Ringwall Heidelberg (Egloffstein)

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Ringwall Heidelberg
Ringwall Heidelberg - View of the main wall with the earlier and present ascent (September 2013)

Ringwall Heidelberg - View of the main wall with the earlier and present ascent (September 2013)

Creation time : Prehistoric
Castle type : Höhenburg, ring wall
Conservation status: Disappeared, wall and moat remains
Place: Egloffstein - Äpfelbach - "Heidelberg"
Geographical location 49 ° 43 '31.3 "  N , 11 ° 15' 23.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '31.3 "  N , 11 ° 15' 23.6"  E
Height: 548  m above sea level NHN

The rampart Heidelberg is an Outbound prehistoric and early and early medieval ring wall on the 548  m above sea level. NHN high Heidelberg northeast of Äpfelbach , a district of the market town of Egloffstein in the Forchheim district in Bavaria .

Remnants of walls and moats are still preserved from the former two-part ring wall system .

literature

  • Rainer Hofmann (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 20: Franconian Switzerland . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0586-8 , pp. 157-159.
  • Björn-Uwe Abels : Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Franconia Volume 2: Archaeological Guide Upper Franconia . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0373-3 , pp. 130-132.
  • Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Laßleben , Kallmünz 1955, pp. 98-99.

Web links

  • Entry on Heidelberg in the private database "Alle Burgen".