Fischerwall (Kuckssee)
| Fischerwall | |
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 View of the ramparts |
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| Creation time : | 10th to 12th centuries |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains |
| Place: | Lapitz |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 31 '17 " N , 13 ° 6' 2" E |
The Fischerwall is a ground monument in the municipality of Kuckssee in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Slavic ramparts are the heavily disturbed remains of a two-part castle complex. Ceramic finds on site prove that the castle has existed since the 10th century. It was a typical Niederungsburg . The total size is 150 meters × 60 meters. It can be assumed that it was the successor castle of the nearby Grapenwerder castle wall , which was only a few hundred meters further southwest on a hill. The outer bailey had a square floor plan, while the rampart of the main castle was a circular rampart . This is rather rare for Slavic castles, but was already mentioned by Ibrahim ibn Yaqub in the 10th century. Earth was repeatedly removed from the wall in the 19th century, so that the appearance of the castle was greatly changed. In addition, the castle site is now used as a cow paddock, which does not help the preservation of the ground monument. The outer and main castle were connected by a narrow sand dam. The access to the entire ramparts came from the south and led in the form of a wooden bridge over the nearby small river. In the aerial photo it can be seen that the main castle was oriented slightly northeast of the outer castle. This fact suggests a cultic building in the main castle, because Slavic temples were often oriented to the northeast towards sunrise.
The only access gate of the Grapenwerder castle wall to the south-west points exactly to the Fischerwall. It can no longer be clarified whether this was coincidence or intent.
literature
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : The Wendish city near Lapitz In: Association for Mecklenburg history and antiquity: Yearbooks of the association for Mecklenburg history and antiquity. Vol. 25 (1860), pp. 278–281 ( digitized version )
