Siekholzer Schanze
The Siekholzer Schanze (or "Schanze in Siekholz") is 135 to 155 meters above sea level in the "Siekholz" forest, north of the Schieder district of the town of Schieder-Schwalenberg in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia . The complex, recorded as a ground monument, is still largely preserved today as a weak earth wall with a ditch in front.
The quadrangular, trapezoidal rampart encloses an area of around five hectares. In the western part of the facility there is a stream that was probably dammed into several ponds when the facility was built.
history
The Siekholzer Schanze was first described in 1878 by Ludwig Hölzermann , who thought the facility was a Roman camp. An archaeological excavation in the complex was carried out in 1899 by Carl Schuchhardt . Schuchhardt saw a "curtis" (fortified farmyard) from the Carolingian era in the complex . A clear age determination could not be determined due to the excavation. The defensive character of the complex could not be proven either. Friedrich Hohenschwert , the former head of the Lippisches Landesmuseum , thinks it likely that the Siekholzer Schanze was a courtyard enclosure from the Middle Ages.
literature
- Friedrich Hohenschwert : Prehistoric and early historical fortifications in Lippe . Lippe Studies, Vol. 4, Landesverband Lippe (Ed.). Münster 1978, p. 154, ISBN 3-921428-21-1
- Friedrich Hohenschwert: The district of Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985, p. 181, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Hölzermann: "Local investigations, the wars of the Romans and Franks as well as the fortification manners of the Teutons, Saxons and the late Middle Ages concerning", Münster 1878
- ^ Carl Schuchhardt: "Atlas of prehistoric fortifications in Lower Saxony", Hanover 1916
- ^ Friedrich Hohenschwert : Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Stuttgart 1985
Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 43.6 " N , 9 ° 8 ′ 37.5" E