Haithabu
Haithabu was, in the time of the vikings, one of the most important settlements in Northern Europe. Here met the trade routes from distant parts. UnTill modern times the former settlement, with nearly 1000 inhabitants, was surrounded by a semi-circular rampart at the Haddebyer Noor.
The Wikinger-Museum Haithabu has been modelled on the ships of the vikings.
Many
discoveries about the early history of this settlement show the everyday life of the vikings and their
craftmanship but household and domesticities, food, clothes and jewellery,
religion and funeral customs are also themes within the exhibition.
In one of the halls you can observe how an old Viking warship is beeing reconstructed. It was found in the old harbour of Haithabu in 1979, broken in many parts.
There are also the four mythical Rune stones.
With the Rune alphabet adjacent, one can translate them.