Hagburg

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Hagburg
Creation time : 8th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Construction: Drywall
Place: Ederheim - Hürnheim
Geographical location 48 ° 47 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 28' 54.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 28' 54.1"  E
Height: 530  m above sea level NN
Hagburg (Bavaria)
Hagburg

The Hagburg is a medium-sized rampart near Hürnheim near Nördlingen in Swabia . It is dated as early medieval (8th to 10th centuries).

Geographical location

The fortifications are located opposite the high-rise castle ruins on the northeast corner of a wooded ridge at the beginning of the Kartäusertal , about one kilometer south-southwest of Hürnheim.

history

As with many early medieval and older ramparts, there is also no written or other information about the time and history.

Otto Schneider (1979) and Kurt Böhner saw the "Birg" of a Carolingian manor in the Hagburg , which they assumed to be in nearby Hürnheim . Such mostly smaller castles were only visited in times of need by the residents of the farms in the valley. In the Kartäusertal two typical examples have been preserved on the Weiherberg and the Mühlberg .

However, these two small castles differ significantly from the Hagburg . The size and the elaborate rampart system reinforced by dry stone rather suggest that it was fortified from the Hungarian period .

On the nearby Weiherberg a huge (approx. 10 hectare) Hungarian fortress has been preserved, so the Hagburg could well have been part of a Hungarian castle system with the Weiherberg as the main fortress. A comparable fortress system is assumed around the Rosenstein on the Swabian Alb . The Hagburg would have had the function of a dam here, as it is strategically located very favorably above the entrance to the valley.

It is possible that the unusually complex and deep double moats around the nearby Niederhaus Castle can be interpreted as part of such a " castle triangle".

description

The almost triangular complex with an interior area of ​​around 5500 m² is separated from the plateau by a triple moat system.

The arched outer wall with a shallow ditch is approx. 170 meters long and up to two meters high. About 10 meters behind this wall, a 5 to 8 meter wide trench was dug as an obstacle to the approach. The third line of fortification is another low moat after another 10 to 15 meters.

In 1939 the Hagburg was archaeologically examined by Ernst Frickhinger . The remains of dry stone walls came to light in two wall cuts, in addition to hard-fired ceramics, some small finds were found, including a small iron knife.

The steep edges of the mountain flanks were obviously artificially separated and partially secured by a narrow berm .

literature

  • Hans Frei, Günther Krahe: Archaeological walks in the Ries. in: Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Swabia 2 . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8062-0568-X , pp. 243–245.