The Freising district office carried out around 40 archaeological measures in 2022.
There were some spectacular finds.
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– It is quite an impressive number that the Freising district office put on the table at this year’s annual review: namely around 40 archaeological measures that were carried out in the Freising district in 2022.
Many things were found in the search for traces of our past, including house floor plans, old earthen ovens, but also a mysterious grave site on the Moosburg Plan.
Excavations hold unusual strokes of luck
At first glance, the grave site on the Moosburg plan is puzzling, above all because it gives an insight into burial rituals that are unfamiliar to us today - in this special case, for example, the burial of an adult with a newborn in his arms.
As early as 2021, during renovation work on a water pipe, workers came across a completely preserved skeleton - of a relatively young person from the 16th century.
The stroke of luck: the bones from 2021, like those from 2022, were in a very good state of preservation, which is rather unusual for such excavations, but of course makes further research work much easier for archaeologists and anthropologists.
But even in the old "Hudler House" there was enough to do for the archaeologists: Some ceramic finds from the 15th and 16th centuries underpinned the well-documented history of the building.
Traces of medieval settlements were also discovered in 2022 in the Amperauen development area in Moosburg: around 30 finds came to light.
Based on ceramic parts, a settlement from the late Middle Ages could be proven.
A long wooden plank path came to light in Au
Of course, the trackers are also interested in more recent history, such as the Sabathiel barracks on the former Moosburg prisoner of war camp Stalag VII A. Emergency security measures have finally been initiated for the listed property bought by the city in order to at least prevent the barracks from decaying to some extent - also because this allows further investigations to be ensured.
The archaeologists also found what they were looking for in the countryside: in Au, for example, a wooden plank path that runs through the entire market was uncovered during the redevelopment of the town centre.
This path was rediscovered for the first time in 1930 during road works.
Now, however, this find has finally been fully archaeologically documented.
How old these planks are exactly is something people are still arguing about - some samples are definitely currently in the laboratory of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments.
What a pity: Due to the lower location, the Bohlenweg could not be incorporated into the streetscape as a lively look back into the past.
Exciting excavations also took place in Eching
However, the archaeologists succeeded in dating walls more clearly.
There, numerous pit finds were excavated on a new construction area, which could be reconstructed to the time of 5000 BC.
Exciting excavations also took place in Eching - numerous settlement structures were discovered there in the city center, which probably belonged to an early medieval farmstead - including a long house with two pit houses.
There was again a completely accidental find in Neufahrn, namely through field work.
A so-called squat burial was plowed up, i.e. a burial in a special position with bent legs and arms.
The interesting thing was the grave goods: around 30 oblong pendants made of mussel shells and copper tubes could be salvaged.
The date of Neufahrner's burial: probably around 2000 BC.
Ceramic finds make exact dating possible
Several stretches of the Wall were mapped in Flitzing near Zolling in 2022, specifically in the area of the former Hofmarkt Palace.
On the basis of ceramic finds, it was also possible to date the excavations here, namely to the 15th and 16th centuries.
Incidentally, the castle had been abandoned in the 17th century.
(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Freising newsletter.)
The conclusion is therefore obvious: the district of Freising is rich in treasures from the past.
In 2022, with the help of district archeology and the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, it was even possible to set up a volunteer project for the district in order to focus on our past again.
(Richard Lorenz)
