Weiherberg
| Weiherberg | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 600.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| Mountains | at Christgarten ; District of Donau-Ries , Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ 39 " N , 10 ° 27 ′ 28" E | |
|
||
| particularities | prehistoric and medieval fortifications | |
The Weiherberg is made of limestone and is 600.3 m above sea level. NHN high ridge near Christgarten , which towers over the Kartäusertal (Karthäusertal) up to 110 m and closes it off to the west. It is located in the municipality of Ederheim in the Bavarian district of Donau-Ries . The ridge has prehistoric and medieval fortifications.
geography
location
The Weiherberg is located in the north-east of the Swabian Alb - 8.5 km south-south-west of Nördlingen and about 3.5 km south of the Ederheim core town. Immediately to the north-northeast is the village of Christgarten and the former Christgarten monastery . The ridge is crossed by two bodies of water at its western and eastern foot, which merge directly north-northeast of it in the Kartäusertal to form the Eger tributary Forellenbach . The ridge towers over the valley floor in west and east by about 90 m each, a rear saddle by about 15 m. The northern part of the mountain is the Taubenstein.
On the Weiherberg there is the deer brook, a pond about 10 m in diameter, and a private game reserve that is freely accessible. Lie on it portions of the protected landscape Karthäusertal ( CDDA -No 395917;. 1987 reported; 8.8421 square kilometers large).
Natural allocation
The Weiherberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Swabian Alb (No. 09), the main unit Riesalb (098) and the sub-unit Northern Riesalb (098.0) to the natural area Hohe Riesalb (098.00). The landscape leads south into the natural area of Kesselbachmulde (098.01) and to the west into the natural area Northeast Härtsfeld (096.33), which belongs to the main unit Albuch and Härtsfeld (096) and its subunit Härtsfeld (096.3) .
Terrain monuments and archaeological findings
Section attachment
| Section attachment | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | 1000 BC Chr. |
| Castle type : | Hilltop settlement |
| Conservation status: | Ramparts, trenches |
| Place: | Christmas garden |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 46 '38.6 " N , 10 ° 27' 28.4" E |
| Height: | 585 m above sea level NHN |
In the south of the Weiherberg there is an easily recognizable, approximately 430 m long, arched west-east oriented section fortification that is adapted to the terrain. It consists of a rampart that is up to 3.5 m high and two trenches in front of it, but their full length cannot be detected. These, in turn, are preceded by elongated pits or trenches arranged at right angles to them, which are interpreted as obstacles to approach. The wall has been broken through in at least three places in order to create paths. The former entrance to the complex is probably on the western edge of the slope, leaning against rocks. The closed area covers about 14 hectares.
On the east, west and north edges of the plateau, the ridge falls steeply, partly with rocky steep slopes. It has not yet been established whether there was an edge fortification running around the entire ridge. Ernst Frickhinger discovered a two-phase dry stone wall during wall cuts through the section wall in 1937, allegedly each post slit wall that he dated to the Urnfield and Latène times. There are no specific indications that the section wall shows a phase from the Hungarian period, although the approach obstacles upstream are considered typical for this period.
Medieval ski jump
A small fortification on the north-eastern edge of the mountain plateau is regarded as a castle site (Birg) of the Carolingian era, a very similar facility is located nearby on the Mühlberg .
Bronze Age burnt offering place
During excavations, Frickhinger was also able to find a dense layer of layers of burned animal bones and ceramic shards within the area enclosed by the section wall, which identifies the place as a Late Bronze Age burnt offering .
See also
literature
- E. Frickhinger: Prehistoric and early historical fortifications in the Kartäusertal near Nördlingen. Bavarian history sheets 15, 1938, 76–79.
- Hans Frei / Günther Krahe: Archaeological walks in the Ries . (Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Swabia, 2). Stuttgart, 1979. ISBN 3-8062-0230-3
- Rainer-Maria Weiss: Prehistoric burnt offering places in Bavaria. International Archeology 35 , Espelkamp 1997. ISBN 3-89646-307-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Ralph Jätzold: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nördlingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 3.9 MB)
- ↑ a b → Frei / Krahe in Literatur , 1979, p. 234 ff.
- ^ → Frickhinger in Literatur , 1938
- ↑ → Weiss in Literatur , 1997, 158, cat.-no. 27