Wistinghauser Gorge
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The Wistinghauser Schlucht is a gorge in the area of Helpup , a district of Oerlinghausen in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It lies between the Tönsberg and the Hunneckenkammer in the Teutoburg Forest . The eponymous Gut Wistinghausen is located at the northern exit of the gorge.
The Wistinghauser Gorge was an important pass in earlier times ; a trade route coming from the Senne led northwards across the Teutoburg Forest. From a position on the eastern Tönsberg Wallenburg , the Sachsenlager , this path could be controlled. The increased expansion of the Wallburg towards the gorge side shows the strategic function of the facility. Even in the late Carolingian era , the Wistinghauser Gorge increasingly lost its importance as an important pass in favor of the Oerlinghauser Pass further west . With the relocation of the trade route, the Wallburg increasingly lost its function and was finally given up around 850 AD.
Remnants of old tracks can still be seen in the gorge today. At the southern exit of the gorge there is also an approximately 20 m long wall with a ditch across the route, which can be interpreted as a medieval Landwehr .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Friedrich Hohenschwert : Der Kreis Lippe II - Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany , Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8062-0428-4
- ^ Andreas Rahns: The Tönsberg near Oerlinghausen . Lippe cultural landscapes , issue 7. 2007, ISBN 3926311495
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 45.4 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 58.6" E