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Gold robbery in Manching: Archaeologist already feared theft after discovery

2022-11-23T21:19:30.459Z


Gold robbery in Manching: Archaeologist already feared theft after discovery Created: 11/23/2022, 10:09 p.m Thieves have stolen a treasure from the gold museum in Manching. The then treasure finder looks back on his unique discovery. Manching - It was a matter of just nine minutes: At 1.26 a.m. an external escape door at the Kelten-Römer-Museum in Manching was pried open, at 1.35 a.m. the burgl


Gold robbery in Manching: Archaeologist already feared theft after discovery

Created: 11/23/2022, 10:09 p.m

Thieves have stolen a treasure from the gold museum in Manching.

The then treasure finder looks back on his unique discovery.

Manching - It was a matter of just nine minutes: At 1.26 a.m. an external escape door at the Kelten-Römer-Museum in Manching was pried open, at 1.35 a.m. the burglary on Tuesday night was already over.

The day after, Rupert Gebhard, Head of Collections at the State Archaeological Collection, mourns the loss of the museum's most valuable treasures: 483 coins and a cast gold cake.

A treasure of immeasurable ideal value from the first century BC with a commercial value of around 1.6 million euros.

The theft has left its mark.

"It feels like losing an old friend," says Gebhard.

Manching: The lightning robbery in the gold museum

At the exhibition site of the historical treasures, broken glass bears witness to the crime.

They come from a display case that the perpetrators destroyed in order to get three more, larger coins.

The times of the burglary were recorded by the alarm system, as Vice President of the State Criminal Police Office Guido Limmer says.

But the alarm could not be forwarded because at 1.17 am - nine minutes before the burglary - a distribution node for Internet and telephone just one kilometer from the museum was sabotaged.

As a result, 13,000 homes and businesses in the area lost their telephony and internet.

And in the museum, the burglary was not noticed until around 9:45 in the morning.

A smashed window pane is shown before the start of a police press conference in the Kelten-Römer Museum.

© Peter Kneffel/dpa

There were no security guards on site in the museum at night.

The security measures corresponded to the recommendations when the museum was built, emphasizes Limmer.

According to Gebhard, after the burglary in the Green Vault in Dresden, there was another inspection to check security.

The case from 2019 also plays a role in the current investigation, as does the theft of a 100-kilo gold coin from the Bode Museum in 2017 (see below right).

One is in contact with colleagues in Berlin and Dresden because of the “possible parallels” to the cases, said Limmer.

A 20-strong special commission is now investigating.

Manching's Mayor Herbert Nerb is hoping for quick success: "That shouldn't have happened, such crooks.

It's madness." (

dpa

)

That's what the treasure finder feels - as early as 1999 he feared robbers

The archaeologist Dr.

Matthias Leicht (60) found the Celtic gold treasure from Manching in 1999.

Today he is head of excavations at the private excavation company ADA…

 Mr Leicht, how did you find out about the robbery?

Matthias Leicht: A colleague sent me a message on Tuesday late afternoon.

I was of course shocked and surprised.

Memories came up immediately.

Memories of the day you found the treasure?

Easy: It was shortly before closing time, I was standing at an excavator that had removed a layer of humus.

So I thought to myself, I'll run a bit more control.

Yes, and then I saw something yellowish shimmering in the ground.

At first I thought it was a bone.

But it was different.

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A gold coin.

dr

Easy: I fetched my assistant.

It was clear to us that things had to be done quickly, even then there were robber graves in Manching.

So we measured the find that same evening, documented it with drawings and photographs and salvaged the entire treasure.

It is feared that the stolen gold will be melted down.

dr

Easy: That would be a disaster.

What are almost four kilos of gold worth - maybe a good 200,000 euros?

The cultural value, on the other hand, is immeasurable.

Interview: Dirk Walter

Source: merkur

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