Schwedenschanze (Dörscheid)

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Schwedenschanze
The ski jump from the direction of Dörscheid

The ski jump from the direction of Dörscheid

Creation time : probably 1631/32
Castle type : Sternschanze
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Dörscheid
Geographical location 50 ° 6 '29.6 "  N , 7 ° 44' 40.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '29.6 "  N , 7 ° 44' 40.1"  E
Height: 349  m above sea level NN
Schwedenschanze (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Schwedenschanze

The Schwedenschanze in Dörscheid in the Middle Rhine Valley is a Sternschanze , which was possibly created when the Landgrave of Hesse besieged the Palatinate Kaub in 1631/32 as part of the Thirty Years' War .

The ski jump is 750 meters west of Dörscheid on a hill. Today it is no longer recognizable as a Sternschanze, as it is very sloppy overall. Only at the southwest tip is the wall up to two meters high. There was once a ditch about five meters wide, which is no longer visible today.

Monument protection

The area of ​​the ski jump is a ground monument according to the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, random finds must be reported to the monument authorities.

literature

  • Karl August von Cohausen : Landwehr and old entrenchments of the administrative district Wiesbaden in Nassauische Annalen 15 (1879)