Altes Lager Menzlin
Altes Lager Menzlin Westfeld · Menzlin Altes Lager West Field · Menzlin Slavic-Viking Barrows West · Peene Trader Settlement West
Early Medieval Viking Age–Slavic 8th–10th c·Slavic Veleti–Groswin + Scandinavian (Gotlandic–Swedish) traders·🇩🇪 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vorpommern-Greifswald District, Menzlin village on Peene River 7 km west of Anklam (Groswin tribal area), Germany
About
About Altes Lager Menzlin
Altes Lager Menzlin West Field — western barrow-and-settlement extension of the 8th–10th c Slavic–Scandinavian trading post at Menzlin on Peene River 7 km west Anklam, Groswin tribal land. Primary Altes Lager is 750–850 emporium (12 ha settlement + 1,200-barrow cemetery with Scandinavian boat graves, oval brooches, Slavic Sukow pottery) excavated Schoknecht 1970s and Dulinicz–Langenheim Greifswald project. West field adds 3 ha with further boat-shaped stone settings and Slavic–Viking mixed graves, coin hoards (dirhams + Carolingian), bead workshop. Key for Slavic–Viking interaction Peene corridor to Baltic.
Why it mattersPeene Slavic–Viking emporium — 1,200 barrows with Gotlandic boat graves on Slavic ground
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Groswin vs Peene tribal name
Theories
- 01Peene as east-west fur corridor
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 Slavic Groswin foundation; 8th–10th c Viking-Slavic emporium
- Period
- Early Medieval Viking Age–Slavic 8th–10th c
- Culture
- Slavic Veleti–Groswin + Scandinavian (Gotlandic–Swedish) traders
- Builders
- Veleti Slavs and Scandinavian traders (Groswin/Peene)
- Purpose
- Peene River emporium and boat-grave cemetery controlling Baltic–Frankish fur trade
- Abandoned
- c.950 CE (abandonment to Anklam)
- Rediscovered
- Menzlin 19th c barrows; excavated 1970s Schoknecht
- Excavation
- Excavated
750 CE
Groswin Slavic foundation Peene
800–850 CE
Scandinavian boat graves and dirham trade
1970s
Schoknecht excavation 1,200 barrows
On the ground
Structures & features
53.8870° N · 13.6180° E · 8 m · 3 mapped features
Western Boat-Barrow Cluster
cemetery90 boat-shaped stone barrows with oval brooches west field
53.8875° N · 13.6170° EPeene River Trader Landing
portPeene landing with Carolingian–dirham coin hoard and beads
53.8865° N · 13.6190° ESlavic Sukow House Row
houseSukow-type Slavic post houses with mixed Scandinavian pottery
53.8870° N · 13.6200° E