Kötschdorf tower hill

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Kötschdorf tower hill
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Kötschdorf - Wernberg- Koeblitz
Geographical location 49 ° 33 '15.2 "  N , 12 ° 11' 27.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '15.2 "  N , 12 ° 11' 27.8"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level NHN
Kötschdorf tower hill (Bavaria)
Kötschdorf tower hill

The Tower Hill Kötschdorf is an Outbound medieval motte (Motte) in Kötschdorf , now a part of the Upper Palatinate market Wernberg in the district of Schwandorf of Bavaria . It is located in front of the eastern edge of the village and 500 m south-southwest of Alletshof and 135 m northwest km 91 of the federal highway 14.

description

In the valley of the Kötschdorferbach there is an elongated hill with an area of ​​20 × 9 m between a pond in the east and a moat in the west; this reaches a height of up to 2.5 m. A derelict cellar is buried.

literature

  • Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 283.