Rabenfels (Krottensee)
The approximately 30 meter high Rabenfels northeast of Krottensee in the Bürgerwald southwest of the municipality of Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria is a cylindrical rock tower made of Franconian dolomite with a pronounced overhang at the top.
prehistory
Pottery of the Urnfield culture was found on the rock needle, which is now used as a climbing rock . Concentrations of heavily shattered , mostly unburned ceramics, which are located directly at the foot of rocks, are characteristic of rock sacrifice sites. As additional finds, burnt or unburned animal bones and, more rarely, hoard finds can occur. Such places were often used during the late Bronze and Iron Ages . Examples from southern Germany are the Maximilianswand near Krottensee and the Schellnecker walls near Essing . In the case of the latter, excavations and experiments have shown that the vessels (especially during the urn field time) were thrown from the rock and thus destroyed. The plot can be explained with sacrifices .
The Rabenfels has been designated as an important geotope (geotope number: 371R037) and natural monument by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment .
literature
- Ferdinand Leja: Auerbach id OPf .: The Rabenfels in Nestelgrund - a prehistoric place of sacrifice . In: Silvia Condreanu-Windauer, Uta Kirpal, Gabriele Raßhofer (eds.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 44: Amberg and the land an Naab and Vils . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1877-3 , pp. 179-181.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Rabenfels NE von Krottensee , accessed on October 6, 2017.
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 35.4 " N , 11 ° 35 ′ 56.2" E