Puzzle around 400 years old Hanse ship wreck ventilated in the Trave!

In 2020, workers from the Waterways and Shipping Office in the Baltic Sea discovered a remarkable shipwreck when measuring the fairway at eleven meters. This almost 400-year-old merchant ship from the Hanseatic League was loaded with 150 barrels, such as "https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Forscher-wollen-raet-um-jahr-altes-schiffswrack-in-trave-loesewrack100.html"> ndr.de reported. The find, which is unique in the western Baltic Sea area, suggests that a fire led to the fall of the ship.

To determine the background, a team of researchers from the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel becomes active with the support of hobby historians and a Citizen Science project. These hobby researchers transcribe 400 -year -old seaport files to obtain information about an accident. Felix Rösch, an underwater archaeologist, shows particular interest in the circumstances of the accident and the people involved. With the help of special software, the aim is to write down and translate around 20 files in the next six months.

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As explained in a lecture in the European Hanseatic Museum in Lübeck, the wreck is most likely a two- to three-masted ship from the 17th century. The dendrological analysis of the planks shows that the wood used probably comes from pinees that were felled around 1650 in southern Sweden. The frames were made of oak wood from Schleswig-Holstein. This is particularly relevant for the temporal classification of the Kraweel construction, which has been distributed in Northern Europe since the 15th century, and which has produced almost 2,500 ships from different types in Lübeck, such as Nationalgeographic.de informed.

archaeologists specify that the Hanship lying on the bottom of the trave in front of its accident was full loaded with about 60 tons of brandy, probably from Gotland or Öland. Furthermore, it has been proven that the trading with brandy in Lübeck has been taking place since 1460, with demand increasing in the 17th century due to the increasing petrification of the city. Shortly before the finish, the ship had to drive through the tight travel and pass a particularly challenging position at Stülper Huk.