Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently [when?], the body was also called the Windeby Girl, since an archaeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year-old girl, because of its slight build.

In 1952, on the Windeby estate near Schleswig, Germany, two bodies were found in a small bog. The owners had decided to cut the peat from the bog and sell it for fuel. Shortly after, workers discovered a body (originally thought to be female) now known as Windeby I.

When the naked corpse of a teenage girl was found more than 50 years ago in a German bog, scholars immediately assumed that she, like other bog bodies they had seen before, was a victim...

…the remains are now called Windeby I. For years scientists puzzled over the death of Grauballe Man, found in Denmark—his throat was cut and his head smashed in, suggesting a ritual of several stages—but it is now known that the damage to his skull was caused by the weight of…

May 7, 2019 · Windeby I (formerly known as the ‘Windeby Girl’) is a bog body that was discovered in a peat bog located in the town of Windeby, Germany. It was discovered in 1952, when peat from a bog was being cut by locals.

Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, in northern Germany, in 1952. Initially, the body was identified as Windeby Girl, believed to be the body of a pubescent girl, because of its slight build.

Jun 23, 2024 · A bog body called Windeby I that was found in a peat bog near Windeby, Germany, in 1952. The Yde Girl was found outside the village of the village of Yde, Netherlands, in 1897. She died sometime between 54 B.C.E. and 128 C.E. when she was 16 years old. She suffered from scoliosis and had long, reddish-blonde hair that was preserved by the swamp.

Sep 26, 2013 · The second body, dubbed Windeby II, had been strangled with a hazel branch, dumped into the bog, and held in the watery depths with sharpened branches.

above: “Windeby I,” a 16-year-old boy, was discovered in a German peat bog in 1952. Although a -ery, his body was very well preserved. A woolen band, which covered his eyes, was probably worn to hold back his long hair. Photograph by Bullenwächter, from Wikimedia Commons. GERMANY • EUROPE PRESERVED in PEAT by sabine eisenbeiss

Photograph by Walsh Photos. above: “Windeby I,” a 16-year-old boy, was discovered in a German peat bog in 1952. Although a leg, foot, and hand had been severed by peat-cutting machinery, his body was very well preserved.