Burgstall Large Schwedenschanze

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Burgstall Large Schwedenschanze
Creation time : High medieval
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Castle stable, tower hill, ramparts and moat preserved
Place: Landshut- Schönbrunn
Geographical location 48 ° 32 '39.7 "  N , 12 ° 11' 13.2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '39.7 "  N , 12 ° 11' 13.2"  E
Height: 473  m above sea level NN
Burgstall Große Schwedenschanze (Bavaria)
Burgstall Large Schwedenschanze

The Postal Large Schwedenschanze is an Outbound high medieval hilltop castle in Landshut Schonbrunn district.

The former castle complex is registered as a ground monument with the number D-2-7439-0045 by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

location

The castle stable of the Spornburg lies at 473  m above sea level. NN between the former Schallermoos and the Schweinbach corridor in the middle of a row of hills on a steep edge of the valley to the Isar valley between Landshut and Schönbrunn.

History and name

It used to be assumed that the remains of the castle were once a Roman high guard. It was also believed to be the burial mound of a prince, tribal chief, or a Roman, German, or Vindelican warrior. The complex dates from the High Middle Ages, however, the area of ​​the castle stables had been inhabited since prehistoric times.

The area around the Burgstall was cultivated in olden times, but was abandoned as a result of warlike devastation, so that the forest and moor could expand again.

In old documents the large castle complex was called "the Huth". This name comes from the old Germanic word hut , which means "to protect". In later times the castle stables was called to the adjacent corridor "Schweinbach" which of swinen or Schwenden is what "work out from the bog" means and refers to the swampy soil and former Schaller moss. The current name " Schwedenschanze " comes from the assumption of the population that the castle stables would have served as a protective wall before the invasion of the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War or that the facility would have been devastated by the Swedes. The designation “large” was used to distinguish it from the neighboring castle stable, Kleine Schwedenschanze , which is smaller in size.

description

The castle consisted of the tower hill with the main castle, ramparts , a ring moat system and an economic area. The mountain spurs were developed, access roads led to the plateau with its flat slope.

The ramparts and the moat as well as the tower hill are still preserved today. On the side of the plateau, the hill is surrounded by a system of ramparts and ditches. The steep slopes of the Isarleite offered natural protection.

literature

  • Werner Hübner: Walks in Time - In search of traces through the historical cultural landscape of the city and district of Landshut , Bund Naturschutz in Bayern eV, Kreisgruppe Landshut, 2009, pp. 27-29

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Anton Wiesend: Topographical history of the district capital Landshut in Lower Bavaria , Verlag Thomann, Landshut 1858, p. 63
  2. ↑ Alois Staudenraus: Walks in and around Landshut: In letters to a friend , Verlag Attenkofer, Landshut 1835, pp. 43–44.
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Landshut (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  4. ↑ a b Alois Staudenraus: Chronicle of the City of Landshut in Bavaria , Part 3, Verlag Attenkofer, Landshut 1832, pp. 11-12
  5. ↑ Werner Hübner: Walks in Time - In search of traces through the historical cultural landscape of the city and district of Landshut , Bund Naturschutz in Bayern eV, Kreisgruppe Landshut, 2009, pp. 27-29