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Heuneburg
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Heuneburg
- Ancient site.image
- Heuneburg 600 B.C..jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Reconstructed Celtic Heuneburg in 600 B.C.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Germany Baden-Württemberg#Germany
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location in Baden-Württemberg##Location in Germany
- Ancient site.location
- Near Herbertingen, Baden-Württemberg
- Ancient site.region
- Germany
- Ancient site.type
- Hillfort, burial mounds
- Ancient site.builder
- Celts
- Ancient site.material
- Wood, earth
- Ancient site.built
- Main structure 7th century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 5th century BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Iron Age
- Ancient site.cultures
- Celts, Hallstatt culture, La Tène culture
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
36 sectionsContents
- Discovery and excavations
- History
- The Celtic citadel
- Settlements outside the citadel
- The ''Aussensiedlung''
- The ''Südsiedlung''
- ''Vorwerke'' (lower fortifications)
- The gate
- Iron Age cemeteries
- Giessübel
- Grave 1
- Grave 4
- Hohmichele
- Excavation
- The Hohmichele mound
- Grave I
- Grave VI
- Grave IX
- Other graves
- Gallery
- Interpretation and significance
- Social/economic development
- The term ''Fürstensitz''
- Interaction with other sites
- Destructions, abandonment, and continuity
- Climate
- Trade, contacts with the Classical World
- Museums
- See also
- External links
- Bibliography
- Further reading (a selection)
- Heuneburg studies
- References
- Notes
- Sources
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 . It stood on a strategically positioned mountain spur that rises steeply 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 including other hilltop settlements, hamlets, villages, roads, cemeteries and cult or gathering places.