Danish Queen and President Gauck in Gropius-Bau – Large Viking exhibition opened in Berlin
hulking guys who brutally went on the prowl – the image of the Vikings is still badly battered. The new Berlin exhibition “The Vikings” will next war weapons and vessels also show the maritime culture and its diverse religious world. On Tuesday evening the show by President Joachim Gauck and the Danish Queen Margrethe II was. Opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau.
President Joachim Gauck has opened in Berlin on Tuesday evening with the Danish Queen Margrethe II., An exhibition about the Vikings. Are presented in the Martin-Gropius-Bau around 800 exhibits on diverse culture of the sea warrior from the north of Europe. For the public, the exhibition “The Vikings” from Wednesday is accessible.
The exhibition designing “the panorama of a diverse and complex world”, Gauck said opening. You make a visible network that stretched across four continents – from Central Asia to Greenland and North America from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. The exhibition shows the Vikings not only as conquerors and experienced sailors, but also as traders, farmers and highly specialized craftsmen.
By their diverse cultural contacts and achievements are shown, should also have a different view of the hitherto rather be allowed as a threat perceived Vikings, the director of the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Matthias Wemhoff said.
The Roskilde 6 –
show features the largest so far found Viking ship
In the center of the exhibition, the wreck of the largest Viking ship found so far is . The 37 meter long warship was found in 1997 in the Danish city of Roskilde harbor. “That was a real sensation. It was built at the beginning of the 11th century in the Oslo Fjord, then been traveling a lot, been repaired obviously in the Baltic States and was eventually slumped in front of Roskilde on the ground or left as ship barrier to water”, recorded curator Matthias Wemhoff in rbb interview after the Kulturradio the history of the ship.
After the discovery Danish researchers the oak of the approximately 200 surviving parts of the ship have for several years been restored. Here, the wooden planks were deprived of the water and replaced by a wax solution. The former king ship with 78 rowing courses is shown in Berlin for the first time publicly.
spirit of discovery and daring
Berserk, raiding and looting: The Vikings were considered to be terrors of the North Sea and successful traders far beyond the known world at that time also. But their impressive performance lies in their crossings. “You have only sail the coastal areas, but then dared the big leap with many ships., And their ships have been stable, they are often driven these routes and knowledgable about” Wemhoff said. “Since they have actually shown this spirit of discovery and daring.”
The fact that today, especially their attacks and raids by the Vikings to be associated, but have his permission: “In the beginning the Vikings monasteries have invaded, where monks lived on remote islands in total solitude. Yet the Vikings suddenly made the sea to road surface and looted everything that was there, “said Wemhoff. “These successful looting they have later extended to cities and larger areas of fear and terror -. They have actually spread.”
gods, giants and dwarfs
The Berlin exhibition, developed together with the Danish National Museum Copenhagen and the British Museum London was, is divided into four themes: “contact and exchange”, “war and conquest”, “power and dominion” and “belief and ritual”. In addition to the marine and war material including rare Viking treasures are on display, including the Gold Treasure of Hiddensee, the silver cup from Jelling and the Vale of York hoard. The latter is one of the biggest Viking treasures ever found at all and will be unveiled to the public in Germany, it was on the part of the museum.
A previously little-lit aspect is the spiritual world of the Vikings. For Viking death was omnipresent, many came for the adventurous trips across the seas killed. But instead of a Christian God, they believed in many different gods, giants, dwarves and supernatural beings. Also, the will go after the exhibition.
The “Sea Stallion” on the Spree
Before opening is last weekend of the “Sea Stallion from Glendalough” – the largest authentic Viking ship replica – geschippert on the Spree. As a harbinger of the big show at the Gropius-Bau he should touch the drum for “The Vikings”. By 14 September, the ship can be visited at its mooring near the Reichstag.
The Viking exhibition itself runs until early next year. It is the largest of its kind in 20 years and was already seen in Copenhagen and London. Overall, almost half a million visitors came to the gold treasures. 23 museums from twelve European countries participate in the exhibition with loans.
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With information from Jürgen Gressel Hichert
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