Section fortification Schänzle (Geisingen)

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Section fortification Schänzle
Creation time : Prehistory or early history
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Geisingen - "Schänzle"
Geographical location 47 ° 57 '20.5 "  N , 8 ° 38' 57.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '20.5 "  N , 8 ° 38' 57.1"  E
Height: 877  m above sea level NN
Section fortification Schänzle (Baden-Württemberg)
Section fortification Schänzle

The section fortification Schänzle is a hill fort (rampart) at 877  m above sea level. NN Höhe near the former Amtenhausen monastery and the Talhof north of the city of Geisingen in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

The section wall is a prehistoric or early historical hill fort .

description

The fortification is at the end of a north-east facing mountain spur. The system is cut off from the adjoining plateau by a three to four meter high and four meter wide wall. A pointed ditch is built on this wall . The two breakthroughs and the leveling in the wall probably date from modern times. In addition to the steep drop to the Talbach and its side valleys, the remaining sides are protected by a weaker rim wall. This wall connects to the main wall on both sides of the slope. In the north, the edge wall is preceded by a slightly lower sloping terrace. In the middle of the main wall, a round stone wall of unknown origin can be seen on the inner surface of the fortification. The usable area of ​​the facility is around 1.46 hectares .

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 137.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Wilhelm Heine: Studies on weir systems between the young Danube and western Lake Constance , p. 112 and 137