Ringwall Wischlburg

Ringwall Wischlburg
Early medieval "Römerschanze" Wischlburg, east side (wall in front of the houses)
Alternative name (s):	Römerschanze
Creation time :	Mentioned in 976
Castle type :	Höhenburg, ring wall
Conservation status:	Burgstall, considerable wall remnants
Place:	Stephansposching - Wischlburg
Geographical location	48 ° 49 '44.6 "  N , 12 ° 46' 42"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '44.6 "  N , 12 ° 46' 42"  E

The ring wall Wischlburg , also called Römerschanze , is a defunct early medieval ring wall system ( Wallburg ) on the southern bank of the Danube in Wischlburg (Römerstrasse), a district of the municipality Stephansposching in the Deggendorf district in Bavaria .

The ring wall, probably built as a refuge on the occasion of the Hungarian invasions , was mentioned in 976 as "famulantium Vuisciliburg".

Today, considerable parts of the partially built-up ramparts with an extension of 260 by 220 meters, a width of 35 to 40 meters and a height of 3.5 meters still testify to the approximately 5.5 hectares of the inner area in the town center behind the houses . The trench is 3.5 meters deep. During construction work in 2004, another trench was discovered within the existing wall, which suggests a double wall-trench system.

literature

• Johannes Pätzold: The prehistoric and early historical area monuments of Lower Bavaria . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 2). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1983, ISBN 3-7847-5090-7 , p. 79.
• Siegmund Michael Westerholz: And break their strong walls. Castles and palaces in the Deggendorf district . Neue Presse Verlag, Deggendorf 1978, pp. 151–157.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Siegmund Michael Westerholz: And break their strong walls. Castles and palaces in the Deggendorf district , p. 153
2. ↑ Johannes Pätzold: The prehistoric and early historical terrain monuments of Lower Bavaria , p. 79