Haithabu (Hedeby)

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Haithabu (Hedeby) was a major Viking Age trading town and early medieval settlement in present-day northern Germany, known as one of the most important commercial and cultural hubs of Scandinavia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Haithabu 0
Hedeby 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking Age trading town
archaeological site
early medieval settlement
archaeologicalFinds coins
jewelry
runestones
ship remains
weapons
connectedBy North Sea–Baltic Sea trade route NERFINISHED
overland portage route to Treene River
controlledBy Frankish Empire NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
culture Scandinavian
Viking NERFINISHED
destroyedBy Slavic raids
attack by King Harald Hardrada
destroyedIn 1066
economicActivity craft production
long-distance trade
endTime 11th century
excavatedFrom 20th century
floruit 10th century
9th century
foundedBy Danish rulers
hasFeature harbor
jetties
market area
semi-circular rampart fortifications
workshops
hasMuseum Viking Museum Haithabu NERFINISHED
locatedIn Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Southern Jutland NERFINISHED
Viking Age Denmark NERFINISHED
locatedNear Danevirke NERFINISHED
Schleswig NERFINISHED
locatedOn Jutland Peninsula NERFINISHED
Schlei fjord NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum NERFINISHED
Rimbert's Vita Anskarii NERFINISHED
otherName Haithaby NERFINISHED
Hedeby NERFINISHED
Heiðabýr NERFINISHED
partOf UNESCO site "Archaeological Border Complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke" NERFINISHED
significance important commercial hub of Scandinavia
important cultural hub of Scandinavia
major Viking Age trading center
startTime 8th century
succeededBy Schleswig NERFINISHED
tradedGoods amber
furs
glass beads
silver
slaves
textiles
weapons
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 2018

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Schleswig hasNearbySite Haithabu (Hedeby)
this entity surface form: Hedeby
Schlei nearbyArchaeologicalSite Haithabu (Hedeby)