Stapelager Gorge

In the Stapelager Gorge

The Stapelager Gorge is a gorge southwest of Hörste , a district of Lage in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It lies between the Hunneckenkammer with the upstream Riesenberg and the Stapelager Berg in the Teutoburg Forest . The Stapelager Gorge was an important pass in earlier times ; a long-distance path coming from the Senne led here over the Teutoburg Forest in the direction of Werre - Bega Valley to Schötmar . Today the Hermannsweg crosses the Stapelager Gorge.

In the Stapelager Gorge there are remains of ramparts that are under protection as a ground monument . They were first described in more detail by Ludwig Hölzermann in 1878 . The ramparts are interpreted today as the remnants of a road barrier and chronologically classified in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age . Archaeological excavations on the ramparts have not yet taken place.

Individual evidence

^ August Wilhelm Peter: Lippe, a local and regional history. Lippischer Heimatbund (Ed.), Lemgo 1970.
↑ The road blocks in stacks (PDF)
↑ Ludwig Hölzermann : Local investigations, the wars of the Romans and Franks, as well as the fortification manners of the Teutons, Saxons and the later Middle Ages concerning. Association for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia, Paderborn Department (Ed.), Paderborn 1878.

51.941592 8.71478Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 29.7 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 53.2" E

[1] August Wilhelm Peter: Lippe, a local and regional history. Lippischer Heimatbund (Ed.), Lemgo 1970.

[2] The road blocks in stacks (PDF)

[3] Ludwig Hölzermann : Local investigations, the wars of the Romans and Franks, as well as the fortification manners of the Teutons, Saxons and the later Middle Ages concerning. Association for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia, Paderborn Department (Ed.), Paderborn 1878.