Flooding in the Altmühl Valley

Aerial view of the flooded Altmühl valley near Dittenheim, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, taken on February 20, 1990.

After the snowmelt, the Altmühl river burst its banks near Dittenheim and flooded the adjacent fields. In the aerial photograph, the prehistoric burial mounds of an approximately 2,500-year-old cemetery, preserved to a height of only a few centimeters, appear clearly as small round islands. A stroke of great luck for the aerial archaeologist.

(Hoch über Bayern, page 24)