Heidenburg (Kreimbach-Kaulbach)

The Heidenburgwarte with the summit stone of the Kreimberg

The Heidenburg is a former Roman mountain fort . It is located in the Heidenburger forest on the summit of 392.3  m above sea level. NHN high "Kreimbergs" above the local community Kreimbach-Kaulbach an der Lauter in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate .

Fort

Around 400 BC Chr. Built Celts a refuge castle with rampart and 260 n. Chr. It was a Roman fort mountain as a protective wall against the Alemanni , that by ceramic finds a use until the 5th century suggest.

Excavations began in 1890, and Roman spoils were turned into a lookout tower , the approx. 4 m high Heidenburgwarte.

Remnants of the wall of the ring wall and the observation tower built later are still preserved from the former fortification.

Web links

Commons : Heidenburgwarte  - collection of images

• Roman finds on the essweiler.de site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )

Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 34.2 "  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 51.2"  E