#Heuneburg
#HillfortsWednesday

A reconstruction of the late Iron Age hillfort in Heuneburg, #Germany   .

Heuneburg was first fortified in the 16th Century BC, but was abandoned in the Late Bronze Age. Heuneburg was again fortified in the 6th Century BC with a mud brick wall.
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July 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
For #HillfortsWednesday the Heuneburg on the Upper Danube. The Heuneburg was an Early Iron Age princely seat and is one of the most important archaeological sites in Germany. It's considered to be the oldest town north of the Alps, which in the 6th century BC covered an...🧵1/3

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April 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
...arises among the Celts and the polis of Pyrene, cutting Europe across the middle" 🧵3/3
April 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
'Leere' #FotoVorschlag
Heuneburg... noch etwas leer
November 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM
Heute Nachmittag eine Ausflug rund um die keltische Heuneburg unternommen… Wetter und Laune ideal…
December 30, 2023 at 5:57 PM
...area of about 100 hectares. The architecture of its fortification was inspired by Mediterranean building techniques: it was built with air-dried mud bricks.
It has been suggested that Pyrene, the polis mentioned by Herodotus, is the Heuneburg: "The Istros river.... 🧵2/3
April 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
'Dinge die mit "O" beginnen ....' Oberschwaben im Nebel #FotoVorschlag
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#HillfortsWednesday The #Heuneburg is a prehistoric 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
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March 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I just learnt that @grays.art has declared Fridays to be #FlyDay. Here's shot from a kestrel (I think), taken at the Museum Heuneburg in Baden-Württemberg 🇩🇪. If you're up early enough, you can watch them hunting on the slopes below the wall.

#EastCoastKin #photography #birds #animals #nature
September 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Heute kleine Wanderung bei der Heuneburg auf den Spuren der Kelten... 👍
May 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Heuneburg - Stadt Pyrene

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August 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, can we stop being surprised?

People were just as smart and sophisticated as we are

archaeology.org/news/2025/04...
News - Celtic Warrior Shot By Arrow Received Sophisticated Medical Care - Archaeology Magazine
HEUNEBURG, GERMANY—According to a report from Live Science, researchers recently gained surprising new insight into […]
archaeology.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The #Danube valley as seen from the Freilichtmuseum Heuneburg during sunrise. I just love the golden light everything is drenched in for a few minutes. The picture is really not exaggerated.

#travel #landscape #photography #landscapephotography
August 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Heute auf den Spuren der Kelten, Heuneburg
December 30, 2023 at 8:47 PM
'Körperlandschaften' #FotoVorschlag
September 19, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Heuneburg, Numance, etc. etc. etc. : fleuve pas loin, mais habitat pas foutu en plein milieu (la Seine, en outre, a un cours bieeeeen plus large à l'époque, c'est marécageux à souhait...)
September 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Guten Abend - nach einem sehr schönen Tag mit Telefonaten und einem wundervollen Fußweg rund um die Heuneburg -mit sensationellem Alpenblick… Der Abend war mit privaten Jahresendangelegenheiten sehr ruhig und rückblickend…
December 30, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Mounted boars' tusks with tulip-shaped bronze bells from near the Heuneburg 🇩🇪 #NationalTulipDay 🌷
No parallels were known from the Early Iron Age, but late Celtic and early Roman examples suggest it was a breast ornament for horses.

🔗 from 2017 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Heuneburg field trip with our students. Sooo impressive!
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In the EIA, it seems (currently) that women are disproportionately joining the Austrian salt communities and the Greek-embracing Heuneburg in some numbers. And subsequently the new Heuneburg settlement is burned to the ground… (learning for us all)
May 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Heuneburg
April 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Guten Morgen,
gestern waren wir auf der Heuneburg, eine alte keltische Anlage. Mit tollem Fernblick auf die Donau und darüber hinaus.
Heute erst mal frühstücken und dann schauen, was der Tag so bringt.
Wünsche euch einen traumhaften Samstag! ☀️☕️
July 20, 2024 at 8:04 AM