Erlenbach–Winkel

{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

| WHS = Winkel

| image = Zürichsee - Erlenbach IMG 2100.JPG

| image_upright = 1.2

| caption = The site of the prehistoric settlement

| location = Erlenbach, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

| part_of = Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iv), (v)}}(iv), (v)

| ID = 1363-050

| coordinates = {{Coord|47|17|49.93|N|8|35|46.32|E|display=title, inline|region:CH-ZH_type:landmark|format=dms}}

| year = 2011

| area = {{convert|3.01|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| buffer_zone = {{convert|6.6|ha|acre|abbr=on}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.palafittes.org/en/index.html}}

| locmapin = Canton of Zürich#Switzerland

| map_caption =

}}

Erlenbach–Winkel is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Prehistoric Pile Dwellings in Switzerland|publisher=Swiss Coordination Group UNESCO Palafittes (palafittes.org)|author=|language=|date=|accessdate=2014-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|title=World Heritage|publisher=palafittes.org|author=|language=|date=|accessdate=2014-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209212026/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/world-heritage/index.html|archive-date=2014-12-09|url-status=dead}}

Geography

The site is located on Zürichsee lakeshore in Winkel, a locality of the municipality of Erlenbach in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around {{convert|4|m|ft|0}} to {{convert|7|m|ft|0}} under the water level of {{convert|406|m|ft|0}}. The settlement comprises {{convert|0.92|ha|acre|2}}, and the buffer zone including the lake area comprises {{convert|49.1|ha|acre|2}} in all.

Description

From the Early Bronze Age (20th/19th centuries BC) numerous finds and ground plans of Corded Ware culture houses are of particular interest. The latter are associated with material from the final phase of the Corded Ware culture marking a hiatus of 600 years until the Early Bronze Age in the period of constructing pile dwellings north of the Alps. In a European context, the house constructions are of particular interest, because the Corded Ware culture is defined mainly by its grave finds, whereas settlements are usually missing from the archaeological records.{{cite web|url=http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|title=Sites Switzerland: Erlenbach–Winkel (CH-ZH-01)|publisher=palafittes.org|author=|language=|date=|accessdate=2014-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220441/http://www.palafittes.org/en/unesco-world-heritage/sites-switzerland/index.html|archive-date=2014-10-07|url-status=dead}}

Protection

As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object of national importance.{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000108.DownloadFile.tmp/zh2015.pdf |title=A-Objekte KGS-Inventar |publisher=Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz |author= |language= |date=2015-01-01 |accessdate=2015-09-13 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001193946/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000108.DownloadFile.tmp/zh2015.pdf |archivedate=2015-10-01 }} Hence, the area is provided as a historical site under federal protection, within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on the nature and cultural heritage (German: Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz NHG) of 1 July 1966. Unauthorised researching and purposeful gathering of findings represent a criminal offense according to Art. 24.{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/4/451.de.pdf|title=Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (NHG)|publisher=Hochbaudepartement Stadt Zürich|author=|language=German|date=2014-10-12|accessdate=2015-08-21|archive-date=2013-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515084215/http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/4/451.de.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Literature

Peter J. Suter, Helmut Schlichtherle et al.: Pfahlbauten – Palafittes – Palafitte. Palafittes, Biel 2009. {{ISBN|978-3-906140-84-1}}.
Beat Eberschweiler: Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee: Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm. In: Mitteilungen des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Schwyz, Volume 96, Schwyz 2004.{{cite web|url=http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?pid=mhv-001:2004:96::13|title=Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Verkehrswege über den Zürichsee: Erste Ergebnisse aus den Taucharchäologischen Untersuchungen beim Seedamm|publisher=ETH Bibliothek|author=Beat Eberschweiler|language=German|date=2004|accessdate=2014-12-08|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174827/http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?pid=mhv-001:2004:96::13|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.palafittes.org/en/index.html}}

Category:Prehistoric pile dwellings in Switzerland

Category:Erlenbach, Switzerland

Category:Lake Zurich

Category:Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zurich

Category:Archaeological sites in Switzerland

Category:Corded Ware culture