Ringwall Alteburg (Lorsbach)
| Ringwall Alteburg | ||
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 The wall in the southwest |
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| Alternative name (s): | Ringwall Schlingswald, Alteberg | |
| Creation time : | probably early Middle Ages | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, small remains | |
| Place: | Hofheim - Lorsbach | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 7 '5.3 " N , 8 ° 24' 35" E | |
| Height: | 297.4 m above sea level NN | |
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The Alteburg ring wall is an abandoned spur castle with a ramp system in the Schlingswald district , northwest of Hofheim - Lorsbach . The remains of the presumably early medieval complex can only be seen today as a ground monument .
Location and description
The ring wall Alteburg is located around 500 m northwest of Lorsbach, at 297.4 m above sea level. NN high, wide mountain spur facing east into the Schwarzbachtal . The ridge is framed by steeply sloping sides. Only in the southwest is there a flat transition to the mountain range and the Langenhainer plateau. The spur rises approx. 130 m above the Schwarzbachtal.
The system itself has a largely oval shape and measures 250 m in east-west direction with a maximum extension of 125 m in north-south direction. On the southwest side, due to the flat transition, there was the highest risk of attack. Accordingly, the defense system is the most developed here. There is a double trench wall system here. There is a shallow ditch in front of the outer wall . The wall itself reaches a height of about 1.5 m above the bottom of the trench. In front of the more massive, inner wall is an approximately 1.0 m deep trench. The wall rises above the bottom of this trench by about 5.5 m. Seen from the inside, this wall is only about 1.8 m high. On the south side, the wall flattens out from the inside, with the outer slope being preserved to the northeast. On the north side there are no remains of a fortification, although it can be assumed that the facility was also secured here.
A gate system cannot be found. It is conceivable that the gate was in the no longer perceptible north wall.
Further to the south-west there is a ramp system. This has a length of 130 m and runs in a slightly curved shape. The trench is 10 m wide and 1.5 m deep. The wall rises about 4.0 m above the bottom of the trench.
The facility is accessible via a historic circular hiking trail.
Exploring the facility
In the 1970s, large amounts of finds were recovered. The dating of these finds is mainly from the late Hallstatt or early La Tène period (6th to 5th centuries BC). However, some finds are also assigned to the urn field culture . Thus it seems certain that the mountain was at least visited during these times. It cannot be determined whether there was already a settlement or even a fortification. The excavations necessary for this have not taken place.
Tower on the ring wall
The tower on the ring wall is an observation tower east of the ramparts, located at the entrance from the Alteburgweg. It was built in 2005 as a successor to the Luise Temple . The architect was E. Winkelmann; the new building was supported by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Lorsbach e. V.
In 1907, the Luisentempel observation tower was built by the Taunus Club Lorsbach with the support of the Frankfurt publisher Ludwig Ravenstein . In honor of his late wife Luise, the temple was named Luisentempel. The inauguration followed on May 31, 1908. The observation tower developed into a popular destination. During and after the Second World War , the tower deteriorated to such an extent that in 1950 only the base plate was left. There was also looting. In the course of Lorsbach's efforts to promote tourism, a new refuge was built as a refuge in 1955 on the initiative of the Lorsbach Transport and Local History Association, as the Taunus Club was now called.
In 1988 an initiative was developed to rebuild the Temple of Luis in its original form. However, this reconstruction could not be carried out due to legal problems. The tower on the ring wall was then built from the money that had been collected for the reconstruction .
Monument protection
The area of the ramparts is a ground monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.
gallery
Local description of the ramparts
View of Lorsbach from the tower on the ring wall
The wall in the east
The ramparts adjacent to the Alteburgerweg
literature
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann : The Alteburg in the Schlingswald near Lorsbach. Published by the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen , Wiesbaden 1983 ( Archaeological Monuments in Hessen 31 ).
- Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann, Albrecht Jockenhövel : The prehistory of Hesse . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0458-6 .
- Thimo Brestel: The Alteburg in the Schlingswald near Lorsbach. Guide booklet for the fortified hilltop settlement near Hofheim am Taunus-Lorsbach . Archaeological Monuments in Hessen 31 (2nd completely rewritten edition), Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-89822-031-6 .
