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Herrmann’s thesis about the cult Function of the settlement in Ralswiek, although the fuli documentation of the excavations has not been published get.

Ralswiek was at that time an important trade centre, which is proved by the treasure hoard containing three kilograms of silver coins discovered there. The settlement was connected with the nearby stronghold in Rugard, which was one of the biggest towns in the island (Hernnann, 1986, p. 265-266). Later the place did not lose its significance, eithet. In 1168 it was chosen as the seat of the bishop of Roskild’s representative for Rugen (SSS, vol. 4, p. 569).

Let us now come back to the mainland. In the stronghold in Schlossberg near Feldberg, formerly examined by C. Schuchhardt (1926, p. 27-56; Oesten, 1887), who tried to find RadogoSć there, in 1967 J. Hernnann (1968, 1969; cf. Engel, 1969) found traces of a building interpreted as a tempie. It was situated in a promontory over a 27-metre-high cliff of Breiter Luzin lakę, inside the stronghold, but in an area separated from the stronghold by a ditch. It was built along the east-west axis with the walls orientated towards the four ąuarters of the world. It was a log construction with a smali vestibule. Inside there was a fire place. The stronghold and the tempie are dated to the 7th-9th c. Feldberg lies in the land occupied at the end of the lOth c. by the tribes belonging to the Lutizian Union, formerly called the Vilzens.

During recently finishcd excavations in Starigard/Oldenburg remains of three prince halls erected subsequently in the same place were found. The First

Fig. 34. Feldberg. A schematic plan of the Schlossberg stronghold. A - the tempie; after J. Herrmann, 1968, p. 201.

Fig. 35. A pian of the tempie discovered in the Schlossberg stronghold near Feldberg.

1 - the explored hollows and sites; 2 - the presumed arrangement of walls. After J. Hernnann, 1969, p. 42, fig. 16.

one, from the 8th/9thc., was sized 20.5x7 metres and had a framed con-struction, like the tempie in Wolin. It was divided into several rooms. In the main chamber there was an elongated fire place, similar to those used in Scandinavia. The second hall, from the 9thc., had the measurements 17.5 x 12 m, and its roof was supported by one pillar situated in the middle of a large chamber. The third hall resembles the first one in size (18 x 6.5 m), but it lacks any interior divisions and remains of a fire place. In the lOth c. the area was occupied by a wooden church and a cemetery. When it had been destroyed by the pagan reaction at the tura of the 11 the., on a clay--covered surface sized 2 x 2 m rectangular cobblestones were placed, nearly exactly at the point where the Christian altar had stood. In the middle of the cobblestones there is a substantial post-hole. The layer connected with this object contained many horse skulls and skeieton fragments, some of them surrounded with Stones. Following Ingo Gabriel (1988, 1991), who searched in this site, we can suppose that it was a place of cult, initiałly sheltered by the prince halls, functioning as the home and residence of the ruler and the house of ritual feasts and meetings. When the prince was baptised, a church was founded there. After the reaction a pagan idol was erected in the open air and offerings were madę at its feet. Another elongated rectangular house of Scandinavian style was discovered in Mezlin near Anklam (Leciejewicz,

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