The Heuneburg is a prehistoric Celtic 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.

Heuneburg, Celtic fortified site overlooking the Danube River in Baden-Württemberg Land (state), Germany. Recent excavations have shown that the Heuneburg fort community carried on a prosperous trade with the Greeks at Massilia (Marseille) during the 6th century bc.

Die Heuneburg ist eine vor-und frühgeschichtliche Höhensiedlung am Oberlauf der Donau im Ortsteil Hundersingen der Gemeinde Herbertingen, etwa 14 Kilometer östlich von Sigmaringen im baden-württembergischen Landkreis Sigmaringen.

Today part of the reconstructed fortifications and buildings can be visited in the archaeological open-air museum Heuneburg, which is set to be developed into a Celtic experience world in the coming years.

Jul 3, 2019 · Heuneburg refers to an Iron Age hillfort, an elite residence (called Fürstensitz or princely residence) located on a steep hill overlooking the Danube River in southern Germany. The site includes an area of 3.3 hectares (~8 acres) within its fortifications; and, according to the latest research, at least 100 ha (~247 ac) of additional and ...

Sep 21, 2012 · The best-known and most intensively investigated site is Heuneburg, near Herbertingen in southern Germany. At about the middle of the 5th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus wrote in his famous work Histories (II, 33): ‘The Istros [Danube] river arises among the Celts and the polis of Pyrene, cutting Europe across the ...

Official homepage of Heuneburg- the celtic city of Pyrene. Here you will find information on opening hours, entrance fees, guided tours, history as well as interesting and amusing facts.

In the 6th century BCE – while ancient Rome was still a small village on the Tiber river – Heuneburg was in its heyday, something reflected in the sensational archaeological finds discovered there. Today, at Heuneburg, the Celtic period is brought to life in an idyllic setting with spectacular views of the Danube.

Offizielle Homepage der Heuneburg - Stadt Pyrene. Hier finden Sie Informationen zu Öffnungszeiten, Eintrittspreisen, Führungen, Geschichte sowie Wissenswertes und Amüsantes.

Among the potsherds form the Heuneburg is a small scattering of Greek pottery, all of it either drinking or banqueting vessels (Wehgartner et al. 1995, 70.116 ff.). Part of the rim and body of an Attic kylix of the Kleinmeisterschalen type, dating to …