Old Castle (Afholderbach)
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| height | 633 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Afholderbach ; District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Rothaar Mountains | |
| Dominance | 2.4 km → nameless hilltop, near the Hohenroth forest house | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 56 '6 " N , 8 ° 9' 17" E | |
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| particularities | Rampart | |
The old castle near Afholderbach in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein is 633 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Rothaargebirge in the natural Siegerland . The remains of a former refuge and cult site from the La Tène period lie on top of a rampart .
geography
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location
The old castle rises in the southwest foothills of the Rothaargebirge and in the south of the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park . Its summit is about 1.7 kilometers (km) south-south-west of Sohlbach , 1.5 km southeast of Afholderbach , 2.2 km northeast of Eschenbach and 2.4 km (as the crow flies ) northeast of Brauersdorf ; they are all districts of Netphen . Most of the mountain belongs to the Obernau district , a demolished village in the basin of today's Obernautalsperre . Its northeast flank is located in the district of Sohlbach, the northwest flank in that of Afholderbach and its southwest flank in the district of Eschenbach. To the north and north-west, the landscape of the Alte Burg slopes down into the Netphe valley and to the south over the Leyberg spur ( 512 m ) to the Obernautalsperre.
Natural allocation
The Alte Burg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) and in the main unit Siegerland (331) to the subunit Siegerland Rothaar-Vorhöhen ( Siegquellbergland ; 331.2).
Mountain height
The Old Castle is loud topographic maps of the services Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) 633.0 m high. A trigonometric point at a height of 632.9 m is marked on the German basemap near the summit .
Flowing waters
The old castle is part of a ridge that separates the valleys and side valleys of the Netphe on the north and north-west side and the Obernau in the south-east. It begins on the summit of the Breite Berg ( 629.2 m ) in front of the valley section of the uppermost Netphe running north, stretches as a narrow ridge about 1500 meters (m) west to the Alte Burg summit and falls from here, roughly southwest the village of Netphen slowly down, finally wider and steeper. The brooks that arise at the Alte Burg therefore flow, as far as they arise on the east to south-west side, from the right to the Obernau , the springs to the south-west to east of the mountain summit feed the left-hand brooks to the Netphe (cardinal points clockwise).
The source of the right branch of the Obernau is located on the southern slope of the ridge connecting with the Breiten Berg , which flows in a south-westerly direction to the Obernautalsperre . In it, she takes the well Leybach mentioned Burbach , whose origin is less than 500 m south-southwest of the Old Castle summit lies.
Over 1200 m in the west-southwest from the summit, the Eschenbach begins its course to the village of the same name. The Zeppenbach arises 500 m west of the summit , 300 m north-northeast of it the Afferbach and 800 m northeast the nearest source stream of the Sohlbach .
In addition, some nameless streams arise on the mountain.
Protected areas
Parts of the landscape protection area of the community of Netphen ( CDDA no. 555558489; designated 1985; 117.4529 km² ) are located on the old castle . Coming from the northeast, parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Rothaarkamm and Wiesentäler (FFH no. 5015-301; 34.46 km²) extend to the summit region .
Rampart
On the top of the old castle there is a rampart with two concentric ramparts , the remainder of a former refugee castle and cult site from the La Tène period around 500 BC. Chr. This facility probably served not only as a refuge castle for up to 1,000 people, but was also inhabited permanently, as it was in important trade routes. The inner wall at a height of about 610 to 620 m is over 600 m long and includes an area of about 3.5 hectares (ha), while the outer wall at about 590 to 610 m height is over 1100 m long and an area of about Includes 9.5 ha.
Traffic and walking
About 1.5 km northwest of the peak extends past the Altenburg in Netphe tal through the towns Afholderbach and Eschenbach the Federal Highway 62 , and 2.3 km (each distance) ENE Summit Luetzel among other directly past the Siegquelle by Lahnhof the Landesstraße 722 ( Eisenstraße des Rothaargebirge ). For example, starting on these roads, in the towns mentioned (also above) or at the Hohenroth forest house (near the L 722 and Ederquelle ), the mountain can be hiked on mostly forest paths and paths. The Netphener Keltenweg leads over the old castle , on which every few kilometers notice boards explain the former life of the Celts; the Celtic masscots on these boards were drawn by the Siegerland author and cartoonist Matthias Kringe . In the vicinity of the path, on the inner ring of the ramparts on the mountain, there is a small viewing platform with a view of the Obernautalsperre.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Heinz Fischer: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 124 Siegen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. → Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
- ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )