Wallburg Gellinghausen

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Wallburg Gellinghausen
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Alternative name (s): Hünenburg
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: One of the best preserved systems of its kind in Westphalia
Place: Borchen - Etteln
Geographical location 51 ° 38 '18.6 "  N , 8 ° 44' 10.6"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '18.6 "  N , 8 ° 44' 10.6"  E
Wallburg Gellinghausen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wallburg Gellinghausen

The Wallburg Gellinghausen is a spur castle (Wallburganlage) on a terrain spur on the eastern edge of the Paderborn plateau above the Altenau valley near Etteln in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is also called " Hünenburg ".

The Wallburg is considered to be one of the best preserved of its kind in Westphalia . In some places you can see dry masonry . Excavations revealed gate fastenings made with mortar . The duration of the use of the system is unusual . Since different layers are on top of each other in this system, it is difficult to date the individual construction phases. It is assumed that it was used as a protective fortress for various groups in various phases of development between approx. 700 BC. BC to approx. 1200 AD. The finding of early construction phases indicates the Celtic culture and its influence. Their spatial proximity to the stone box graves on the Lechtenberg also makes an even earlier use of the ramparts conceivable.

Research history

The first measurements and smaller excavation cuts were carried out by Ludwig Hölzermann in 1860 . He interpreted the facility as a three-part Saxon army camp. At the end of the 19th century, Franz Biermann and Johann Heinrich Schmedding recognized the creation of the facility over several development phases. The complex was dated as Carolingian to Ottonian . Only a few finds indicated that it was used in the Iron Age .

The more recent research is mainly based on investigations by Peter Glüsing from the 1970s and 1980s and the excavations led by Werner Best between 1996 and 2004.

In 2002 more than 100 finds were measured and secured during a metal probe inspection. Previously, there were traces of illegal excavations on the site.

In 2011 the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia had the ramparts and parts of the main castle re-measured.

literature

  • T. Capelle : The ramparts in Westphalia-Lippe. (= Early castles in Westphalia. Special volume 1). Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2003.
  • A. Stiehl: The Hünenburg near Gellinghausen, Borchen community, Paderborn district. (= Early castles in Westphalia. Volume 33). Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2012.
  • W. Best: Of historical and modern attacks on the Hünenburg near Gellinghausen. In: Archeology in East Westphalia. Volume 8, 2003, pp. 33-39.

Web links

Commons : Wallburg Gellinghausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files