The Heuneburg is a prehistoric Celtic hillfort by the river Danube in Hundersingen near Herbertingen, between Ulm and Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, in the south of Germany, close to the modern borders with Switzerland and Austria. It is considered to be one of the most important early Celtic centres in Central Europe, particularly during the Iron Age Hallstatt culture period. Apart from the fortified citadel, there are extensive remains of settlements and burial areas spanning several centuries.
The fortified citadel measures about 300 by 150 m (980 by 490 ft). It stood on a strategically positioned mountain spur that rises steeply 40 m (130 ft) above the Danube. It is at the centre of a fertile river plain, surrounded by rolling hill country. During the Iron Age the Heuneburg is thought to have controlled a surrounding area of over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) including other hilltop settlements, hamlets, villages, roads, cemeteries and cult or gathering places.[1]
The settlement has been called "oldest city north of the alps",[2][3][4] and has been identified with the Celtic city of Pyrene mentioned by Herodotus.[1][2]
^ abKrause, Dirk (2020). "Earliest town north of the Alps. New excavations and research in the Heuneburg region". In Zamboni, Lorenzo (ed.). Crossing the Alps. Sidestone Press. pp. 299–314. Recent excavations indicate that the Heuneburg controlled an area of over 1,000 km2 with cemeteries, further hilltop settlements, hamlets, villages, roads and cult or gathering places. It was not only the Heuneburg itself that must have formed an architectonically impressive agglomeration. Consequently, the polis Pyrene stands for this whole system, not just the hillfort of the Heuneburg.
^ ab"Heuneburg - Celtic city of Pyrene". heuneburg-pyrene.de.
^"Heuneburg: Celtic town in Upper Swabia" (PDF).
^Krause, Dirk; Fernández-Götz, Manuel (2012). "Heuneburg: First city north of the Alps". Current World Archaeology. 55: 28–34.
The Heuneburg is a prehistoric Celtic hillfort by the river Danube in Hundersingen near Herbertingen, between Ulm and Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg,...
this whole system, not just the hillfort of the Heuneburg. "Heuneburg - Celtic city of Pyrene". heuneburg-pyrene.de. "Herodotus, Histories, Book II: chapters...
during the late Bronze Age (c. 1200 BC until 700 BC). Some, like the Heuneburg, the oldest city north of the Alps, grew to become important cultural...
"Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau: Die Siedlungsstrukturen". isentosamballerer.de (in German).[dead link] "Erforschung und Geschichte der Heuneburg". Celtic...
a Frankish king. Located near Hundersingen, the prehistoric hillfort Heuneburg was a prestigious princely residence and a thriving centre of power in...
Europe, for example, the burials at Hochdorf and Magdalenenberg, the Heuneburg settlement and the Glauberg settlement and burial complex. Iron ores were...
structures such as hillforts. Significant fortified settlements include the Heuneburg, Bullenheimer Berg, Ehrenbürg, and Bernstorf. Fortification walls were...
Brassicaceae, have been found on pottery in the Iron Age settlement of Heuneburg, Germany. Seed and pod fragments have also been found in an Iron Age pit...
in 1938 by Jankuhn. In 1937–1938, Gustav Riek led an excavation at the Heuneburg on the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, where an ancient fortress had been...
excavations, and led the teams that excavated the Vogelherd Cave in 1931, the Heuneburg Tumulus burial mounds in 1937 and the Brillenhöhle 1955–63. At Vogelherd...
archaeology.ws. Retrieved 24 September 2014. Fernández-Götz, Manuel. "Heuneburg. First city north of the Alps – Current World Archaeology | Manuel Fernandez-Gotz...
Commons has media related to Herbertingen. Official Homepage of Herbertingen The Heuneburg The Heuneburg Museum - Early Celts on the Upper Danube v t e...
at Reinheim and Hochdorf, and oppida towns like Glauberg, Manching and Heuneburg. [citation needed] After lengthy wars, the Roman Empire settled its frontiers...
from the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Germany, c. 530 BC Pottery from Heuneburg, Germany The imported Greek Vix Krater, found in the Vix Grave, France...
Samian ware bowls. Celts Keltenmuseum, Hallein Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave Heuneburg Glauberg Oppidum of Manching Oppidum Vix and Mont Lassois Museum Hallstatt...
Oppidum Oppidum of Corent Gergovia Alesia Oppidum of Manching Vix Glauberg Heuneburg Maschner, H.D.G.; Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Center for...
Manching, but especially of other "princely" fortified settlements, such as Heuneburg, Hohenasperg and Mont Lassois. An archaeological park has been built,...
Celts the area must have already been inhabited since the so-called "Heuneburg" on a hill in Fischbachtal was a Celtic castle where the people and their...
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