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Schöningen was the site of a Benedictine abbey founded in 983. Nearby Elm Castle, erected in the 11th century, was the seat of a commandry of the Teutonic Knights from 1221 onwards. Schöningen Castle. From the 14th century, it was held by the Welf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who granted Schöningen town privileges in 1332.
The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. The spears are the oldest hunting weapons discovered and were found together with animal bones and stone and bone tools.
Apr 23, 2024 · Bürgermeister der Stadt Schöningen. Imagefilm Stadt Schöningen 2023. Schöningen ist die älteste Stadt im Braunschweiger Land und liegt in der Elm-Lappwald-Region im Südosten Niedersachsens. Wir sind mittendrin im Norden, lebenswert ländlich und doch zentral in der Metropolregion Braunschweig - Wolfsburg - Magdeburg. Kommen Sie uns besuchen.
Merian -Stich von Schöningen um 1654. Schöningen ist eine Stadt im Landkreis Helmstedt am Höhenzug Elm. Sie liegt etwa elf Kilometer südwestlich der niedersächsischen Kreisstadt Helmstedt an der Grenze zu Sachsen-Anhalt .
- 35,47 km²
- 126 m ü. NHN
Schöningen is located in hilly terrain in the northern European Plains (SI Appendix, Fig. S1). Archeological excavations at this former opencast mine commenced in 1981 delivering multiple Middle Pleistocene sites. The oldest wooden tools come from sites Schöningen 12 II, 12 B, and 13 DB, and contain about 30 slotted handles .
The Forschungsmuseum Schöningen uniquely combines the exciting experience of the Palaeolithic with cutting-edge archaeological research in an innovative exhibition concept. Visitors travel back about 300,000 years to the Palaeolithic and meet the first inhabitants of Lower Saxony. In exciting exhibits they experience how a hunting expedition ...
Apr 7, 2024 · The Schöningen finds bear witness to extensive experience in woodworking, technical know-how, and sophisticated work processes. Project leader Professor Thomas Terberger, who works at the NLD and the University of Göttingen, states: “Wood was a crucial raw material for human evolution, but it is only in Schöningen that it has survived from ...
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