Sacrifice and rituals among the Celts. Catalog of the Lower Austrian State Museum NF 474 (Heidenreichstein 2008), pp. 32–49.
  • Ernst Lauermann: The model of the Roseldorf sanctuary in the Museum for Prehistory of the State of Lower Austria in Asparn / Zaya . In: E. Lauermann and P. Trebsche (eds.): Sanctuaries of the Druids. Sacrifice and rituals among the Celts. Catalog of the Lower Austrian State Museum NF 474 (Heidenreichstein 2008), pp. 50–63.
  • Johann Werfring: Roseldorfer Kultort as a model of thought in Asparn Article in the “Wiener Zeitung” from April 10, 2014, supplement “ProgrammPunkte”, p. 7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Market town of Sitzendorf an der Schmida
  2. ^ "The Schmida - a region introduces itself " by Friedrich Damköhler and Josef Stefan, 1st edition, ISBN 978-3-200-02028-3 , p. 58/59
  3. ↑ Report in ZIB2 of the ORF on August 27, 2013