Section fortification Hörnekapf

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Section fortification Hörnekapf
Creation time : Prehistory
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Geisingen
Geographical location 47 ° 56'43.1 "  N , 8 ° 38'2"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 56'43.1 "  N , 8 ° 38'2"  E.
Height: 902  m above sea level NHN
Section fortification Hörnekapf (Baden-Württemberg)
Section fortification Hörnekapf

The Hörnekapf fortification section is a prehistoric hill fort (rampart) at around 902  m above sea level. NHN Höhe and is located around three kilometers northwest of the city of Geisingen in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

The section wall is a prehistoric hill fort with a total inner area of ​​7.74 hectares and an inner fortification of 1.14 hectares. Small remains of the ramparts are still preserved from the former fortification.

literature

  • Michael Losse, Hans Noll: Castles, palaces, fortresses in Hegau - fortifications and noble residences in the western Lake Constance area . In: Hegau-Geschichtsverein (Ed.): Hegau-Bibliothek, Volume 109 . Michael Greuter Verlag, Hilzingen 2006, ISBN 3-9806273-2-2 , p. 85.
  • Hans-Wilhelm Heine : Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance . In: Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.): Research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 5 . Stuttgart 1978, ISSN  0178-3262 , pp. 112 and 134.