Name Other names Location Age (carbon-14 dating) Sex Year discovered Image Description

Ahlintel Man North Rhine-Westphalia Undetermined Male 1794 [41]

Girl of the Bareler Moor Lower Saxony 260–395 CE Female 1784 Due to the over-sampling of the remains, only the skin of the right side of the chest has survived today (marked red on image).

Bentstreek leg Bentstreek foot Lower Saxony 80–210 CE Undetermined 1955 The leg was thought to have been lying above ground for months before it was discovered.[42]

Bernuthsfeld Man Lower Saxony 680–775 CE Male 1907 Bernuthsfeld Man was discovered on 24 May 1907 when peat workers unearthed his skeleton and clothing. His heavily worn tunic was patched out of 45 single pieces of cloth, out of 20 different fabrics in 9 different weaving patterns.[43]

Borsteler Moor body Lower Saxony Undetermined Undetermined 1921 [44]

Bremervörde Gnattenbergswiesen body Lower Saxony 634–689 CE Presumed Female 1934 An incomplete early medieval bog skeleton.

Bunsoh Man Bunsoh body Schleswig-Holstein 560–620 CE Male 1890 The corpse was discovered 100 cm below the surface of the bog on 17 May 1890 by peat workers. Along with a woolen textile (pictured), many birch branches were found over the body. After the body had been moved to storage, it had decomposed severely. It is unknown what the cause of death was, although it is thought by some that the type of textile was used as a garrote or for strangulation.[45]

"Bog Dog" Bog dog from Burlage Lower Saxony 1477–1611 CE Male 1953 The dog's fur remains well preserved, colored reddish after being in the bog for so long. The skeleton remains intact, despite parts of the skull that are missing. The dog was believed to have been from around juvenile to adult when he died.[46]

Damendorf I Damendorf Woman Schleswig-Holstein Pre-Roman Iron Age Presumed Female 1884 Only the clothing of this bog body has survived.[47]

Damendorf Man Damendorf II Schleswig-Holstein 300 BCE Male 1900 Damendorf Man is currently on display at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum in Schleswig, Germany. The weight of the peat in the bog had flattened his body with only traces of bone left.[1] Hair, skin, nails, and his few clothes were also preserved.[48] He was found with a leather belt, shoes, and a pair of breeches.[49]

Damendorf Girl[47] Schleswig-Holstein 810 BCE Female 1934 The body of an approximately 14-year-old girl was found along with some clothing.[50]

Dätgen I Schleswig-Holstein Iron Age Undetermined 1906 Only the clothing of the body has survived. Little is published about this find.

Dätgen Man Schleswig-Holstein 135–385 CE Male 1959

The Dätgen Man was found in 1959 near Dätgen, Germany. He had been stabbed, beaten, and decapitated. His severed head was found 3 metres (10 feet) from his body. He is not believed to have been sacrificed, but to have been killed and then mutilated, perhaps to prevent him from be coming a "wiedergänger", similar to a zombie.[51] His severed head displayed a Suebian knot.

Esterweger Dose Child Lower Saxony 1164 CE Undetermined 1939 This completely skeletonized bog body of undetermined sex was either oversampled, lacked preservation or sustained damage during World War II. Surviving bones are marked red on image.

Getelo bodies Lower Saxony Undetermined One male and two females 1857 A man and two women discovered in Getelo, Germany[44]

Hesel bodies Lower Saxony Undetermined Female 1914 [44]

Hogenseth Man Lower Saxony Undetermined Male 1920 The Hogenseth Man was around 40–60 years old when he died. Because the body was left uncovered over night, the remains had been destroyed by townsfolk. Because of this, no carbon-14 dating could have been done.[52]

Hunteburg Foot Lower Saxony 1215–1300 CE Undetermined 1938 The Hunteburg foot was found with a long shafted boot.

Hunteburg Men (Hunteburg I + II) Grossenmoor Men Lower Saxony 245–450 CE Male 1949 Two men were found buried in the same grave and wrapped in cloaks. Their bodies were lost during conservation.

Hunteburg III Lower Saxony 40 BCE – 70 CE Male 1949 Little is published about this find.

Husbäke I Lower Saxony 1000–300 BCE Male 1931 This specimen had deteriorated so severely that it was destroyed during the 1950s.

Husbake Man Husbake II Lower Saxony 57–420 CE Male 1936

The man was found in 1936, lying face down in a bog in Ammerland, Germany. He had eaten fish before his death (in the Roman period) according to analysis of his intestines. He was around 20 to 25 years old at the time of his death.[53] His face was reconstructed to show what he may have looked like when he was alive.[54]

Johann Spieker Lower Saxony 1828 CE Male 1978 The preserved body of Johann Spieker was found in the Goldenstedter moor. Spieker was a hawker who had disappeared in the bog. The body was later reburied.[55]

Jührdenerfeld Man Bockhornerfeld Man Lower Saxony 400 BCE-0 CE Male 1934 The body was discovered lying on its right side. Like the Windeby bodies, Dätgen man, and other bog bodies, some sticks were on top of him, probably to hold his body down. A piece of wool fabric and an animal skin cape were found on top of his body. He is currently on display at the Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch with the Husbäke man in Oldenburg, Germany.[56]

Kayhausen Boy Lower Saxony 300–400 BCE Male 1922 The boy is believed to have died between the ages of seven to ten years of age.[57] The boy had been bound and stabbed several times, on his throat and arm.[35][58] The child had an infected socket at the top of his femur and would not have been able to walk without assistance.[59] The boy's body is preserved in a formalin solution and is not displayed.

