Silver find from Gut Farve
The silver find from Gut Farve , near Wangels in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein , was found in 1847 in a Bronze Age burial mound , under a covering of red sandstone , in a clay jug just below the surface.
The treasure contained a silver key , various pieces of silver (including finger rings and earrings), 17 neck rings, some of which were bent, and over 4000 coins , a total of around seven kilograms of silver. The most recent coin dates from 1040 and dates the time after which the treasure was buried. The coins come from all the important German mints of the 10th and 11th centuries, but also from Bohemia , England , Ireland , Normandy , a particularly large number are from Hungary and some from the Far and Middle East . The oldest coin, minted in 898, comes from Uzbekistan .
Numerous silver finds in Wagrien substantiate the thesis that the Slavs a Pirate- were and trading people. The find illustrates the extent of trade in the Baltic Sea area around 1000 years ago and is linked to coin finds from the Viking Age . Presumably as an offering here after 1040 a rich Slav or a Slavic community buried the treasure in a clay pot.
literature
- Eduard Julius & T. Friedlaender: The silver find from Farve, described by J. Friedlaender and K. Müllenhoff. 1850
- Karl Hucke: "The silver treasure from Farve, Krs. Oldenburg", special print from the "Yearbook for local history in the district of Oldenburg / Holstein" born in 1966
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Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 18.4 ″ E