Fischheimer Borstel

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Fischheimer Borstel
The elongated top of the Fischheimer Borstel seen from the trough side

The elongated top of the Fischheimer Borstel seen from the trough side

Alternative name (s): Porstel, Borschel, Alter Wall
Creation time : Early middle ages
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Ground monument
Place: Seelitz - Fischheim
Geographical location 51 ° 0 ′ 40 "  N , 12 ° 46 ′ 59"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 40 "  N , 12 ° 46 ′ 59"  E
Height: 210  m above sea level NN
Fischheimer Borstel (Saxony)
Fischheimer Borstel

The fish Heimer Borstel , even Porstel , Borschel or Alter Wall called near the Seelitzer hamlet fish home ( mittelsachsen ) is a Slavic castle wall in peak position on a hilltop site in the early and early Middle Ages . It is a section fortification with a double wall and ditch system.

Description of the plant

The Borstel is 1 km south-southwest of Fischheim on a hilltop on the high bank of the Zwickauer Mulde immediately north of a river bend. It comprises an oval area with an area of ​​approx. 200 by 140 m. In front of it there are two section walls running from northwest to north to east at a distance of 12 to 15 m. The outer wall has a base width of approx. 4 m, a height of 1 m and is accompanied on the outside in the north by an earth extraction ditch. The ramparts are connected at their eastern end; in the northwest, the situation is unclear due to a recent disturbance. The boundary of the ramparts in the west and south, the steep bank above the Mulde, is a pronounced embankment edge, which is characterized by rock formations in the south-west; in the southeast, the hilltop and ramparts are secured by the trench of a creek drained to the hollow.

Excavations and finds

So far, no modern scientific archaeological excavations have taken place on the Bieserner Borstel . Several fragments of Slavic ceramics from the Leipzig district and high medieval ceramics, which are kept in the Museum Schloss Rochlitz , come from older, undocumented excavations by Clemens Pfau , among others .

literature

  • Pfau: Topographische Forschungen , pp. 23 f., 38, 76
  • Pfau: Wall and moat systems , pp. 38–41
  • Geupel: soil monuments , p. 69 f. (No. 18.21)
  • Corpus 121/20.
  • Geupel: Rochlitz and Wechselburg , p. 216 f.

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