Excavations in the first, medieval location of present-day Barczewo, in the village of Barczewko.PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk
Posted on 08/11/2023 1:29:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the University of Gdańsk conducting excavations in Barczewko near Olsztyn discovered a deposit of about 150 14th-century bracteates, as well as a medieval sword pommel and other military items.
...at an early stage of its development, the city of Wartberg was completely destroyed by the invasion of the Lithuanian army of princes Kęstutis and Olgierd in 1354. It was never rebuilt or repopulated, so the ruins have been remained intact for centuries...
Analysis will also reveal whether, apart from the Teutonic coins from the mints in Toruń and Elbląg, there are others that could indicate the existence of a bishop's mint.
During the work, further part of the old buildings are discovered, preserved in the ground as charred remains of wooden structures...
Research in the Barczewko cemetery is pioneering, as it concerns a small population, probably composed of Silesian settlers of Bishop Eberhard and the local, Christianised Prussian population.
Excavations are carried out in the place where, during the colonization of the southern part of the Warmian Dominion in 1325, on the initiative of Bishop Eberhard of Nysa, an attempt was made to build the castle and town of Wartberg. It was located between Lake Wadąg and the river Orzechówka, about 5 kilometres from today's Barczewo.
The names of some inhabitants are known from historical sources: Henryk, the parish priest, the village administrators - brothers Jan and Piotr, and the miller Wawrzyniec. Wartberg is mentioned in The Chronicle of the Prussian Land by Peter of Dusburg, and the circumstances of its destruction are mentioned by Wigand of Marburg, who described the fights of the Teutonic Knights with the Prussians and Lithuanians.
The existence of the first city location is indicated by the frequent occurrence of the name 'Old Town'.
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Excavations in the first, medieval location of present-day Barczewo, in the village of Barczewko.PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk
8/11/2023, 2:02:04 PM · by Jim Robinson
Please get your donations in and let’s get ‘er done! Way to go FReepers! Thank you all very much! God bless.Please get your donations in and let’s get ‘er done! Way to go FReepers! Thank you all very much! God bless.
And right then, I saw a vision of a Confederate detachment that had just completed the expedient burial of Confederate gold only to be ambushed later by a company of Union Cavalry and killed to the last man.
IOW, you not like Poland topics.
Wow! Twenty five years after the Crow Creek Indians were massacred by other Indians in the New World. No whites involved.
Except for Bill Carson.
I bet those Prussians were blue after their town was destroyed........................
I saw that.
Well Played.
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