Burgstall Eselsburg (Endorf)

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Burgstall Eselsburg
Alternative name (s): Donkey castle
Creation time : 1st century BC Chr.
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place: Laaber -Eselburg
Geographical location 49 ° 4 '6.4 "  N , 11 ° 51' 21.2"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '6.4 "  N , 11 ° 51' 21.2"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level NN

The Postal Eselsburg also Eselsburg called, is a Outbound Höhenburg ( Wall Burg ) on a spur at 450  m above sea level. NN about 1600 meters southwest of the district Endorf of the market Laaber in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria .

The hill fort was built in the 1st century BC. Built by the Celts in the 9th to 10th centuries, it was re-used and destroyed in the 12th century.

The castle stable , today a ground monument , still shows the remains of a ditch , a rampart and a round tower foundation.

literature

  • Andreas Boos : Castles in the south of the Upper Palatinate - the early and high medieval fortifications of the Regensburg area . Universitätsverlag Regensburg, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-930480-03-4 , pp. 161-164;