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The Siedlung Forschner (“Forschner Settlement”) is nestled in the southern marches of the Federsee and was named after its discoverer, Heinrich Forschner. He was the dentist of Biberach and a local historian who conducted early probes and excavations in the 1920’s. This was followed by excavations by E. Wall in the 1950’s, and by the Tübingen bureau of the Baden-Württemberg Department of Antiquities and Monuments in 1975. In cooperation with the Württemberg State Museum and the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Department conducted extensive examinations from 1983 to 1989. The first settlement phase of the site dates to the Early Bronze Age, and a second, more pronounced phase, to the Middle Bronze Age. The majority of the artifacts recovered belong to the Hügelgräber-Kultur (“Tumulus Culture”), which indicate wide-ranging social and economic contacts.