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Introduction
The Manor houses project
Methods - combined archaeological prospection
Historical sources (maps & photos)
Geomagnetic-survey
Ground Penetrating Radar
Results
The manor house and estate
The economic basis
Parks and gardens
First lines
Introduction
The Manor houses project
GeoSphere Austria is part of the ongoing research project “Research Centre for Manors in the Baltic Sea Region”, lead by the University of Greifswald (Germany), which focuses on the digital recording and interdisciplinary investigation of manor houses and their estates in the Baltic Sea region from 1650 onwards. These estates have always been and continue to be a central part of the unique cultural landscape of the Baltic Sea region.
Over the course of the three-year funding period, research concentrated on selected 18th-century objects now located across nine countries: Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Both existing and lost objects have been examined. Comprehensive analyses tackled questions related to art, architecture, and garden history, while also incorporating cultural, func...
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Klaus Löcker, Alois Hinterleitner, Jakob Gallistl, Hannes Schiel, Ingrid Schlögel, Ralf Totschnig, Tanja Trausmuth-Wallner, Mario Wallner, Torsten Veit, Immo Trinks, Kilian Heck, Carsten Berger, Ulrike Gawlik, Ulrike Ide, Julia Jauch, Maria Mischke, Marion Müller and Thomas Wilke, “Visualising the invisible – Archaeogeophysical research at manor houses in the Baltic Sea Region”, ArcheoSciences, 49-1 | 2025, 267-270.
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Klaus Löcker, Alois Hinterleitner, Jakob Gallistl, Hannes Schiel, Ingrid Schlögel, Ralf Totschnig, Tanja Trausmuth-Wallner, Mario Wallner, Torsten Veit, Immo Trinks, Kilian Heck, Carsten Berger, Ulrike Gawlik, Ulrike Ide, Julia Jauch, Maria Mischke, Marion Müller and Thomas Wilke, “Visualising the invisible – Archaeogeophysical research at manor houses in the Baltic Sea Region”, ArcheoSciences [Online], 49-1 | 2025, Online since 15 September 2025, connection on 08 October 2026. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/17947; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/14ns8
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