Pforzen is a municipality in Ostallgäu, Bavaria.
Cemetery
Near Pforzen is an extended
Alamanni cemetery that was in use from the 5th up to the 8th century. A total of 442 graves were excavated in two campaigns in 1991/2 and 1996. Two items bearing
runes inscriptions were recovered, the
Pforzen buckle in 1992 and an ivory ring in 1996.
