Wall castles on the Haunsberg

On the Haunsberg in the north of the Salzburg-Umgebung ( Flachgau ) district in the Austrian state of Salzburg there are two ramparts on the Haunsberg . You can walk to it after about 15 or 30 minutes if you follow the Haunsberg Panoramaweg from the Kaiserbuche in a south-westerly direction.

First hill fort on Haunsberg

Stone column on the first hill fort on Haunsberg

The first system consists of a five by eight meter plateau. On this is the stone pillar of a trigonometer point with the inscription " Austrian Land Survey 1930 ". This point is on the Austria map 1:50 000 with the height of 828 listed . The two ramparts described earlier that crossed the path were probably destroyed by the construction of the panorama path.

Stone column and cross of the second ramparts on Haunsberg

Panorama picture of the second ramparts on the Haunsberg

The second facility is located around the highest point of the Haunsberg (level 835). A branch path leads to it, which branches off from the panorama path to the south. Here is a square stone pillar with the inscription “ Astr. Geod. Operat for the European degree measurement 1874 ”. Today an additional, clearly visible wooden cross has been attached to this pillar - apparently since 2014. From this point, a rampart follows the ridge towards the southwest. At its end there is a three-quarter circle forming a lower lying rampart. The “ Saulack spring ” to the north-west was probably part of the facility.

These facilities are not documented, so they come from prehistoric times; so far only a few accidental finds have been secured. It is believed that these facilities were used as early as the Urnfield Period (1300–800 BC). It is certain that the system was also in use in the Hallstatt period (800–500 BC), as could be deduced from a barrow 300 m away. Also in the time of the Hungarian invasions in the 10th century AD - think of the Romanesque stone cross in the Siezenheim parish church , which was located in this time - this defense and defense system was repaired again and with a three to four meter high Picket fence provided. Hundreds of people could find shelter here.

literature

Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel : Castles and palaces in Salzburg. Flachgau and Tennengau . Birch series, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85326-957-5 .

Individual evidence

^ Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel, 1992, p. 96.

Web links

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

47.1501549 13.0242Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0.6 " N , 13 ° 1' 27.1" E

[1] Friederike Zaisberger & Walter Schlegel, 1992, p. 96.