Schloßbückle (Wallburg)

Part of the inner wall at the edge of the terrace, 2015

The Schloßbückle is located in the district of Wutöschingen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg and is a ground monument not included in the archaeological prospecting . Its existence is indicated by local traditions. The place is still noted on maps as "Schloßbückle" - a name that hides at least a memory of the remains of the wall. There is a wall and ditch system.

location

"Nearly 1.1 is meant km southwest of the village of the district here Willmendingen jumps in the amount of Oberlauch Ringer weir from a eingelößten gravel terrace which left Wutach forms highly shore, a conglomerate rock cliff slightly in the floodplain before. To the right and left of it, two ravine-like gullies cut into the 20 m high steep edge. ”Today, the Wutöschingen municipal sewage treatment plant is located in this area on the banks of the Wutach.

Surface findings

“The prominent topographical location described above was cleverly exploited to completely separate the Nagelfluhriff from the gently sloping hinterland in an arc around a ditch led from channel to channel. The trench, which has already been considerably clogged with loose material, is approx. 6–7 m, at the apex 5–6 m and in the west up to 10 m deep; here it also reaches its greatest width of 20–30 m, including the natural width of the run. It tapers to the apex in the south to approx. 15 m and then continues steadily, only to expand again in a trumpet shape near the steep edge. ”The trench system encloses a correspondingly protruding, flattened earth block.

“On the inside [of the terrace enclosed by the trenches] lies a strongly flattened earth wall - base width max. 7 m, height max. 1.50 m - the ends of which steadily decrease in height towards the steep edges. The interior fenced in in this way is horseshoe-shaped and measures max. 30 x 23.5 m; its surface is completely flat. No traces of a building can be seen above ground. The location of the entrance is uncertain; It could have been in the northwest, because there the wall spreads out before reaching the steep edge. There are no dating finds. The small section fortification can probably be addressed as a castle stables or residence from the early High Middle Ages . It is located on an important street that, coming from Zurzach , passed here and led up Wutach at the foot of the Semperbucks . Perhaps this system is related to the abandonment of the large, multi-part fortification on the back of this mountain. "

Local research hypotheses

The line of sight with the Wallburg Semberg is related to considerations that lead back to an earlier construction and use:

The courtyards near Horheim (formerly Lüttisloh), seen from the street

“The little Schloßbücklein, above the sewage treatment plant, was probably a Roman position post that served to observe the ring castle on the Semberg, or to support an attack on this high ring wall.” The author also provides information on the tactical situation: “A Roman one The road ran from Klettgau over this height in the immediate vicinity of the Schloßbücklein to Willmendingen and via Schwerzen to Horheim , where you could cross the Wutach by means of a bridge. From Horheim this road climbed over the courtyards, past the so-called Altstädli in the direction of Bonndorf . "

The author also refers to an older source in his article:

"Samuel Pletscher from Schleitheim / Switzerland wrote in a published report on December 21, 1890, about the old fortifications on the Semberg, that the close proximity of the Schloßbücklein fortification point to the Sembergringwall, mainly the design of the former as a fairly regular square, suggests, that it could be of Roman origin. "

HW Mayer, 1926, put the local fortifications in a pre-Roman context in a list: “It is possible that ring fortifications, which evidently owe their construction to the Hallstatt population and which served to protect them, now also for the Celts, that is, for the Helvetii had the same meaning against the advancing Germanic tribes. The ramparts are always located where an important traffic point has to be protected. [...] Ring walls can be found at the height between Albtal and Schildbachtal near Tiefenstein, the so-called Schloßbückle about two kilometers south of Schwerzen on the high bank of the Wutach, further on the Hornbuck above Unter-Riedern and the Herdern complex, Güntzgen district, in the pit wood. "

Confiscated shovels from treasure graves on the Schloßbückle

present

The facility, which cannot be seen even from a distance, is also difficult to access, the steeply sloping and overgrown embankment towards the Wutach is still separated by a stream. The place and meaning are largely unknown today.

Nevertheless, a group of knowledgeable people who tried their hand at robbery must have known about it. In the summer of 2015, several shovels, dug depressions and tracks were found on site, which indicated that material was being transported with wheelbarrows. These activities were not disrupted immediately at the time of discovery, but the disordered remains suggest that the excavations were hastily abandoned.

literature

Egon Gersbach : Prehistory of the High Rhine (finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut). , Ed .: State Office for Pre- and Early History Freiburg and State Office for Monument Preservation, Dept. Ur- u. Early history Karlsruhe, Badische Fund reports, special issue 11 (catalog volume), 1969.
Horst Merkel: From prehistory and early history. In: Wutöschingen - once and now, Ed .: Ortsverwaltung Wutöschingen 2006. (Summary by E. Gersbach, p. 34).
Author (abbreviation: uy): Was there a castle on the Semberg? , Südkurier dated August 27, 1988.
Gustav Bernhard: The old earthworks in Klettgau. Publisher H. Zimmermann, Waldshut 1926.

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on the topographic map 8316 Klettgau (1: 25000) of the State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development Baden-Württemberg, 2017.
^ Egon Gersbach : Prehistory of the High Rhine (finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut). , Ed .: State Office for Pre- and Early History Freiburg and State Office for Monument Preservation, Dept. Ur- u. Early history Karlsruhe, Badische Fundberichte, special issue 11 (catalog volume), 1969, p. 219.
↑ Egon Gersbach: Prehistory of the High Rhine. , 1969, p. 219.
↑ E. Gersbach gives further literature on his contribution: W. Deecke, Bad. Fundber. I, 1925–1928, 135 and: G. Bernhard, Die Erdwerke im Klettgau, 1926, 21 and WH Mayer, home book for the district of Waldshut, 1926, 11.
↑ Author (abbreviation: uy): Was there a castle on the Semberg? , Südkurier dated August 27, 1988.
^ HW Mayer: Home book for the district of Waldshut. Verlag R. Philipp, Waldshut 1926, p. 10.

[1] Entry on the topographic map 8316 Klettgau (1: 25000) of the State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development Baden-Württemberg, 2017.

[2] Egon Gersbach : Prehistory of the High Rhine (finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut). , Ed .: State Office for Pre- and Early History Freiburg and State Office for Monument Preservation, Dept. Ur- u. Early history Karlsruhe, Badische Fundberichte, special issue 11 (catalog volume), 1969, p. 219.

[3] Egon Gersbach: Prehistory of the High Rhine. , 1969, p. 219.

[4] E. Gersbach gives further literature on his contribution: W. Deecke, Bad. Fundber. I, 1925–1928, 135 and: G. Bernhard, Die Erdwerke im Klettgau, 1926, 21 and WH Mayer, home book for the district of Waldshut, 1926, 11.

[5] Author (abbreviation: uy): Was there a castle on the Semberg? , Südkurier dated August 27, 1988.

[6] HW Mayer: Home book for the district of Waldshut. Verlag R. Philipp, Waldshut 1926, p. 10.