Gerstbergerkopf Castle
| Gerstbergerkopf Castle | ||
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Place: | Dahn | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 9 '44.9 " N , 7 ° 46' 33.4" E | |
| Height: | 385 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Gerstbergerkopf Castle is the rest of a hill fort ( ring wall system ) at 385 m above sea level. NHN high summit of the Gerstbergerkopf north of the town of Dahn in the district of Südwestpfalz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).
The castle site still shows the remains of a 20 meter long, five meter wide and one meter high ring wall with a former diameter of around 70 by 20 meters.
literature
- Jürgen Keddigkeit , Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel : Palatinate Castle Lexicon, Volume 2: FH . Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern 2002, ISBN 3-927754-48-X , pp. 189–190.
Web links
- Entry on Gerstberger Kopf Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Gerstbergerkopf in the private database "Alle Burgen".