February 25, 2023 - The fortified hilltop settlement Thunau am Kamp is located on the Schanzberg in Thunau am Kamp in the market town of Gars am Kamp in the district of Horn in Lower Austria. The remains of the hilltop settlement are under monument protection. Original settlement from the late Neolithic. There are finds from the La Tène period and from the 5th century AD. At the end of the 8th century there was a Slavic settlement with the establishment of burial mounds with built-in stones.

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April 10, 2021

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Reconstruction of a gate tower of the Slavic fortifications on Schanzberg from the 9th century.

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April 21, 2025

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The large Slavic fortification covers an area of approximately 15 hectares and is located on the eastern edge of the Gföhl Forest, high above the right bank of the Kamp River. The site has been known since 1800, but excavations have only been conducted here since 1965 by the University of Vienna, with financial support from the Lower Austrian provincial government.

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Location: Gars am Kamp, Bezirk Horn, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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