Overview
- Archaeologists in Wellaune detailed Monday that they uncovered a roughly one‑hectare settlement with building plans preserved so clearly that outlines are visible in the soil.
- Since October 2025, a ten‑person team has recovered about 1,900 objects from the site next to the B2, which sits on an old course of the Mulde River that favored long‑term habitation.
- The long buildings are identified as Wandgräbchenhäuser, post‑and‑block longhouses where wall posts sat in narrow trenches on timber sills, likely serving as combined living and livestock spaces.
- Stratigraphy shows houses rebuilt over time in the late Bronze Age around 1300–1100 BCE, with later use in the 1st–2nd century AD confirmed by ceramics and small pit buildings used for storage or work.
- Officials say the three‑kilometer bypass can start as soon as mid‑April without delay to the project, while fieldwork continues for weeks to months, a balance that could ease decades of heavy traffic for Bad Düben residents.