Ringwall Schwedenschanze (Rottenstein Forest)

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Ringwall Schwedenschanze
Creation time : Early medieval
Castle type : Ring wall
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Hofheim in Lower Franconia - Eichelsdorf - "Rottensteiner Forst"
Geographical location 50 ° 10 '27.6 "  N , 10 ° 31' 8.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '27.6 "  N , 10 ° 31' 8.8"  E
Height: 457  m above sea level NN

The ring wall Schwedenschanze is an abandoned early medieval ring wall at 457  m above sea level. NN in the Rottensteiner Forest about 1750 meters northwest of the church in Eichelsdorf , a current district of Hofheim in Lower Franconia in the Haßberge district in Bavaria .

Remnants of ramparts and moats are still preserved from the presumably prehistoric refugee castle with ring-like fortifications and earth walls .

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