Castle Stone (Bärenstein)
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 View of the core work of the castle stone |
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| Creation time : | 12th century | |
| Castle type : | Spurburg | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 30 '43 .6 " N , 13 ° 2' 16.6" E | |
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The castle stone or Schlössel is a former fortress 1 km north of Bärenstein in Erzgebirge near the district Kühberg . The system was most likely used for road protection.
description
Where the houses in the Kühberg district now stand, the oldest trade route once ran across the Ore Mountains to Bohemia. The so-called Semita Bohemica (Latin Semita = footpath) was first documented in 1143. It led from the salt pans near Halle (Saale) via Merseburg, Altenburg, Zwickau, Hartenstein, Grünhain, Elterlein, Schlettau , Kühberg, Pressnitz and Kaaden to Prague. Salt was not a natural resource in Bohemia and was therefore a sought-after commodity. This was also the main reason for the creation of this trade route.
In order to protect the trade route, a weir system was built in close proximity on an east-south-east facing mountain spur. The exposed location above a loop of the Pöhlbach gave a good overview of the section of the path from the height to the valley.
The plant had a triangular-round core work of about 10 by 10 meters. In front of this, a section trench about 6 to 8 meters wide and 1 to 2 meters deep runs from the northwest over the west side to the south . From the core plant plateau, the bottom of the trench is about 3 meters lower. In the southern section, a remnant of the outer wall or of excavated trenches can be seen.
Inspections and comparisons with Nidberg Castle justify the assumption that a tower once belonged to the defense system.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stein am Kühberg Castle , accessed in June 2009
- ↑ Volkmar Geupel : The protected ground monuments in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district (= small writings of the State Museum for Prehistory Dresden. Issue 3, ISSN 0232-5446 ). State Museum for Prehistory, Dresden 1983, p. 14