Wolfsgrube near Ittelshofen
The Wolfsgrube bei Ittelshofen is a historical wolfsgrube near Ittelshofen , a district of the municipality Offenhausen in the Central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
location
The Wolfsgrube is located about 200 meters southwest of Ittelshofen on the slope of the Brunnholz district . It is hidden in the middle of the forest, but is still easy to get to. From the connecting road between Ittelshofen and Klingenhof, a simple path leads directly past it. The pit is secured by a wooden railing.
description
The pit is about 3 meters in diameter, 3 meters deep and was built in 1637. It was painstakingly carved into the sandstone by hand and is probably the best preserved in all of Franconia . During the “ Little Ice Age ” around 1600 the wolf population was large, and farmers dug wolf pits to protect cows and sheep . In the center of the pit there was a stake with a pedestal to which a live bait was tied. The pit was completely covered with brushwood, straw and leaves. The wolf was attracted by the sounds of the bait, then broke in and could no longer free itself from the deep pit. In addition, pointed posts anchored in the ground injured or killed the fallen wolf.
The wolf pit is also known locally as the bear hole , although it was never used to trap bears .
Individual evidence
- ↑ OpenStreetMap, Lage der Wolfsgrube (accessed on August 17, 2019)
- ↑ Nürnberger Zeitung, Local history hike in the Nürnberger Land, Where one of the oldest farms in Franconia is, Hermann Rusam, December 2017
- ↑ Find location history of Franconia, excursions into the past. Paperback, Horst M. Auer (2014), page 76ff
- ↑ nordbayern.de, How the wild animal Grimm may be controlled, Wolfsgruben in Franconia (accessed on May 24, 2018)
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '0.9 " N , 11 ° 23' 35.58" O