Ringwall Grünbürg

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Ringwall Grünbürg
Alternative name (s): Green Citizens
Creation time : Early middle ages
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Stadtsteinach
Geographical location 50 ° 10 '32.9 "  N , 11 ° 30' 25.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '32.9 "  N , 11 ° 30' 25.9"  E
Height: 521  m above sea level NN
Ringwall Grünbürg (Bavaria)
Ringwall Grünbürg

The Grünbürg ring wall is a defunct early medieval fortification above Stadtsteinach in Upper Franconia in the Bavarian district of Kulmbach .

history

Johann Schlund classified the castle in 1950 as part of a chain of refuges , similar to the Staffelberg . The complex is still visibly surrounded by three ring walls and so far no traces of building on the plateau have been found. As early as 1825, various well-known researchers have speculated, in particular about the age of the facility, and have undertaken some excavations. Among other things, prehistoric fragments were found which, with other evidence, indicate that the Grünbürg is not a medieval hilltop castle and that it was not the predecessor of Nordeck Castle .

The fortification is currently dated to the Carolingian - Ottonian period (8th – 10th centuries). This is supported by the prehistoric pottery shards found there, as well as the medieval ceramic finds and the construction of the complex. The ceramic finds are in the Obermain Landscape Museum in Kulmbach .

description

The Wallburg is located at 521  m above sea level. NN high hilltop , which is naturally well protected on three sides by a steep drop into narrow side valleys. The northeast side of the summit, on the other hand, is connected to a neighboring elevation via a saddle , drops only about 40 meters in altitude and then rises again to up to 516  m above sea level. NN at.

The inner surface of the facility, measuring around 155 × 85 meters, has an oval floor plan and runs along a line running from northeast to southwest. A well-preserved ring wall surrounds this oval surface over its entire circumference. This inner wall has a height of about one meter and drops outward about four meters to a step that also almost completely surrounds the facility. This terrain level also drops an average of four meters over an artificially divided embankment and a third barrier follows. This consists of a second, the outer ring wall, between it and the step there is an additional ditch. The wall is only about half a meter high and ends, like the terrain, in the north of the facility.

The two former entrances to the fortification were to the north and south of the complex. The northern entrance, which is only formed by the inner ring wall, has wall ends that are slightly offset to one another; here it was probably just a side entrance. The main gate was in the south of the ring wall, and today's forest path also leads through it. Both ends of the inner ring wall are drawn inwards five meters, forming a five-meter-wide gate lane. The wall ends of the outer wall were also slightly bent inwards there.

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Björn-Uwe Abels: Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Franconia Volume 2: Archaeological Guide Upper Franconia , p. 169ff.
  2. ↑ Source description: Björn-Uwe Abels: Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Franconia Volume 2: Archaeological Guide Upper Franconia , p. 169ff.