Röthekopf Castle

Röthekopf Castle
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall, small remains of ramparts and moats
Place:	Bad Säckingen - "Röthekopf"
Geographical location	47 ° 34 '37.8 "  N , 7 ° 56' 12.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '37.8 "  N , 7 ° 56' 12.1"  E
Height:	502.1  m above sea level NN

The castle Röthekopf is an Outbound Höhenburg ( Wallburg ) on the 502.1  m above sea level. NN high Röthekopf about three kilometers north of Bad Säckingen in the district of Waldshut ( Baden-Württemberg ).

The Wallburg was a section fortification that closed off the south-facing mountain spur with a section wall and section ditch. Only small remnants of ramparts and moats have survived from the former castle . Presumably, it is a matter of prehistory , as indicated by the finds from the Stone Age and the form of the fortifications. It may also have been used later in the Middle Ages, but there are no readings from this period.

literature

• Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz (Hrsg.): The castles in medieval Breisgau, II. Southern part: half volume AK . In: archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany, issue 16 . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-7366-5 , pp. 38-39.
• Hansjürgen Brachmann : The early medieval fortifications in Central Europe. Investigations into its development and function in the Germanic-German area . In: Writings on prehistory and early history. 45 . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-05-001995-6 .

Web links

• Entry on Röthekopf Castle in the private database "All Castles".

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfons Zettler, Thomas Zotz: The castles in medieval Breisgau, II. Southern part: half volume AK , p. 38 f.