Remains of a previously unknown medieval settlement were discovered during construction work in Bavaria. The find in Oberschleißheim near Munich includes house plans, ovens, pit houses and earth cellars, as well as traces of a church from the 9th to the 13th century AD.
The excavations in Bavaria are said to provide rare and comprehensive insights into the development and organization of high medieval settlements in the region, experts from the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (BLfD) report. Research into historical maps or other written sources could possibly yield a place name, it is said.
Floor plan of the church exposed
In the centre of the settlement, the floor plan of a church with a retracted apse was uncovered. Around the church building, archaeologists discovered about twenty burial places. Under the former church floor were traces of another burial pit, the secrets of which have yet to be revealed.
“Burials in the interior of a church were rare in the early Middle Ages and reserved only for people of higher rank,” says Jochen Haberstroh, deputy head of the department for archaeological monument conservation at the BLfD. “The discovery of this settlement helps us to better understand the history of the region at the time of the founding of the city of Munich.”
Find it particularly revealing
Remains of early medieval settlements have been found repeatedly in the Munich gravel plain as a result of increased building activity. However, this find is particularly revealing because of its completeness.
Source: Krone
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