Schlössleshöppel tower hill

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Schlössleshöppel tower hill
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of the castle hill
Place: Hirschaid - large book field
Geographical location 49 ° 46 '40 "  N , 10 ° 58' 27.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '40 "  N , 10 ° 58' 27.6"  E
Height: 290  m above sea level NHN
Schlössleshöppel tower hill (Bavaria)
Schlössleshöppel tower hill

The Tower Hill Schlössleshöppel is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) about 800 meters southeast of uppercase field , in the municipality of Hirschaid in the district of Bamberg in Bavaria . During demolition work around 1930, during which the tower hill was reduced to half its original height, bricks and fragments of stove tiles are said to have been found, but their whereabouts are unknown. The site is protected as a ground monument number D-4-6231-0011 “Medieval tower hill”.

description

The tower hill is located in the lowland directly on the western edge of the Tappenbach, south of the Falzbrunnen. This hill has a round base with a diameter of 20 meters, its height is still around 2.5 meters today. On its north-west side it is separated from the rising terrain by a 12 to 15 meter wide ditch , on the remaining sides the tower hill was protected by the swampy valley floor of the Trappbach.

literature

  • Denis André Chevalley (arr.): Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
  • Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955, p. 57.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Location of the tower hill in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. ↑ a b Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical land monuments of Upper Franconia. P. 57.
  3. ↑ List of monuments for Hirschaid (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 140 kB)