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Feddersen Wierde

1st century BCE–5th century CE · 1st century BCE

Feddersen Wierde is an excavated settlement mound near Bremerhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany, occupied from the first century BCE to the fifth century CE. Raised gradually against North Sea floods, it held longhouses that sheltered people and cattle under one roof, a chieftain's hall and craft workshops. Excavations in 1955–1963 made it a key site for the coastal society of the early Saxons.

Feddersen Wierde
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Feddersen Wierde. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/feddersen-wierde
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The Epoch Institute. “Feddersen Wierde.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/feddersen-wierde.
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