Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post
Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE)·Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders·🇩🇪 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Anklam area, Peene river bank, Menzlin village, Germany
About
About Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post
Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Anklam area, Peene river bank, Menzlin village, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE) Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders site built c. 750 CE as viking–slavic emporium on peene. Documented via 1890s stone ships; excav. Schoknecht 1964–. The Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders ancient city at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern preserves 9 stone ship settings along peene, harbour and settlement north of peene loop, trading with scandinavia and frankia. It illustrates Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders expansion and settlement 5 ha; 9 stone ships 10–20 m.
Why it mattersAltes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Anklam area, Peene river bank, Menzlin village, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE) Slavic Wends with Scandinavian t
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why 9 stone ships for trading post cemetery
Theories
- 01Menzlin as Wendish market linking Baltic Hedeby–Truso network
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 750 CE
- Period
- Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE)
- Culture
- Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders
- Purpose
- Viking–Slavic emporium on Peene
- Abandoned
- c. 900 CE
- Rediscovered
- 1890s stone ships; excav. Schoknecht 1964–
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 750 CE
Initial construction
c. 1488 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
53.8692° N · 13.6242° E · 50 m · 2 mapped features
Menzlin Stone Ship Field (9 ships)
stone shipNine stone ships on ridge south of Peene
53.8695° N · 13.6248° EMenzlin Harbour on Peene
harbourHarbour landing pits on Peene bank
53.8688° N · 13.6235° E
Gallery