Section fortification of the vineyard

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Section fortification of the vineyard
Creation time : probably early medieval, committed again during the high Middle Ages
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Castle stable, ramparts and moats as well as a tower hill have been preserved
Place: Treuchtlingen - "Vineyard"
Geographical location 48 ° 56 '58.3 "  N , 10 ° 55' 17.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '58.3 "  N , 10 ° 55' 17.3"  E
Height: 460.1  m above sea level NN
Section fortification Weinberg (Bavaria)
Section fortification of the vineyard

The portion fixing Weinberg is an Outbound probably early medieval , possibly prehistoric castle that once located on the plateau of the vineyard overlooking the valley of the Altmühl and the mouth of the Treuchtlinger Schambach valley rose. The rampart is located in a south-easterly direction about 950 meters from the historic center of Treuchtlingen in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Bavaria , Germany .

Several ramparts, some with external trenches, and a presumed tower hill have been preserved from the object, which is protected as a ground monument. Historical data about this fortification are not known, it can probably be assigned to the early medieval settlement of Treuchtlingen. The possible tower hill castle within the ramparts probably belongs to the period between the 10th and 12th centuries. Their history is also unknown.

description

The section fortification is located on the mountain plateau at 460.1  m above sea level. NN high vineyard, and thus about 50 meters above the Altmühltal. The triangular plateau drops steeply to the south-west and south-east, whereas the third, northern side rises only slightly steeply from a saddle between the neighboring Gäblingberg.

The fortification runs roughly along the 450 meter height line and is formed by a wall 430 meters long in the north. The southeast wall is 190 meters long, the southwest wall around 390 meters long. The ramparts follow the slope edge on the north, west and southwest sides, the plateau only drops slightly in the southeast of the system, so that the rampart was moved a few meters down the mountain slope. A ditch below the ring wall on the slope edge is not visible.

The triangular fortification is divided into three areas by two section walls running from north to south-west. A ditch is in front of each of these ramparts on their east side. These moats are best preserved on the north side, but in places in the south they are sanded.

To the west of these three sections is a hill just a few meters high with a diameter of about 15 meters. This is interpreted as a tower hill and is probably younger than the ramparts. The tower hill castle could have been built between the 10th and 12th centuries.

Another fortification is located about halfway up the slope at the southeastern tip of the vineyard; this hill has not yet been dated either. Also to the southwest of the vineyard, on a short hook-shaped arm of the Altmühl, is another castle stable on the opposite bank.

literature

  • Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District . Verlag Walter E. Keller, Treuchtlingen 1993, ISBN 3-924828-58-X , pp. 32-34.
  • Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 14: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - Archeology and history . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0493-4 , pp. 213-217.
  • Helmut-Eberhard Paulus: Treuchtlingen: Burgstall and ramparts . In: Konrad Spindler (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 15: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district - monuments and sites . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0504-3 , pp. 188-189.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingrid Burger-Segl, Walter E. Keller: Archaeological Hikes, Volume 3: Middle Altmühltal and Franconian Lake District , p. 32 ff.
  2. ↑ Konrad Spindler: Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 14: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen - Archeology and History , p. 213 ff.
  3. ^ Konrad Spindler: Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 14: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen - Archeology and History , p. 214
  4. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation