Treasure find from Fuchsenhof
The Fuchsenhof treasure trove is a find of silver coins and silver objects from around 1270, discovered near Freistadt in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel . The treasure is owned by the Upper Austrian State Museums and is now on display in the Linz Castle Museum.
The discovery
In the late autumn of 1997, a very important silver treasure was found near the castle-like Fuchsenhof farmstead (municipality of Freistadt) when Siegfried Bauer plowed a field and searched it with a metal detector. This treasure was buried there around 1270 and consists of coins, silver objects and pieces of jewelry. It is believed that a goldsmith or money dealer buried his property here during the chaos of war between Ottokar II Přemysl of Bohemia and Rudolf von Habsburg .
The find gives an insight into the production methods and landfill habits of the High Middle Ages.
The coins
The numismatic part of the treasure consists of nine antique and 6732 medieval silver coins, 461 sections of coins and 130 coin packets. In total, this results in a minted silver with a total weight of 6015.64 grams.
Most of the coins date from the third quarter of the 13th century. The coins can be divided into two broad groups, namely Viennese pennies and Bohemian bracteates .
The jewelery
With 366 pieces of jewelry, the jewelry share is one of the largest jewelry finds from the high and late Middle Ages. The jewelry is essentially determined by two types of jewelry: the finger ring and the clasp . Components of traditional costume and raw materials for making jewelry such as silver wire, semi-precious stones and gold foil were also found. The pieces of jewelry were richly decorated and thus indicate the intended use: gifts of love, signet rings or talismans .
The majority of the jewelry comes from the middle to second half of the 13th century. Some specimens from around 1200 and the first half of the 13th century as well as some prehistoric finds were also included.
publication
The finder and his relatives (with the exception of Joachim Bauer) as well as the property owner were bound to secrecy, and the find was only published in 2004 after a scientific investigation and is now on display in the Linz Castle Museum.
literature
- Bernhard Prokisch , Thomas Kühtreiber (ed.): The treasure trove of Fuchsenhof. Publishing House Library of the Province 2004, ISBN 3-85474-126-X .
- Bernhard Prokisch: The treasure trove of Fuchsenhof. In: Museum Guide 50 Years. 50 objects. Linz 2016, pp. 122–123 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The treasure trove of Fuchsenhof. In: ooelkg.at. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 6 ″ N , 14 ° 29 ′ 18 ″ E