In close vicinity to the Medieval village Diepensee in Brandenburg and the Medieval village Horno severel pollen archives were investigated palynologically. Those from Diepensee (Kienberger Rinne) provide information on the development of settlement and vegetation from the early Medieval to modern times. They give inside into the agriculture of the Medieval villagers of Diepensee. Those close to Horno (Weisses Lauch, Pastlingsee, Grabkower Seewiesen, Maschnetzlauch, Torfteich Grabkow, Griessener Teich) cover part of or the whole Holocene. The study was part of a project on the Medieval village of Diepensee supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.