ABSTRACT

In this paper I discuss urban planning and water management, primarily the development of drainage systems, based on the results of recent excavations in the Vågsbunnen area. The abundance of water from rainfall, rivers and streams was certainly a very important resource for the development of the early urban Bergen. It necessitated interventions of regulation and drainage that contributed strongly to the organisation of the Vågsbunnen area. While water management systems are previously known from the Bryggen area, recent excavations have uncovered previously unknown water management systems from the 11th century onwards in the Vågsbunnen area, suggesting that water management was a strategy right from the beginning of urban settlement. The rapid growth and expansion of the medieval town required strategies to control the water in the public spaces of the town. This led to the development of different types of water management systems, specialised for different needs. In this article, the archaeological material from previous and new excavations are studied in juxtaposition to written sources and geological data, in order to investigate the nature and development of these water management systems, and how they contributed to the urban development of the town.

摘要

在本文中，我根据 Vågsbunnen 地区最近的挖掘结果讨论了城市规划和水资源管理，主要是排水系统的开发。来自降雨、河流和溪流的丰富水资源无疑是早期卑尔根城市发展的重要资源。它需要对 Vågsbunnen 地区的组织做出巨大贡献的调节和排水干预。虽然布吕根地区以前就知道水管理系统，但最近的挖掘发现了 Vågsbunnen 地区自 11 世纪以来以前不为人知的水管理系统，这表明水管理是从城市定居之初就采取的一项战略。中世纪城镇的快速发展和扩张需要采取策略来控制城镇公共场所的水资源。这导致开发了不同类型的水管理系统，专门用于满足不同的需求。在这篇文章中，将以前和新发掘的考古材料与书面资料和地质数据并置进行研究，以调查这些水管理系统的性质和发展，以及它们如何为城镇的城市发展做出贡献。