Herrenwörth ring wall

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Herrenwörth ring wall
Creation time : 9-10 century
Castle type : Wallburg, ring wall system
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Chiemsee island Herrenchiemsee
Geographical location 47 ° 51 '18.8 "  N , 12 ° 23' 27.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '18.8 "  N , 12 ° 23' 27.1"  E
Ringwall Herrenwörth (Bavaria)
Herrenwörth ring wall

The rampart Herrenwörth is an Outbound prehistoric and Wallburg about 1375 meters south-southwest of Herrenchiemsee on the island Herrenchiemsee (Herrenwörth) in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria .

The ring wall system, built in the 9th to 10th centuries, had multiple section walls, a wall-ditch fortification with a pincer gate on the land side. The approximately nine hectare indoor facility had an east-west orientation of about 650 meters with the greatest width of 200 meters.

Wall and moat remains of the former fortifications are still preserved.

literature

  • Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke (arr.): Upper Bavaria . Ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments. Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .
  • Michael W. Weithmann: Inventory of the castles of Upper Bavaria . 3rd revised and expanded edition. Published by the district of Upper Bavaria, Munich 1995, p. 180.

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