Venus of Langenzersdorf

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Copy of the Venus von Langenzersdorf

The Venus von Langenzersdorf is an 18 cm tall female statuette from the early Lengyel culture that was found in Langenzersdorf in 1955/56 .

discovery

The clay figure was found during an excavation commissioned by the Federal Monuments Office . Hertha Ladenbauer-Orel , the head of the excavation, described the statuette as "Venus von Langenzersdorf". During the excavation in the district of Burleiten, on the southern slope of the Bisamberg , settlement remains of the Lengyel culture were found. The four fragments of the statuette were found near a hearth. The first part found, the right thigh, was discovered on December 21, 1955. The excavations and the documentation took place with the help of the Langenzersdorf Museum Association.

Cultural background

The "Moravian-East Austrian group" of the Lengyel culture spanned the period from about 4300 to 4900 years BC. BC and extended in the area between western Hungary , eastern Austria and Moravia . Human settlement since the Neolithic Age has been proven in the Burleitn corridor .

Age and material

The carbon residues also found at the site were examined using the C-14 method . This means that the time of origin of the idol could be 4825 (± 90) BC. To be set.

The woman's statuette was made from dark brown clay to which small stones were added and then burned.

meaning

The clay figurines of the Lengyel culture form a subgroup of idols in a wide geographical area that stretched from the Aegean to Eastern Europe to Central Europe . There is no agreement among experts on the meaning of the figurines . Marija Gimbutas takes the view that this is a union between female and male symbols, since the neck and head area is reminiscent of a phallus, but the body below the neck is female. Thus strength (male) and fertility (female) would be united in one figure. However, there are also other interpretations, ranging from simultaneous depiction of motherhood and virginity to magic in the fields. Similarities with an animal idol were also suspected.

Exhibitions

In 1958 the Venus von Langenzersdorf was presented in the Austrian pavilion at the world exhibition in Brussels . The local history museum Langenzersdorf shows a copy of the statuette in addition to some original finds from the Lengyel culture. The original is in private hands. At the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the market town of Langenzersdorf in 2008, the original Venus von Langenzersdorf was on public display for one day.

useful information

Venus Cuvée

Since 2000, the Venus von Langenzersdorf has acted as the namesake for the so-called “Venus Cuvée ”, which is produced jointly by seven Langenzersdorf winemakers. A stylized Venus is depicted on the label of this wine.

Contrary to the technical literature, the statuette is colloquially referred to as Venus vom Bisamberg .

literature

  • Gregor-Anatol Bockstefl, Franz Mandl: The Venus of Langenzersdorf . Accompanying document to the exhibition of the original Venus in the festival hall of the market town of Langenzersdorf on September 21, 2008 (available in the Langenzersdorf local museum).
  • 900 years of Langenzersdorf . Edited by the market town of Langenzersdorf 2008, p. 149.
  • 900 years of Langenzersdorf - history and local history . Edited by Franz Karl Schwarzmann, with contributions by Josef Germ and Erich Gusel, 2008; P. 51.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hertha Ladenbauer-Orel: The Neolithic female statuette from Lang-Enzersdorf near Vienna . In: IPEK 19 , 1954-1959, p. 7ff.
  2. ^ The excavations in Lang-Enzersdorf and the discovery of the idol . In: Around the Bisamberg. A home book . Volume 2/1961, p. 7ff.
  3. ↑ Peter Stadler: "New Stone Age in Eastern Austria". In; Eva Lenneis et al. (Ed.): Scientific publication series Lower Austria . 102-105, pp. 210ff.
  4. ^ S. Schmied: Two fire graves in Langenzersdorf, p. B. Korneuburg . In: Archaeologica Austriaca 36, 1964, p. 4ff.
  5. ↑ Evžen Neustupny: Studijne Zvesti XVII , p 271ff., 1969
  6. ↑ M. Gimbutas: The gods and goddesses of old Europe - Myths, legends and cult images . Berkeley 1974.
  7. ↑ Time travel Heldenberg . Catalog for the Lower Austrian State Exhibition 2005. Eds. F. Daim and W. Neugebauer, St. Pölten 2005. Article by Ch. Neugebauer-Maresch (p. 187ff.) And E. Ruttkay (p. 194ff.) And V. Nikolov (p . 271ff.)
  8. ↑ Ortskundemuseum Langenzersdorf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 6, 2009)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / members.aon.at  
  9. ↑ Official invitation, page 4 (accessed on September 6, 2009; PDF file; 963 kB)
  10. ↑ Langenzersdorf ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Weinpanorama (accessed on September 6, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weinpanorama.at
  11. ↑ Venus Cuvée at 10 a.m. in front of Vienna ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 6, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 10vorwien.at
  12. ↑ Ein-detour-zum-Heurigen In: Der Standard (accessed on September 7, 2009)

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Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 36.5 ″  N , 16 ° 21 ′ 43.8 ″  E