Traders of the 11th and 12th century reported about a town being the most powerful port of the Baltic Sea. Bishop Adam of Bremen wrote about Vineta, that it was the largest of all towns in Europe.
It is unclarified, whether Vineta really existed, but along the Baltic Sea many archaeologists search for remains of the city, that is claimed to have sunk in the sea due to a storm. The islands of Wolin and Usedom as well as the town of Barth claim to house the remains. At all these places Vineta museums and Vineta festivals try to attract tourist, but scientific evidence for the existence of the ancient town is still missing.
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