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Haithabu or Hedeby, was the largest Nordic city during the Viking Age and used to be the oldest city in Denmark. The site is now located in the province of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It was destroyed in 1050 by King Harold Hardrara of Norway, was never rebuilted, while rising waters contributed to the complete disappearance of all visible structures on the site. The wreck of a Viking ship was discovered in the harbour during excavations.
Το Haithabu ή Hedeby, ήταν η μεγαλύτερη πόλη των Βικινγκς και η παλιότερη στην Δανία. Τώρα ανήκει στο Schleswig-Holstein της Γερμανίας. Καταστράφηκε το 1050 από τον βασιλιά Harold Hardrara της Νορβηγίας, και δεν ξαναχτίστηκε, ενώ η άνοδος της στάθμης του νερού συντέλεσε στην εξαφάνιση κάθε κτίσματος. Το ναυάγιο ενός πλοίου των Βίκινγκς ανακαλύφθηκε στο λιμάνι κατά την διάρκεια των ανασκαφών.
The Jewish Arab traveller Ibrahim Al Tartushi from Spain, wrote about it:
"Slesvig (Hedeby) is a very large town at the extreme end of the world ocean.... The inhabitants worship Sirius, except for a minority of Christians who have a church of their own there.... He who slaughters a sacrificial animal puts up poles at the door to his courtyard and impales the animal on them, be it a piece of cattle, a ram, billygoat or a pig so that his neighbours will be aware that he is making a sacrifice in honour of his god. The town is poor in goods and riches. People eat mainly fish which exist in abundance.... The right to divorce belongs to the women.... Artificial eye make-up is another peculiarity; when they wear it their beauty never disappears, indeed it is enhanced in both men and women. Further: Never did I hear singing fouler than that of these people, it is a rumbling emanating from their throats, similar to that of a dog but even more bestial."
Viking longhouse /
Das Lofotr Viking Museum ist die Rekonstruktion eines 83 Meter langen Häuptlingssitzes, der etwa um 500 nach Christus in der Nähe von Borg auf den Lofoten errichtet wurde.
Lofotr Viking Museum :
Dorestad 825: Gunna buying leathers from traveling tradesmen. Next to a Viking Longhouse at Ribe Vikinge Center, Denmark ~ August 2007
Photo by M., taken with cheap analog disposable camera. With modest digital processing.
Wikinger Segelschiff Freilichtmuseum Borge Vestvagöy Lofoten Norwegen / Lofotr Wikingermuseum in Borg auf den Lofoten