Kieve ramparts
| Kieve ramparts | |
|---|---|
 Attempted reconstruction |
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| Creation time : | 7th to 9th centuries |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains |
| Place: | Kieve |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 17 '7 " N , 12 ° 35' 50" E |
The Slavic rampart of Kieve , a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District , is located a good 1.2 kilometers north of the town directly on the Elde . It is one of many Slavic ramparts in Germany.
The rampart consists of two parts: an oval main castle about 90 meters in size and a small rampart facing northeast, about 40 meters in diameter. Both areas of the castle were connected by a wooden bridge. Ceramic finds from Feldberger, Woldegker and Menkendorfer Ware date the Niederungsburg to the 7th to 11th century.
Possibly the castle was a cult place of the Müritz people . Smaller ramparts to the north-east often indicate places of worship among the Slavs. There were similar temple castles in Groß Raden , Plöwen and on the Fischerinsel in Tollensesee near Neubrandenburg . This type of castle existed in the Middle Slavic period of the 9th to 11th centuries.
literature
- Soil monument preservation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Vol. 43 / b1995.1996, p. 340.