Ring wall in the Eurasburger forest

Ring wall in the Eurasburger forest
Creation time :	probably early medieval
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Departed, received a section wall
Place:	Eurasburg -Eurasburger Forst- "Pfannenflickerberg"
Geographical location	48 ° 19 '44.3 "  N , 11 ° 6' 25.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '44.3 "  N , 11 ° 6' 25.3"  E
Height:	530  m above sea level NN

The ring wall in the Eurasburger Forst (ring wall at Pfannenflickerberg) is located about 1750 meters southeast of the high medieval tower hill castle of Eurasburg ( Aichach-Friedberg district , Swabia ) on a spur of the Pfannenflickerberg. The ground monument could be in its final stage of development in one of the numerous smaller Hungary protecting castles of this area go back.

history

There are only a few references to the history of Burgplatz in the sparse local history literature. The relatively small ramparts in their layout correspond to some of the ramparts in the immediate vicinity, mostly interpreted as early medieval or Hungarian times ( ring wall in Ottmaringer Holz , ring wall in Mittelstetten ).

The ditch below the castle plateau, which has been flattened into a berm, points to the early medieval period . However, the ring wall shows significantly reduced dimensions compared to the other systems. The hidden location in the area at some distance from the next settlement is a further indication of an early medieval dating of the monument. Such village defense castles supplemented the system of large country castles in the East Franconian territory, which was planned on the highest level, especially during the time of the Hungarian invasions . A larger alleged Hungarian defense castle is only about 1750 meters northwest on a spur above Burgadelzhausen ( Burgstall Burgadelzhausen )

However, until a professional archaeological investigation of the castle area has been carried out, the Hungarian period classification of the ring wall must remain speculative. Such fortifications were mostly created through the expansion of older settlement areas or fortifications, the history of which often goes back several millennia.

The district home keeper Hubert Raab also assigned the ring wall to an early medieval period in 2008 and suspected a possible connection with an old street at the foot of the hill, which was used as a post street until modern times.

description

The ground monument is only 15 to about 25 meters above the valley floor on a very long terrain spur jutting out to the south. The ring wall only uses the rear part of the spur. To the north, a maximum of only one meter high and about four meters wide protection section Wall the Castle Square. The upstream ditch is only about half a meter deep. The moat then runs around the entire complex in a horseshoe about two to two and a half meters below the castle plateau. Due to forestry measures, the ditch is continuously flattened to form the berm. Obviously, this berm serves as a welcome lumber removal route up to the present day.

The section wall in the north is likely to go back to a fallen wood-earth wall. The steep slopes were probably only secured by palisades , plank or wattle fences. The almost flat castle plateau is not surrounded by further wall remnants.

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the ground monument as a ring wall of prehistoric times under the monument number D 7-7632-0095.

literature

• Helmut Rischert, Hubert Raab: Ground monuments in and around Eurasburg (leaflet for the "Open Monument Day" 2008). Aichach 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry