{"id":2718,"date":"2026-03-09T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/?page_id=2718"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:02:54","slug":"unteruhldingen-stollenwiesen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/open-air-museum\/unteruhldingen-stollenwiesen\/","title":{"rendered":"Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='a'  class='avia-section av-6boj-964839248dbaa131430c011e9e66912b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2718'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-xke3-96c4b674a30a3471a9bbcaf7b1f7955b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lw9ee3ch-26a2b3668de81b5e66de1960984ec3d6\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-26a2b3668de81b5e66de1960984ec3d6{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-26a2b3668de81b5e66de1960984ec3d6 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lw9ee3ch-26a2b3668de81b5e66de1960984ec3d6 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lw9ee3ch-26a2b3668de81b5e66de1960984ec3d6 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen<br \/>\nA terraced housing estate built on 25,000 piles<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lw6p7skz-3879436eebab07eb7e420d4d7b81001b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Most of the pile heads still protrude up to three metres into the lake bed. They supported the two-hectare Late Bronze Age village. Ninety houses stood on the rectangular site. Built in a three-aisled layout, they stood almost wall to wall, as in a modern terraced housing estate, with their narrow sides facing north, towards the weather. The village was enclosed by a palisade. It existed from 975 to 847 BC. Similar settlements were found on the northern shore of Lake Constance, but also in what is now western Switzerland and eastern France.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00dcberlingen collector and historian Xaver Ullersberger discovered the settlement near Unteruhldingen in 1863. The first underwater surveys took place in 1953.<\/p>\n<p>Underwater exploration of the site yielded far better results than observation from land or from a boat. The absence of air and the silt had protected organic material from decay, enabling the recovery of remains of wood, grain and even clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1981, systematic investigations using aerial photography and underwater archaeology have been safeguarding the remains of the Late Bronze Age village site. Since 2011, it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site \u2018Pile Dwellings around the Alps\u2019 and thus enjoys special protection.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a European project, a section of the site \u2013 located just 500 metres from the Pile Dwelling Museum \u2013 was reconstructed in 2001. The most significant finds \u2013 horse harnesses, cart parts and decorative pins \u2013 are on display in the New Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The proximity to the Seefelder Aach on one side and the narrows of Lake \u00dcberlingen on the other have made the site an attractive place for settlement since the Stone Age. The island of Mainau, directly opposite, is only 2.3 kilometres away and can be reached by dugout canoe in 30 minutes. The first hunting camps were established here around 8000 BC, and people have lived here permanently since 4300 BC.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial view: Unteruhldingen-Stollenwiesen<\/p>\n<p>2001: Reconstruction of the houses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1692,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5060,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2718\/revisions\/5060"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i.pfahlbauten.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}