Truso

Truso, also referred to as the " Atlantis of the North", in the 9th century was an old Prussian town in Vistula delta at the Vistula Lagoon and the Baltic Sea. He was not far from the spot where the Weichselarm Nogat then resulted in a bay of the Vistula Lagoon. This bay meets the current Drużno (Polish Druzno, Old Prussian Druze woman ), which was separated by sedimentation from the lagoon.

Truso was conveniently located on a trade route, which of Birka in the north to Visby on the island Gotland in the Baltic Sea to Truso or for later Hanseatic city of Elbing led. From there, the merchants moved on to Carnuntum on the Danube. This ancient Amber Road led by bypassing the Eastern Alps to the Mediterranean Sea. The East- West trade was carried by Truso along the Baltic to Jutland and further inland to Hedeby, which was one of the largest trading centers at that time.

1897 at Good Hansdorf a large area was discovered with archaeological finds, in the 1920s, excavations were undertaken. Likewise, they found a large burial ground near Elbing. The findings came in Elbląg Museum. Further excavations could not be continued because of the war.

Several places in the neighborhood of Elblag testified the name as Neuendorf, which was known until the early 15th century German - Druze, and Drusenhof between Elbing and Prussian Holland.

In 1945, the area was under Polish administration. Re- Recorded excavations of the 1990s have shown that Truso like other trading places had a multi-ethnic character and those of Prussians ( in Latin sources Gothic Aestii Aesti called ) were Scandinavians, Slavs and Friesen exchanged and produced in workshops item.

Leave a thick layer of fire and arrowheads suggest that the city was destroyed by pirates. The area is about 20 acres with two buildings, on the one hand with the dimensions 5x10 meters and on the other hand longhouses with about 6x21 meters.

The name meaning of the Prussian trading town Truso is probably due to the Indo-European root " Dreu / dru - " run, rush back; on the other hand can be seen in Old Saxon, as trussen in Middle English, English truss, realize that means as much as bundle together, enclose, support the construction, so a trade home, and in the sound shift as Duer to door, gate, Düringer to Thuringia. It is possible also a derivation from Old Prussian " truszas, truzas ": reed, cane.

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