Schwedengraben (desert)
With Sweden ditch which is deserted a mining settlement in the 12th century between low Lauterstein and Zöblitz in the Erzgebirge referred.
location
The site is located on a sliding slope on the left bank of the Schwarzen Pockau , about 250 meters as the crow flies west-northwest of the abandoned Nidberg Castle on the opposite bank on the lion's head rock rising more than 50 meters above the valley floor .
The best way to get to the site is via the state road 224 Kniebreche - Pockau , which passes there in the valley and in the immediate vicinity .
description
The area of the desert is surrounded by an earthwork - trench with wall-like deposited excavation - with a diameter of about 250 meters. Finds and findings show a temporal and spatial relationship to Nidberg Castle. The settlement was obviously non-agricultural, as the removal with a ditch and references to smelting and metalworking suggests. During excavations, two ovens, a completely destroyed racing oven and several sunk houses were examined. The found material recovered in the process dates from the late 12th to 13th / 14th centuries. Century. The area is also connected to a partially multi-lane ravine .
According to the archaeological finds and findings, it is a castle-settlement complex, which is connected with the colonization of the area in the 12th century. This served to protect a path at the transition over the Schwarze Pockau and to direct the flow of settlers.
The desolation of the castle and settlement occurred in the late 13th, at the latest in the transition to the 14th century. At this point in time the settlement of the surrounding area was largely complete and Lauterstein Castle to the north-west formed the center of the feudal district from then on.
Earthwork of the desert in panorama from east to southwest - view from outside
literature
- Volkmar Geupel : Probing in the desert of Schwedengraben near Niederlauterstein, district of Marienberg. In: Ausgrabungen und Funde 29, 1984a, pp. 30-37
- Volkmar Geupel: The excavations in the desert "Schwedengraben" near Niederlauterstein: a house from the 13th century. In: Work and research reports on Saxon land monument preservation 35, 1992, ISBN 978-3-910008-37-3 , pp. 163-176
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gerhard Billig, Volkmar Geupel: Development, forms and dating of the settlements in the ridge region of the Ore Mountains. In: settlement research. Archeology - History - Geography, Volume 10, Verlag Siedlungsforschung Bonn 1992, S 177. ISSN 0175-0046
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 43.86 " N , 13 ° 12 ′ 52.86" E