Ringwall Dürrling

Ringwall Dürrling
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Alternative name (s):	Wallburg Umelsdorf
Creation time :	Prehistoric and early historical building
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Wall and moat remains
Place:	Umelsdorf - Kastl (Lauterachtal)
Geographical location	49 ° 20 '40.8 "  N , 11 ° 39' 58.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '40.8 "  N , 11 ° 39' 58.9"  E
Height:	599  m above sea level NHN

The ring wall Dürrling , also called Wallburg Umelsdorf , is located in the Umelsdorf district of the Upper Palatinate market Kastl in the Amberg-Sulzbach district of Bavaria . The ring wall is located 800 m north of Umelsdorf on the Dürrling .

description

The eastern part of the ridge-like summit of the Dürrling is surrounded by a stone wall, which is only preserved as a narrow terrace in the south. The total length of the system is approx. 75 m, the largest width 60. In the west the ridge drops off somewhat and the ridge becomes wider and flatter, here a small transverse wall with the suggestion of a ditch can be seen. Its two ends bend inwards towards the mountain peak, but there is no visible connection with the stone wall or the corresponding terraces. A second wall with a height of 0.5 m with a barely visible ditch runs to the west. At the southern edge it leans against the rocky ridge and turns into a small bastion . Its north end bends clearly and runs flattened in an arc downwards; maybe there was a gate here.

history

Ceramics from the Hallstatt period were found as reading finds . The broken pieces are kept in the Historical Museum in Regensburg .

literature

• Sixtus Lampl : Monuments in Bavaria. Ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments. Volume III: Upper Palatinate. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Ed.), Oldenbourg, Munich 1985.
• Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 137.

Web links

• Entry on Wallburg Umelsdorf in the private database "Alle Burgen".
• Markus Raum: From wood ants and a ring wall on the Dürrling mountain near Umelsdorf , accessed on May 12, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Fischer with the participation of Erika Riedmeier-Fischer: Archaeological excavations and finds in the Upper Palatinate 1983 , accessed on May 12, 2020.