Battle of the Tollense River
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The battlefield of the Tollense valley is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the northern edge of the Mecklenburg Lake District. The site, discovered in 1996 and systematically excavated since 2007, extends along the valley of the small Tollense river, to the east of Weltzin village, on the municipal territories of Burow and Werder. As of late 2024, excavation is still ongoing.
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Battle of Tollense
Germany, 
SM U-4,
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Location: 53.7432, 13.3108, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
8 places
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Oldest Battlefield in Europe, c. 1300 BC (28650719592)Oldest Battlefield in Europe, c. 1300 BC (28650719592)- Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years - scientific article published on 28 August 2020, Q1860
- The Bronze Age Battlefield in the Tollense Valley, Northeast Germany – Conflict Scenario Research - chapter published in 2017
- Flint arrowhead embedded in a human humerus from the Bronze Age site in the Tollense valley, Germany - A high-resolution micro-CT study to distinguish antemortem from perimortem projectile trauma to bone - article, Q1860, 2015
- A Bronze Age battlefield? Weapons and trauma in the Tollense Valley, north-eastern Germany - article, Q1860, 2011
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Bombing of Anklam | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1249 | Battle of the Tollense River | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1164 | Battle of Verchen | Duchy of Saxony, battle, Obotrites, Duchy of Pomerania, Kingdom of Denmark | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1631 | Unknown | siege | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Spantekow Fortress | castle ruin, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Fangelturm | prison tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Fangelturm (Friedland) | fortified tower, tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Fangelturm (Neubrandenburg) | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Tollense-01 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tollense-01 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Oldest Battlefield in Europe, c. 1300 BC (28650719592) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Oldest Battlefield in Europe, c. 1300 BC (28650719592) | Commons | ||
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