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Mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg forest: the lid is gone - residents startled

2022-07-04T13:53:03.954Z


Mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg forest: the lid is gone - residents startled Created: 04/07/2022 15:42 By: Robert Langer The concrete slab is removed. The first big step in the archaeological investigation of the mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg Forest © Stefan Rossmann The concrete slab is gone. A group stands around the hole and looks down. The adventure to the next level of explora


Mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg forest: the lid is gone - residents startled

Created: 04/07/2022 15:42

By: Robert Langer

The concrete slab is removed.

The first big step in the archaeological investigation of the mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg Forest © Stefan Rossmann

The concrete slab is gone.

A group stands around the hole and looks down.

The adventure to the next level of exploration of the mysterious fountain in the middle of the Ebersberg Forest begins.

Ebersberg - Monday, July 4, 9 a.m., somewhere in the Ebersberg forest: A group of experts is getting to work to unravel the secret of the mysterious well shaft that was discovered in the middle of the forest.

First, however, a dormouse is startled, which climbs up the wall of the shaft on the round river stones.

Specialists want to abseil down the well

Specialists will soon abseil down the well, perhaps to unveil its secret.

But that could take some time.

The work is planned to last about a week, but it could take longer.

That's why a large tent and a mobile toilet are set up under spruces and other trees.

It is not yet clear how old the well is and who built it far away from the known settlements.

There has been a lot of speculation since the shaft was rediscovered and initial investigations were made a year ago.

Mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg forest: the site is secured

First, Bernhard Häck from the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments gives clear instructions.

He is an excavation director and cave archaeologist.

First, the area around the well is secured.

Some smaller trees are felled with a chainsaw to make room.

The team includes employees of the state forests around district forester Daniel Fraunhoffer.

The concrete slabs are carried away hanging on the harness of a loader.

Then comes the direct vicinity of the well shaft.

The surface is dug up.

"No more than two or three people on the edge at a time," says the excavator.

Security is very important.

The ground could give way.

The earth is lifted off, then the loose stones up to the top solid level of the well.

A normal spade and a standard shovel are used first.

Then the devices used become finer.

Some of the material is carried away by hand or taken away with an older wheelbarrow into various pre-sorted heaps.

Who is disturbing there?

A dormouse climbs up the round river stones that make up the historical part of the fountain in the Ebersberg Forest.

© Stefan Rossmann

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Among other things, bricks from the top layer of the well can be seen at one point.

"They probably come from work from the 1960s," says Häck.

The bricks themselves may be older.

This has not yet been examined in detail.

"Everything from a later time," says Häck, who pours out a wheelbarrow full of earth a few meters away from the fountain.

Around the shaft there is a ring that has been excavated a few centimeters deep.

There gravel is applied.

Above it is a wooden platform from which work can continue.

This prevents pressure being exerted on the well wall.

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Around 45 people will probably be working on the project on site over the next few days, but not all at the same time.

Among them were many volunteers and the fire brigade as well as representatives of the state fort, the water management office and the local curators Thomas Warg and Josef Huber.

You're not just there to watch, you're part of the team, as is Claus Ortner from the Baldham Water Board.

He made up his own mind about the well.

It doesn't reach the groundwater.

Perhaps a water-bearing intermediate layer was used, he suspects.

But not much could have been promoted with it.

Meanwhile, excavation manager Häck explains what is to be documented in the next steps and how.

He explains this using a poster of a similar fountain.

You can find more current news from the district of Ebersberg at Merkur.de/Ebersberg.

Source: merkur

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