Glauberg
Sign in to saveThe Glauberg is a Celtic hillfort or oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds, "a princely seat of the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods."
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Glauberg
- Ancient site.image
- File:Aussichtsturm Düdelsheim-02-Aussicht Glauberg.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The Glauberg seen from the southeast
- Ancient site.map_type
- Hesse#Germany
- Ancient site.location
- Glauburg, Hesse
- Ancient site.region
- Germany
- Ancient site.type
- Burial mounds, Circular rampart or Oppidum
- Ancient site.epochs
- Iron Age
- Ancient site.cultures
- Celts, Urnfield culture, Hallstatt culture, La Tène
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Location and topography
- History of archaeological research
- Summary of settlement history
- Celtic oppidum
- Sites associated with the oppidum
- "Princely" burial mounds
- Earthworks and processional road
- Possible calendar function
- The ''Keltenfürst'' (Celtic prince) of Glauberg
- Southern Hesse - a Celtic landscape
- Significance
- Archaeological park and museum
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Glauberg is a Celtic hillfort or oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds, "a princely seat of the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods."
Archaeological discoveries in the 1990s place the site among the most important early Celtic centres in Europe. It provides unprecedented evidence on Celtic burial, sculpture and monumental architecture.