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Planchers d'une maison pendant l'excavation 1960 © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart (LAD)

  Blaustein  |     Ehrenstein

Description
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The site is located in the North West of the city of Ulm, in the valley of the River Blau. It was discovered and partially excavated by Oskar Paret, in the year of 1952. A second excavation followed in 1960, by the Department of Antiquities of Baden-Württemberg, under the direction of H. Zürn. Ehrenstein is among the best preserved pile dwelling sites in southern Germany. The thick cultural sediments consist of at least five construction periods that span only one hundred years, complete with dwelling sites, fire pits and ovens.

Néolithique

3700 - 3688 av. J.-C.

vallée du "Blau"

484 m

Taille du site 1,33 ha / environ 2 terrains de foot

Taille du zone tampon 2,42 ha / environ 3 terrains de foot

Particularités & points forts
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The site plays a key role in the research history and the understanding of the “Schussenrieder Culture”. This is the only site of this culture included in the UNESCO Pile Dwelling World Heritage list, and one of the few existing examples of a pile dwelling located on a riverbank.

Boutons doublement percés et ornementés © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart (LAD), H. Schlichtherle

Activité en cours
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The archaeological sediments are covered by a layer of clay, and the Department of Antiquities and Monuments monitors the site.

Découvrir les palafittes
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A selection of finds can be visited at the Museum Ulm and in the city hall of Blaustein

Museum Ulm
Marktplatz 9,
89073 Ulm
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Rathaus Blaustein
Marktplatz 2,
89134 Blaustein
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further information and a closer look to neolithic times:

Steinzeitpark Ehrenstein
Blaubeurer Str. 325,
89081 Ulm
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