Rare relic

Sensational find! 2500-year-old brooch unearthed

Archaeologists Laura Pösendorfer and Stefan Pircher at the site in Mühldorf where the 2500-year-old brooch was discovered.(Bild: Pircher)

During excavations in a meadow in Upper Carinthia, researchers discovered traces of a Celtic settlement. Why this find is special for Carinthia ...

Archaeologist Stefan Pircher came across the rare relic on the Haselangerwiese meadow on Wednesday - as part of a social project of the Nockregion regional association in Mühldorf. "In most cases, we only know of graves or individual finds from the period around 500 or 400 BC." The brooch found changes that.