Stadtwerdung und Entwicklung Ulms im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter. Auswertung der Großgrabung Neue Straße 2001-2004 und von Altgrabungen (Münsterplatz, Schellergasse, Vestgasse u.a.)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Dirk Lutz Krausse
• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: from 2007 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 46506750

Since the Middle Ages, Ulm belongs to the most important towns in southern Germany: a palatial town around the 9th century, the principal town of the Dukes of Swabia from the second half of the 11th century onwards, a prime domicile for the House of Staufen in the 12th and 13th century, Ulm developed into one of the mightiest Reichsstädte (imperial cities) in the Holy Roman Empire. The current archaeological assessments even point towards an earlier beginning of the functioning as a central place and suggest an origin in Merovingian times. The State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg has been conducting major excavations in Ulm for the last thirty years that have brought to light a multitude of archaeological data. The largescale excavation Neue Straße (2001 to 2004) keeps an outstanding position as it allowed a section through the whole of the high medieval town. It also revealed excellent preservation and a high number of confirmed and complex stratigraphic sequences and therefore allowed important conclusions about the early development of the settlement. The aim of this research project is to evaluate all archaeological outcrops in Ulm in a citywide framework. A targeted evaluation of the excavation data is supposed to provide a sophisticated model for the development of the town. Due to its historical significance and the exceptional archaeological data, Ulm occupies a key position in the exploration of a yet dimly illuminated early urbanization process in the High Middle Ages.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Jonathan Scheschkewitz