Hünenburg (Flarchheim)
| Hünenburg | ||
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 The silted-up Hünenteich - once the castle's water point (November 2003) |
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| Creation time : | Prehistory | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Flarchheim | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 6 '33.7 " N , 10 ° 27' 3.7" E | |
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The Hünenburg is a prehistoric rampart and a protected ground monument in the Unstrut-Hainich district in Thuringia .
location
The remains of the castle are in Gotternschen Holz , a strip of forest on the eastern edge of the Hainich , about three kilometers southwest of the Flarchheim location in the Unstrut-Hainich district . The three-kilometer-long Germanic Cult Path leads through the site - a tourist exhibition with replicas of the cult objects excavated in the Niederdorla sacrificial moor six kilometers away (as the crow flies) . A refuge / information point and the wildcat children's forest forest playground in the northern area of the Hainich National Park are only 250 meters away in a north-westerly direction ; access is from Kammerforst to the car park at the forest playground.
history
The history of the castle complex was researched in the 19th century by local researchers from the surrounding areas. Sketches of the complex show a trapezoidal alignment of the ramparts. These also protected the Hünenteich, a now temporarily silted-up waterhole on the edge of the ramparts . In times of need, the population is said to have protected their herds of cattle in the fortification, which served as a refuge .
On January 27, 1080, just a few kilometers east of the ramparts, the battle of Flarchheim took place between Heinrich IV on the one hand and the rival king Rudolf von Rheinfelden . Traces of battle in the vicinity of the ramparts have not yet been documented. In the High and Late Middle Ages, the castle complex still served as a watchpoint on Hohen Straße - an old road that ran from the Werra Valley near Mihla and Lauterbach over the Hainich Pass on Ihlefeld in the direction of Bad Langensalza and Erfurt . In the 1960s, the remaining wall remnants were scientifically assessed by employees of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Weimar.
“Long wall of 130 meters length running in north-south direction with a trench in front of it in the east. On the south end of the wall there is a mound of earth with a depression in the middle (tower?). At the north end, a short stretch of trench perpendicular to it. Closure of late medieval ravines of unknown significance. "
In the 1970s, the adjacent forest district was expanded into the Weberstedt military training area and, as a restricted military area, was inaccessible for further research. In the area of today's parking lot there was a shooting range.
literature
- Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and early historical living spaces . 2nd expanded and revised edition. Jenzig-Verlag, Jena 2003, ISBN 3-910141-56-0 , pp. 160-161.
- HW Schreiber: Paths and desolation in Hainich . Bad Langensalza 1994.
- Hermann Gutbier: The Hainich . Langensalza 1894.
Web links
- Germanic Cult Path in the Hainich National Park, accessed on October 11, 2015