Fortification at Rappershausen

Fortification at Rappershausen
Creation time :	Early middle ages
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Hendungen - Rappershausen
Geographical location	50 ° 23 '15.7 "  N , 10 ° 25' 34.7"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '15.7 "  N , 10 ° 25' 34.7"  E

The fortification near Rappershausen is an abandoned early medieval rampart in the Oberau forest department about 1150 meters east of the local church in Rappershausen , a district of the Hendungen community in the Rhön-Grabfeld district in Bavaria .

history

The prehistoric archaeologist Björn-Uwe Abels describes the three-part fortification, which is located on a hill extending from south-west to north-east, the south-east slope of which gradually tapers off and the north-west slope drops steeply to a brook valley, as a 200 meter long and 45 meter wide system on its long side bounded by the steep slope, which is followed by a 6-meter-wide and 1.5-meter-high wall with a 4-meter-wide trench in front , which curves over the spur and finally runs a few meters parallel to the western slope.

The former spokesman for the archaeological working group, Walter Jahn from Ostheim, summarizes: The old castle near Rappershausen was a three-part fortification made up of walls (ramparts) and ditches (two-phase). It originated in the early Middle Ages (800 to 1000 AD). The old castle near Rappershausen was an important early castle for the early medieval land development.

literature

• Reinhold Albert : Palaces and castles in the Rhön-Grabfeld district . Publisher: Culture Agency of the Rhön-Grabfeld District. Bad Neustadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-939959-14-4 .

Web links

• Detailed description: The old castle near Rappershausen - An important castle of the early Middle Ages Article in Rhön and Saale mail
• Entry on Rappershausen Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The old castle near Rappershausen - An important castle of the early Middle Ages Article in Rhön and Saalepost