Grasburg (Hohenroda)
Grasburg | ||
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Creation time : | probably 8th century | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, ramparts | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Place: | Hohenroda - Mansbach | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 47 '34.8 " N , 9 ° 54' 36" E | |
Height: | 469 m above sea level NN | |
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The Grasburg is an Outbound Höhenburg ( Wallburg ) at Grasberg to 469 m height at the end of a back clip-like sloping east limestone plateaus about 1000 meters northwest of the district Mansbach the community Hohenroda in Hersfeld-Rotenburg in Hessen .
history
The Grasburg are the remains of a ring rampart , probably dating from the eighth century , which was probably used in connection with the incursions of Saxony as a deployment area, starting point or retreat without being inhabited for a long time.
The area of today again completely overgrown plant is part of the 44 ha large nature reserve Schwärzelsberg-Langenberg-Grasburg .
description
The castle stables of the former castle complex still show the remains of the ramparts and moats . Excavations from 1976 showed that the wall was a post-slot wall from the year 800 AD, which was not completely closed to the north. The cause of the not closed wall to the north is not clear. The approximately 5 meter high wall, together with a trench approximately 3 meters deep, offered a strong approach obstacle, especially to the west. To the east there are high natural rock cliffs that replaced a wall.
literature
- Klaus Sippel: The Grasburg near Mansbach in the Vorderrhön: Leaflet on the prehistoric fortifications near Hohenroda-Mansbach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen, 1981, ISBN 3-89822-016-8
- Klaus Sippel: The Grasburg near Mansbach and neighboring barrows: Investigations at two places mentioned in the late 8th century in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Habelt, Bonn, 1977
- Georg Wilhelm Sante (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 4: Hessen (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 274). Unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-520-27403-5 .
Web links
- Grasburg, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of November 4, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 2, 2013 .
- Sights Hohenroda on www.hohenroda.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ WDPA 165500 on www.protectedplanet.net ; accessed on December 16, 2019