Oberleiser Berg

Oberleiser Berg
	South-southeast of the Oberleiser mountain
height	457 m above sea level A.
location	Lower Austria
Mountains	Quieter mountains
Dominance	1.4 km → Steinberg
Notch height	50 m ↓ west of Oberleis
Coordinates	48 ° 33 '32 " N , 16 ° 22' 19" E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '32 " N , 16 ° 22' 19" E
rock	Part of the Waschberg zone consisting of limestone and marl lime
particularities	There is a lookout point on the mountain plateau. An open-air museum is laid out around the observation tower.

The Oberleiser Berg is a mountain in Lower Austria in the Korneuburg district , which is surrounded by the Leiser Berge Nature Park and geologically belongs to the Waschberg Zone .

With a height of 457 m above sea level. A. it is the second highest elevation in the Leiser Berge after the Buschberg . From the 23 m high observation tower on the approx. 7 hectare mountain plateau, the view extends to the Carpathian Mountains and the Pollau Mountains . The mountain is surrounded by dry grass and mixed oak forests.

history

The island-like mountains rising up from the flat hilly landscape of the Weinviertel have always been naturally protected refuge points for people. Also due to its topographical location near important traffic routes, the Oberleiser Berg has a 6,000-year history of settlement. Some finds from prehistoric times can be viewed in Ernstbrunn in a fossil showroom at the train station. The Museum of Prehistory in Asparn an der Zaya is not far away.

The earliest evidence of settlement dates from the end of the Middle Neolithic (4000 BC). A mighty fortification moat also dates from this time, which runs from the north gate across the plateau towards the southwest.

In the early Bronze Age (2300–1600 BC) a ditch up to four meters wide was built, which presumably surrounds the entire plateau.

In the second half of the 3rd century BC, Celtic settlers erected simple post structures within a ring wall and simple pit houses with and without hearth. At that time the Oberleiser Berg was also an important trading center.

On the Oberleiser Berg, a fortified Germanic royal seat from the 4th to 5th centuries AD was excavated for the first time in Central Europe. The seat on the edge of the Roman Empire - the Danube Limes ran about 30 km away - was built as a mansion based on the Roman model. The observation tower is now located on its site. A little further to the east, in the area that is now wooded, there were several craft buildings and ovens in the 5th century. There are references to textile and metal crafts.