EAN: 9783867570701

KRONACH - VON SEINEM URSPRUNG BIS ZUR STADTGRÜN...

The remains of an Early to High Medieval settlement with some 4.5 ha in size and massive
foundations of a motte and bailey of the Salian era near Friesen-Sand Eichelberg in the city of
Kronach  which was first mentioned as villa cranaha in A.D. 722  are among the most important
new finds of the Middle Ages in Upper Franconia. The complex discovered in 1989 and
investigated from 1992 to 2023 could be traced back to the time of its first mention thanks to
Early Medieval pottery and metal finds that point to an aristocratic elite. A conflagrllation
destroyed the wooden manor house around A.D. 1000  as Thietmar von Merseburg also reports for
A.D. 1003 on the urbs Crana. The subsequent Stone house with a residential tower and hall was
built by Bishop St Otto I of Bamberg in A.D. 1122  according to his vita. In the mid-13th
century A.D.  the site was abandoned in the course of a road relocation and its prominent name
was transferred to the new planned town of Kronach with Rosenberg fortress  making it one of
the oldest archaeologically documented German towns. The settlement favour of the site is
underlined by the largest collection of Final Neolithic finds from Upper Franconia and Metal
Age remains.

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