Construction of the mail center: 3,000-year-old well and accessories found
Created: 12/20/2022, 2:43 p.m
By: Klaus Greif
During the excavations on the site of the future mail center, the important well was found (in front).
© Marcus Guckenbiehl
An important find was made during the excavations on the site of the letter distribution center on Augsburger Strasse.
Germering – As the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments is now reporting, it is a 3000-year-old well that was filled with numerous gifts.
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The excavations on the huge area began almost two years ago, i.e. before the start of construction.
According to the city archivist Marcus Guckenbiehl, the most important find was made this spring - exactly where the new underground car park of the future letter center has already been built over.
According to the evaluations of the experts of the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, it is a Bronze Age fountain that is more than 3000 years old and must have had cult status.
This is what the well find looks like from above.
© Guckenbiehl
The finds
The numerous finds at the bottom indicate the ritual significance of the five-meter-deep structure: the archaeologists were able to salvage 26 bronze clothing pins and more than 70 clay vessels.
The large number and high quality of the items suggest that they did not accidentally fall into it.
The ceramics are not simple everyday crockery, but rather finely crafted, decorated bowls, cups and pots, such as those used by people in the Middle Bronze Age (approx. 1800-1200 BC), for example as burial objects.
The magic of the fountain
“Even today, fountains have something magical about them for many people.
They drop coins in the hope that their wishes will be granted.
Today we can no longer understand what motives motivated our ancestors to offer jewelry and other valuable gifts 3000 years ago.
It would be obvious, however, that they were intended as sacrifices for a good harvest,” explains General Curator Prof. Mathias Pfeil, head of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation.
Findings from the well.
© Guckenbiehl
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According to the state office, this well differs fundamentally from the other wells on the excavation area of around seven hectares due to its backfilling.
More than 70 wells were created there from the Bronze Age to the early Middle Ages.
They belonged to settlements from different epochs, which can still be proven today by house floor plans and waste pits.
low groundwater
According to city archivist Guckenbiehl, the depth of the well indicates that it was obviously used at a time when the groundwater level had dropped significantly.
This suggests a long drought and certainly poor harvest yields.
"Perhaps one can see a reason why the people who lived here at that time sacrificed part of their possessions to their gods in this well," says Guckenbiehl.
Jochen Haberstroh, the responsible archaeologist at the state office, hopes that the good condition of the find will provide further information about the settlers of that time.
The excavations in the north of Germeringer are among the largest area excavations of the last year in Bavaria.
In the meantime, the scientists have been able to document around 13,500 archaeological finds and the early Middle Ages.
Once the restoration work is complete, they will be exhibited in the Zeit+Raum Museum.
You can find more current news from the district of Fürstenfeldbruck at Merkur.de/Fürstenfeldbruck.