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In May of 1907, two brothers found a skeleton while cutting peat in a bog in Lower Saxony, Germany. Fearing finding murder evidence, the brothers buried the body again, but it turned out to be the body of the Bernuthsfeld Man, a 7th/8th century man who was wearing a gorgeous patchwork tunic.
The tunic of the Bernuthsfeld Man, the oldest completely preserved garment of this kind. It is a patchwork made out of 45 reused pieces of fabric. Dated to around 660 and 870 CE. Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden. Modern reconstruction of the garments found with the Bernuthsfeld Man (nicknamed "Bernie") Made by Pallia, nowadays part of the exhibit at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden. Back view of this modern reconstruction of the garments found with the Bernuthsfeld Man (nicknamed "Bernie"), with the small cloak/blanket he was found with. Made by Pallia, nowadays part of the exhibit at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden. Another back view of this modern reconstruction of the garments found with the Bernuthsfeld Man (nicknamed "Bernie"), with the cloak hanging from his belt, based on a spot of the belt that was found with the body where something heavy obviously hung for a long time. Made by Pallia, nowadays part of the exhibit at the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden.
August 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
anforsorrow.bsky.social
Analysis of the tunic confirmed that the different fabrics show evidence of wear from previous uses.

Sources:
-Grömer, Karina "Recycling of Textiles in Historic Cotexts in Europe: Case Studies from 1500 BC till 1500 AD"
-Pallia's blog: www.pallia.net/blog/more-ab...
More about the Bernuthsfeld Man.
The Bernuthsfeld Man's tunic is really a rather special affair - a very, very simple cut, but it is put together from only patches. It's not a heavily worn tunic that was patched up.Most publications ...
www.pallia.net
August 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
arobertswrites.com
Here you can see all the random bits better.
Fig. 6: The patched garment from Bernuthsfeld, Germany (after: Schlabow...
Download scientific diagram | The patched garment from Bernuthsfeld, Germany (after: Schlabow 1976, fig. 149). from publication: Recycling of Textiles in Historic Cotexts in Europe: Case Studies from ...
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July 23, 2026 at 11:44 PM
moragster.bsky.social
Justerjûn nei Museumnacht yn it Fries museum west foar de Redbad-expo.

Als re-enactor waren vooral de kleding & sieraden tof om te zien. Absolute highlight: de tuniek van Bernuthsfeld, gemaakt van 45 lapjes gerecyclede wol.

In moaie fryske skiednis, dy fan kening Redbad.
September 27, 2026 at 9:37 AM
arobertswrites.com
In Lower Saxony c. 600-900 a man died and he was wearing what may have been the shittiest piece of clothing of all time. A tunic stitched together from random bits of cloth.
The Bernuthsfeld Man's tunic. A literally patchwork garment stitched together from like 20 different bits of cloth, none of them regularly shaped.
July 23, 2026 at 11:41 PM
kreativgalerie.bsky.social
Der Mann von Bernuthsfeld
© Nicole Kreativ Galerie
Wortflüsterer Ostfriesland 2025

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Der Mann von Bernuthsfeld - nach einer teilweise wahren Begebenheit
YouTube video by Nicole Kreativ Galerie Ostfriesland
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July 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
zeitensprung.bsky.social
Hier ist eine meiner Arbeiten die schon einige Jahre zurück liegt und die im Landesmuseum Emden ausgestellt wird. Es ist das Manteltuch des Mannes aus dem Bernuthsfeld Moor, liebevoll Bernie genannt. Handgesponnen, Handgewebt und ganz nahe am Fund.

#handgewebt #handwoven #Reenactment #livinghistory
February 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
handle.invalid
Instead we get assumptions: e.g. the Bernuthsfeld man's patched clothing is read as ritualistic (why?), Redbad is presented as regulating sceatta coin circulation (how?), and having a hand in founding Danish Ribe (what? how? when?) 3/6
September 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
alexharvv.bsky.social
The 'Fleecy Frisians' exported their famous Frisian cloth (Fresum) from salt-grazing sheep along the Waadsee from the 5-6th c. if not earlier. It made for comfortable clothing and weatherproof sails

I used an early medieval tunic discovered near Bernuthsfeld as an inspiration here
June 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
rliblog.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
La túnica de Bernie, el hombre de Bernuthsfeld (680-775 d.C.) encontrado en la turbera de Hogehahn, Alemania, tenía 45 trozos de 20 telas distintas con 9 patrones de tejido. 🏛️Museo Estatal de Frisia Oriental 📷Hans Hahme #alemania #germany
Ropa con algunos agujeros pero que mantiene la integridad general.
September 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
nihk-wilhelmshaven.bsky.social
1907 wurde im Moor bei Tannenhausen der „Mann von Bernuthsfeld“ gefunden. Ende Juni startete ein Filmprojekt dazu. 🎥

Mehr Infos dazu gibt es hier: nihk.de/aktuelles/fi...

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July 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
naraoia.bsky.social
On that note, I learned about the Bernuthsfeld tunic as a reenactor, and you couldn't ask for a better illustration for this
Black and white photo of a beautifully preserved early medieval tunic, laid out on a plain background. It's a little bit ragged but most of it is still there, and it's obviously pieced together from dozens of different scraps of fabric. The arrangement is in no way regular, this was clearly a "whatever we had in the scrap pile" job rather than a design choice.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
evanschultheis.bsky.social
This certainly was a considerable expense, but there seem to be a lot of people treating clothing as if it cost an entire years' wages and most people went around in heavily patched together garments which isn't true. Tunics like Saint Francis' or Bernuthsfeld aren't the norm.
September 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
nihk-wilhelmshaven.bsky.social
Mit der Entfernung der schützenden Gaze beginnt für die Tunika des Mannes von Bernuthsfeld eine neue Phase. 🧥

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May 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
planethistory.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy
Der Mann von Bernuthsfeld – Teil 2 – Die Kleidung https://www.tribur.de/blog/2024/10/31/der-mann-von-bernuthsfeld-teil-2-die-kleidung/
October 31, 2024 at 5:56 PM
planethistory.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy
Der Mann von Bernuthsfeld – Teil 1 – Der Fund und seine Geschichte https://www.tribur.de/blog/2024/10/17/der-mann-von-bernuthsfeld-teil-1-der-fund-und-seine-geschichte/
October 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM