Small fort "Am Eichkopf"

Small fort "Am Eichkopf"
limes	ORL Wp 4/19 * ( RLK )
Route (RLK)	Upper German Limes; route 4 (western Wetterau)
Dating (occupancy)	unknown
Type	Small fort
unit	unknown
size	0.25 ha
Construction	Wood earth
State of preservation	only slight deformations of the terrain can be seen above ground
place	Langenhain-Ziegenberg
Geographical location	50 ° 21 '23.5 " N , 8 ° 38' 25" E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '23.5 " N , 8 ° 38' 25" E
height	305 m above sea level NHN
Previous	Small fort Kaisergrube (south)
Subsequently	Fort Langenhain (north)

The small fort "Am Eichkopf" was a Roman fort in the eastern Taunus and was part of the Upper German Limes , which was granted the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005 . Today's ground monument is located south of Langenhain-Ziegenberg , Ober-Mörlen district in the Hessian Wetteraukreis on the northern foothills of the Eichkopf on the edge of a former military training area.

Location and description

The remains of the fort are now only faintly visible in the area. A small quarry, which was built later, split its area into two parts. The site was examined by the Reich Limes Commission in 1896/97 . At that time, the trench in the east was 2.25 meters to 3.75 meters wide and between 0.70 meters and 1.30 meters deep. In the west it was 1.60 meters to 2.00 meters wide and 0.50 meters to 0.56 meters deep. The small fort is also counted as Wp 4/19 *.

Floor plan of the small fort after recording by the Reich Limes Commission (1896/97)
The quarry that runs right through the fort area
The still faintly recognizable remains of the ramparts
The nearby transmission bunker of the Führer Headquarters Adlerhorst

Traces of the Limes structures between the small fort at Am Eichkopf and Fort Langenhain

ORL	Name / place	Description / condition
KK	Small fort Am Eichkopf = Wp 4/19 *	see above
Wp 4/19		Only suspected, not archaeologically proven.
Wp 4 / 19a		Only suspected, not archaeologically proven.
Wp 4/20	" On the Gickelsburg "	Only suspected, not archaeologically secured tower site around 200 m west of the southwest corner of the small fort Am Eichkopf
ORL 13	Langenhain Castle	see main article at Langenhain Castle

Note

About 50 meters south of the fort there is a transmission bunker belonging to the former Führer headquarters Adlerhorst , 100 meters east of the trenches of the military training area can still be seen.

Monument protection

The small fort and the subsequent Limes facilities were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2005 as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes . They are ground monuments within the meaning of the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.

literature

Dietwulf Baatz : The Roman Limes. Archaeological excursions between the Rhine and the Danube. 4th edition. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7861-2347-0 , p. 150.
Dietwulf Baatz: Limes. Western Wetterausrecke (Wetteraukreis) . In the S. and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: The Romans in Hesse. Licensed edition of the 1982 edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-58-9 , p. 399.
Margot Klee: The Roman Limes in Hessen: History and sites of the UNESCO World Heritage . Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2232-0 , p. 111 .
Ernst Fabricius , Felix Hettner , Oscar von Sarwey (ed.): The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roman Empire / Abt. A, Vol. 2.1. Lines 3 to 5. Petters, Heidelberg, Berlin and Leipzig 1936.
Vera Rupp, Heide Birley: Hikes on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , pp. 94-103 (= Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6).

Remarks

↑ ORL = numbering of the Limes structures according to the publication of the Reich Limes Commission on the O bergermanisch- R ätischen- L imes
↑ KK = unnumbered K linseed K astell.
↑ Wp = W oh p east, watch tower. The number before the slash denotes the Limes section, the number after the slash denotes the respective watchtower. An additional asterisk (*) refers to a guard on the older Limes line.
↑ ORL XY = consecutive numbering of the forts of the ORL.

Individual evidence

↑ Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , pp. 94-103 (= Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6).
↑ Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), p. 96.
↑ ^a ^b Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Prehistory and Early History, 6), p. 102.
↑ Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), p. 95.

[2] ORL = numbering of the Limes structures according to the publication of the Reich Limes Commission on the O bergermanisch- R ätischen- L imes

[3] KK = unnumbered K linseed K astell.

[5] Wp = W oh p east, watch tower. The number before the slash denotes the Limes section, the number after the slash denotes the respective watchtower. An additional asterisk (*) refers to a guard on the older Limes line.

[8] ORL XY = consecutive numbering of the forts of the ORL.

[1] Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , pp. 94-103 (= Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6).

[4] Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), p. 96.

[Rupp/Birley_102-6] Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Prehistory and Early History, 6), p. 102.

[7] Vera Rupp and Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), p. 95.