Tarodunum

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Tarodunum is a late Celtic fortification in the area enclosed in the north by Burg am Wald ▼ , in the east by Himmelreich ▼ , in the south by Burg-Höfen ▼ , in the west by Kirchzarten ▼ and in the north-west by Zarten ▼ and cut through by the B31 . This name is also used for the actual settlement, which was found one kilometer west of the fortification.

Fortification Tarodunum

The shape of the complex corresponds to a long triangle between the two source brooks the Dreisam , Wagensteigbach and Höllenbach , which were protected by walls; The up to 15 m high embankments were cleverly included. Faint remains of the south-eastern wall, known as the Heidengraben , are still preserved today.

The name Tarodunum is already used by the Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy for an important settlement on the right bank of the Rhine; it has been associated with this area since 1815. Even after the end of the Celtic settlement, the name appears as Zardunia in an early medieval document in St. Gallen in 765 and has developed into today's name Zarten. The center of the settlement is at the point where the Burg-Birkenhof settlement is today. This Celtic oppidum is one of the few places in Germany that has been known by name since ancient times .

It was noticeable that during site inspections and excavations no traces of prolonged settlement by Celts were found. It is therefore believed that it was a refuge for times of need, in which the population found refuge. During an excavation in 1987, it was found that the eastern wall was unfinished and construction appears to have stopped suddenly. According to the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office, the wall was built using the murus gallicus technique.

Tarodunum settlement

The actual settlement of Tarodunum was finally found southwest of Zarten ▼ through surface finds outside the fortification in 1987 .

In the summer of 2004, digging was carried out on this 400 m² area. A large number of stones the size of a fist or head, which could not be of natural origin, were found under the typical plowing depth, which is around 20 cm here. These are now interpreted as a path or a free central meeting place of a settlement. During the excavation, coins, coin blanks and raw metal remains made of gold and silver were also found, so that it is assumed that a complete coin production took place here. Extensive trade relations can be demonstrated through the discovery of fragments of Roman amphorae. Finds of iron slag suggest that the smelting and processing of iron and other ores also took place here; the iron ores for this were extracted in the Black Forest .

Tourist use

Tarodunum circular route with a board in Kirchzarten

The area is now accessible to tourists by a 7 km long, handicapped accessible footpath, which is designed as a nature trail. The starting points are either the tourist information center in Kirchzarten or the train station.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Tarodunum settlement - hiking in the Black Forest - Feldberg, Belchen, Kandel around the Dreisamtal. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dreisamtal.de
  2. ↑ Tarodunum on badische-seiten.de. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ All around Tarodunum hiking tour details - leisure and sport in the Black Forest. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Karlheinz Scherfling: Gastronomy: Pleasure hiking in South Baden: Gasthaus zum Himmelreich: Tarodunum-Rundweg. Badische Zeitung, April 21, 2010, accessed on June 3, 2017 .

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