Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Site of the former town of Hedeby. | WIKI |
| Hedeby was the second largest Nordic town during the Viking Age, after Uppxc3xa5kra in present-day southern Sweden,[2] The city of Schleswig was later founded on the other side of the Schlei. | WIKI |
| The Old Norse name Heixc3xb0a-bxc3xbdr simply translates to "heath-settlement" (heixc3xb0r "heath" and bxc3xbdr = "yard; settlement, village, town"). | WIKI |
| -thorp vs. -wich), and the town of Schleswig still exists 3xc2xa0km north of Hedeby. | WIKI |
| [9] However, xc3x86thelweard claimed in his Latin translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that the Saxons used Slesuuic and the Danes Haithaby to refer to the same town. | WIKI |
| This may have provided the initial impetus for the town to develop. | WIKI |
| The town itself was surrounded on its three landward sides (north, west, and south) by earthworks. | WIKI |
| At the end of the 9th century the northern and southern parts of the town were abandoned for the central section. | WIKI |
| Later a 9-metre (29-ft) high semi-circular wall was erected to guard the western approaches to the town. | WIKI |
| On the eastern side, the town was bordered by the innermost part of the Schlei inlet and the bay of Haddebyer Noor. | WIKI |
| The following indicate the importance achieved by the town: | WIKI |
| The town was described by visitors from England (Wulfstan - 9th century) and the Mediterranean (Al-Tartushi - 10th century). | WIKI |
| The town minted its own coins (from 825). | WIKI |
| "Slesvig (Hedeby) is a very large town at the extreme end of the world ocean... | WIKI |
| The town is poor in goods and riches. | WIKI |
| The town was sacked in 1050 by King Harald Hardrada of Norway during a conflict with King Sweyn II of Denmark. | WIKI |
| He set the town on fire by sending several burning ships into the harbour, the charred remains of which were found at the bottom of the Schlei during recent excavations. | WIKI |
| In 1066 the town was sacked and burned by West Slavs. | WIKI |
| People moved across the Schlei inlet, which separates the two peninsulas of Angeln and Schwansen, and founded the town of Schleswig. | WIKI |
| In the harbour adjacent to the town are the archaeological deposits related to jetties that extended over the water and four known shipwrecks. | UNESCO |
| Hedeby and the Danevirke encompass archaeological sites and structures of the 6th to 12th centuries which represent a trading town and an associated defensive wall complex. | UNESCO |
| Some 95% of the town remains unexcavated and the other 5% has been studied using established archaeological methods and analyses. | UNESCO |