European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tol amp he tame horses frolic next to rebuilt log buildings of the Biskupic settlement. The horses will eat out of visitors Bisk Pinkwater preserves ancient settlement fishermen try their Luck on the Lake that had been partially drained to expose the 2,500-year-old Jon Connor staff writer during a class Field trip in 1933, teacher Walenty Swajcer and his students discovered mysterious wooden stakes sticking out of the Waters of Lake v Biskupic. Archaeologists were called in and the Lake was. Drained. What they discovered was the largest prehistoric fortified settlement preserved by water in Europe. Scientists believe that the ancient people of Biskupic 72 stripes Magazine 1, 1994 constructed the site on a Small Peninsula and that the surrounding water served As a defensive Barrier. The excavated slavic settlement dates Back to 550 . Today it s the biggest attraction in the Small town of Biskupic located off Highway e-26tnorth of \ Gnu Zeno. A the settlement was rebuilt based on the remains which gave developers a fairly to work from. In addition to the reconstruction there is a museum containing Bronze age artefacts once used by the natives. There Are also replicas of a bakery oven and a pottery Kiln used by the ancient Bisk pinions. Malgorzat Zak and her family from the nearby polish City of Bydgoszcz were visiting the site this fall. The 28-year-old woman is now attending College in California Zak said this was her first visit to Biskupic in nearly a decade. Quot i Don t think the museum has changed that much Quot she said. Quot in this area there s not much left because of All the wars Quot she said citing historical monuments churches and castles. _. A in the museum one learns that approximately 105 individual family quarters housed about 1,000 people
