Mysterious hole in the forest: These are the first finds from the depths
Created: 07/05/2022Updated: 07/05/2022 15:14
By: Robert Langer
Christoph Münch, commander of the Ebersberg fire brigade (right), with the first piece of the drawbar that was recovered from the well shaft.
Sitting the completely exhausted cave archaeologist Bernhard Häck after his depth.
© Stefan Rossmann
Experts have started to take a closer look at the mysterious hole deep in the Ebersberg Forest.
Now they are happy about the first finds.
Ebersberg
– Safety fences have been set up, gravel from a trailer comes onto the muddy forest floor after the rain and is distributed manually with a rake.
Access roads are prepared.
The archaeological investigation of the mysterious fountain in the Ebersberg Forest is in full swing.
Karl Seebauer, office manager of the Baldham Water Association, records what is happening at the well in the forest with a video camera.
© Stefan Rossmann
In the meantime, excavation director and cave archaeologist Bernhard Häck (State Office for the Preservation of Monuments) has abseiled down into the depths.
Two parts of the drawbar were recovered.
This is a hollowed-out tree trunk, a wooden tube with which the water was fetched from the depths.
“The technology has been around since the Romans.
It hardly changed until the 1960s,” says Häck.
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The salvaged pieces were released on Tuesday.
July 5th, carefully cleaned and secured.
It is possible that they will be on display in the Forest and Environment Museum in the future.
How old the drawbar is has not yet been determined.
According to Häck, the age of the dikes says little about the age of the well.
A piece of the drawbar was still in the shaft on Tuesday morning.
Descent into the dark depths: excavation leader and cave archaeologist Bernhard Häck is lowered into the well shaft, secured on several ropes.
In the depths he will hide the drawbar.
© Stefan Rossmann
A wooden platform had previously been erected above the well opening, from which work at depth is possible and secured using a tripod.
Claus Ortner from the Baldham Water Board took samples of the well water from the platform.
You will now be examined.
The water surface is a little over seven meters below ground level.
It is not yet possible to say how deep the well is overall, says Ortner.
"There's a lot of silt down there."
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There could be more insights when the Ebersberg fire brigade has pumped out the well.
What is then brought up in the material from the ground is examined in detail.
It seems clear that metal and glass are to be expected.
How quickly the well fills up again after it has been pumped out is another open question.
Incidentally, the head of the excavation, Häck, thanked the many volunteers for supporting the campaign and the good organization on site.
"I rarely have such a luxury excavation."
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The end of the pump on the salvaged well drawbar.
The material is now being examined in detail.
© Stefan Rossmann
The first thing to do now is to determine how old the well actually is apart from known settlements.
There may be more mysteries to be solved.
However, there are already considerations as to how the historic site could be dealt with in the future.
The work on site is a real team project: this is where the second piece of the drawbar is salvaged.
© Stefan Rossmann
It should be accessible to the public: Heinz Utschig from the state forests as the owner, district home caretaker Thomas Warg and Georg Schuder from the beautification association agree on this.
The place could be reached from the road to Schwaberwegen.
Signs could provide information.
Schuder is also thinking of a QR code for smartphones.
To do this, however, Telekom would have to ensure a stable network at the point in the forest, he says.
The well could be rebuilt and secured to its former height.
A roof could be built over it.
The dormouse, which was startled in the well, flees over the pulley.
© Stefan Rossmann
Utschig suggests illuminating the inside of the well so that visitors can get an impression.
A photovoltaic system is required for this.
Because there is no electricity at this point.
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