Greinberg ring wall

Greinberg ring wall
Alternative name (s):	Römerschanze
Creation time :	Prehistoric
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Castle stable, wall and moat remains
Place:	Miltenberg -Breitendiel, "Greinberg"
Geographical location	49 ° 41 '32.6 "  N , 9 ° 14' 28.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 41 '32.6 "  N , 9 ° 14' 28.4"  E
Height:	430  m above sea level NHN

The Greinberg ring wall , formerly known as the Monbrunn ring wall or also Römerschanze , are the remains of a prehistoric Celtic ring wall system at a height of about 430 m around the summit of the 452 m high Greinberg above the Main Valley , 1200 meters east of the church in Breitendiel, a current district of Miltenberg in Miltenberg district in Bavaria .

On the Greinberg, which is strategically located above the Main Valley, the Celts built a circular rampart from which a rampart about three kilometers long and remains of a moat have been preserved. With the advancement of the Odenwald Limes and the establishment of the wet Main Limes , the area became Roman dominion. Here the Romans paid homage to the god Mercury in two temples within the Celtic complex. Finds are in the Museum Stadt Miltenberg .

literature

• Heinrich Habel, Helga Himen (arr.): Monuments in Bavaria - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments: Volume VI, Lower Franconia. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Ed.), Munich 1985.

Web links

• Entry on Wallburg Greinberg in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ^ The permanent exhibition in the Museum Stadt Miltenberg ; accessed on July 16, 2020
2. ^ Museum of the City of Miltenberg ; accessed on July 16, 2020