Viereckschanze (Tannheim)

Viereckschanze Tannheim (2020)

The Viereckschanze (also Keltenschanze , Bauer Schanz ) in Tannheim is a rampart from the Latènezeit that above the part map Hunter House in district Biberach in Baden-Württemberg located. The facility is located on the Upper Swabian Celtic Road .

description

The Viereckschanze is located on a public dirt road east of Jägerhaus in the direction of Krimmel in the "Bauernschanz" forest area. The Viereckschanze is a slightly trapezoidal, 100 meter long and 40 meter wide rampart with a surrounding moat from the Latène period. Another Viereckschanze has been documented near the Iller in the district of Oyhof . It is relatively difficult to find, as a forest of spruce plants that was around fifty years old in 2020 stands over its remains .

Modern field cross

Field cross on the Viereckschanze for the victim of a plane crash

In 1995, a small plane crashed in Tannheim, killing four people. To commemorate this crash, the woman had one of the crash victims erect a field cross at the crash site . This cross is located approximately at the end of the Viereckschanze.

literature

• The district of Biberach , arr. from the dept. of the country description of the Sigmaringen State Archives. Edited by the Landesarchivdir. Baden-Württemberg in connection with the district of Biberach; Volume: 2: B. Community descriptions Ertingen to Warthausen. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1990, ISBN 3-7995-6186-2 .

Web links

Commons : Keltenschanze (Tannheim (Württemberg))  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The district of Biberach , arr. from the dept. of the country description of the Sigmaringen State Archives. Edited by the Landesarchivdir. Baden-Württemberg in connection with the district of Biberach; Volume: 2: B. Community descriptions Ertingen to Warthausen. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1990, p. 795

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 48.4 "  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 32.6"  E