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Tun Town6/3/2023 ![]() The region of Thun became a part of the Holy Roman Empire in 1033, when Conrad II gained the title of King of Burgundy. The town is first mentioned in 1133 as Tuno. The region was mentioned for the first time during the 7th century, in the chronicle of Frankish monk Fredgar. The Aare became the frontier between the Christian Burgundians and the Pagan, German-speaking Alemanni, who lived north. The Romans were driven out of Thun, and out of the rest of Switzerland, by the Burgundians around 400 AD. It fell to Rome in 58 BC, when Roman legions conquered almost all of Switzerland, and it soon became one of the main centers of Roman administration in the region. The name of the town derives from the Celtic term Dunum, meaning "fortified town". Another site at Wiler contained approximately 1,500 maritime snail shells which were harvested from the Mediterranean and traded over the Alps. The gold inlay decoration on the axe may also have a numerical, astronomical meaning. ![]() The Thun-Renzenbühl axe, dating from 1800 BC, is one of the earliest examples of damascening technique in the world. A site at Renzenbühl had a local chief or nobleman's grave which contained one of the richest collections of early Bronze Age artifacts in Europe. During the early Bronze Age there were a number of settlements along the lake shore and the Aare. ![]() The area of what is now Thun was inhabited since the Neolithic age (mid-3rd millennium BC).
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