Aachen ski jump

The Aachener Schanze is a castle that was 11.3 kilometers north of Rüdesheim am Rhein on one side of the Herrnsbach valley . Today the place is in the urban area of Lorch in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in Hesse .

The Aachener Schanze was built as a defensive structure during the siege of Rheinberg Castle by the troops of the Mainz ore monastery in 1279 . After the siege was over in 1280, the hill probably quickly lost its importance and fell into disrepair in the period that followed.

Web links

• Aachen ski jump. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '4.9 "  N , 7 ° 51' 53.7"  E