Section fortification Wettenburg
Section fortification Wettenburg | ||
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Creation time : | Neolithic to Late Bronze Age | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Place: | Kreuzwertheim - "Kingdom of Heaven" | |
Geographical location | 49 ° 45 '36 " N , 9 ° 33' 25.2" E | |
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The portion fixing betting Castle is an Outbound section mounting on the ridge " Kingdom of Heaven " about 2,400 meters east of Castle Kreuzwertheim in the main town district of the market Kreuzwertheim in the district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria .
The fortification, which consists of four section walls, was built or changed in various cultural stages . The complex was probably used as a fortification since the Neolithic Age , as evidenced by finds from the time of the urnfield culture . Excavations between 1981 and 1988 testify that it was also used in the late Hallstatt / early La Tène period , the migration period and in the late Middle Ages . A suspected use during the early Middle Ages could not be sufficiently proven by finds.
Wall and moat remains from the former castle complex have been preserved.
literature
- Heinrich Habel and Helga Himen (arr.): Monuments in Bavaria - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments: Volume VI . Lower Franconia. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Ed.), Munich 1985
- Dieter Neubauer: The Wettenburg in the Mainschleife near Urphar. A height fortification of the early Neolithic, the Urnfield Age, the Early Iron Age and the Migration Period , Würzburg 2000, 408 pages
Web links
- Entry for Wettenburg in the private database "Alle Burgen".