Kreepen Man Brammer Man[47] Kreepen-Brammer Man Lower Saxony 1440–1625 CE Male 1903 The body of a bearded man was found lying face down on 9 or 10 June 1903. No clothing was found on the body, although stones and twigs were nearby.[60] The remains were destroyed during World War II, but was dated after a piece of his hair was found.

Landegge Man Lower Saxony Undetermined Male 1861 [44]

Marx-Sapelstein Woman Lower Saxony Undetermined Female 1861 [44]

Neu England Man Lower Saxony 140–320 CE Male 1941 This man was believed to be from 40 to 50 years old when he died.[61]

Neu Versen Man "Roter Franz" Lower Saxony 220–430 CE Male 1900 The Neu Versen Man, also known as Roter Franz (meaning Red Franz in English), was discovered in 1900 in the Bourtanger Moor on the border of Germany and the Netherlands. The body dates to 220–430 CE of the Roman Iron Age.[62] The nickname of Red Franz derived from his red hair and beard. It was discovered that he was killed by having his throat slit, along with an arrow wound and a broken shoulder.[24][63]

Obenaltendorf Man Lower Saxony 380 CE Male 1895

Little remains of the body, but the clothing was preserved fairly well. Apart from clothing, a pair of silver burlocks were found.[64]

Oberdorla Woman Thuringia Undetermined Female 1959–1964 [41]

Osterby Man Schleswig-Holstein 70-220 CE [49] Male 1948 Osterby Man was discovered in a bog near Osterby, Germany, when two peat cutters were working. They unearthed the head two feet below the surface, wrapped in a roedeer skin cape. Scientists from the Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein estimated the man to have been around 50–60 years of age when he was killed. The man was decapitated; no other part of his body was ever found. His hair had probably been a light blond or gray color, but immersion in the bog had turned it red.[65] It is tied in the Suebian knot hairstyle, which the Roman historian Tacitus described as typical of free men of the Suebi tribe.[66] The head is mainly a skull, but there is still a small amount of skin on it.[67] The cause of the man's death was a blow to the left temple.[66] A 2007 re-examination showed that the jawbone did not belong on the skull.[65]

Pangerfilze Man Bavaria 1700–1800 CE Male 1927 No remains of the body have survived. This is because the body had possibly been destroyed during WWII. Little is published about this find.

Peiting Woman "Rosalinde" Bavaria 1380–1440 CE Female 1957 The corpse was found in a wooden coffin.[68]

Possendorf body Thuringia Undetermined Undetermined 1959 [41]

Rendswühren Man Schleswig-Holstein 50 CE Male 1871 The Rendswühren Man was discovered in 1871, at the Heidmoor Fen, near Kiel in Germany. He was examined by autopsy, which at the time was the only way of examination.[44] Professor P.V. Glob wrote that Rendswühren Man was estimated to have been 40–50 years of age when he was battered to death, which left a triangular hole in his head. He was found naked, with a piece of leather on his left leg. A cape was found near him. After discovery, his corpse was smoked for preservation.[69] His skull had deteriorated, which required reconstruction.[70] Textile typologically the clothing found with the body has been dated into the Roman Iron Age of the 1st or 2nd century CE which has been confirmed by a carbon-14 dating of parts of the remains.[62]

Rieper Moor body Lower Saxony 253–348 CE Undetermined 1751 The bog body is no longer in existence; however, its clothing was successfully dated.[71]

Röst Girl Schleswig-Holstein 200 BCE – 80 CE Female 1926 The young girl was around three years old when she died with the initial cause of death unknown. The corpse was destroyed during the Second World War, which left only the cloak to scientifically date.[72]

Rübke body Lower Saxony Undetermined Undetermined 1914 [44]

Schalkholz body Schleswig-Holstein Undetermined Undetermined 1640 [41]

Schwerinsdorf Man Lower Saxony Undetermined Male 1961 [44]

Sedelsberger boy Sedelsberger Dose Man Lower Saxony 1040–1210 CE Male 1939 The Sedelsberger Dose boy had been completely skeletonized. Prior to reexamination, the body was thought to be a woman from the age of 20–40 years old, but was later found to be a male under the age of sixteen.[1][44]

Spelle bodies Lower Saxony Undetermined Two males, two females 1921 [44]

Sudmentzhausen body Lower Saxony Undetermined Undetermined 1881 [44]

Girl of the Uchter Moor "Moora" Lower Saxony 764–515 BCE Female 2000

The girl's preserved hand was discovered five years after her skeleton. Her skull was reconstructed from clay and digitally to show how she may have appeared in life. She was around 17–19 when she was deposited in the bog. Examination shows that she had been malnourished, had a curved spine, and had two skull fractures that had healed.[73]

Uphuser Klümoor Woman I Lower Saxony 27 BCE – 393 CE Presumed Female 1759 The body wore a skirt and top holding bronze decorations, which were believed to be brooches, and without shoes. Her hair was plaited and a pot was found in her hand. In 1789, a similar find was discovered in the same bog. The Uphuser Klumoor Woman no longer remains.[74]

Uphuser Klümoor Woman II Lower Saxony Undetermined Female 1789 [44]

Windeby I Windeby Girl Schleswig-Holstein 41–118 CE Male 1952 One of the best preserved German bog bodies. Studies by Professor Heather Gill-Robinson show that the body was male. His reconstructed head is currently on display.[75]