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<< Our Photo Pages >> Unteruhldingen Crannog - Crannog in Germany in Baden-Wuerttemberg

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 29 July 2011  Page Views: 6685

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Unteruhldingen Crannog Alternative Name: Unterhuldingen Pfahlbausiedlung
Country: Germany Land: Baden-Wuerttemberg Type: Crannog
Nearest Town: Überlingen  Nearest Village: Unteruhldingen
Latitude: 47.726504N  Longitude: 9.228077E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : Stilt house from the Bronze Age village Unteruhldingen (Vote or comment on this photo)
This settlement on Constance lake (Bodensee) was inhabitated from Neolithic to Bronze Age (4300 BCE - 800 BCE). Today the houses are reconstructed at their original sites, next to them there is a museum.

The crannog has status of the UNESCO world heritage.
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Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : View towards the palisaded village from the lake shore. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : Three houses from the reconstructed Bronze Age lake dwelling of Unteruhldingen with Lake Constance in the background. The actual settlement consisted of 89 contemporary houses. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : Entrance gate to the palisaded lake welling Sipplingen. At least 14 settlement phases from the Neolithic to the late Bronze Age could be identified. The reconstructed houses in Uhldingen are from the Neolithic. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : Arbon-Bleiche was only settled during a short time span from 3384 to 3370 BC in the southern part of Lake Constance (Switzerland). The village was deserted after a fire disaster. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by Klingon : Main group of the reconstructed houses.

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by Megalithic89 : Pile dwelling houses (reconstruction) in Lake Constance at Unteruhldingen, 1972 (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Steiner, Ruedi / Com_M21-0036-0001-0003 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by Klingon : Two of the original stilts, conserved by the water.

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by Klingon : collection of nice pottery (1 comment)

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by Klingon : prehistoric living room

Unteruhldingen Crannog
Unteruhldingen Crannog submitted by torwen : A poster showing how the stilt houses from Unteruhldingen were reconstructed.

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Re: Unterhuldingen Crannog by Harald_Platta on Sunday, 01 December 2019
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The site is part of the UNESCO world heritage Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps.
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unesco-pfahlbauten-org: Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen - Welterbestätte DE-BW-10
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Re: Unterhuldingen Crannog by Harald_Platta on Tuesday, 19 December 2017
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Re: Unterhuldingen Crannog by Torwen on Thursday, 24 November 2011
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The site is called 'Unteruhldingen' ;)
The houses from different time periods are not reconstructed on their original site but are rather taken from different locations around Lake Constance. Have a look at the museum's English language website, it explains which house comes from which settlement:
<a href=http://www.pfahlbauten.com/lake-dwelling-museum/virtual-museum-tour.html">Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen</a>
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