Wolf's Hollow

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Wolf's Hollow

A Wolfskuhle in Low German Wolfskaule , in Middle High German (-kaule as a field name) in Dutch Wolfskuil , see also Kaute , was a trapping device from the Middle Ages to modern times .

Hunting use

Wolf caves were used to hunt wolves or other animals that were dangerous for hunters. Similar facilities for hunting bears were named Bärenkuhle . The exact difference in also to wolf used and Bärenfang Wolfsgruben is unknown; the name Kuhle is generally synonymous with depression or hole.

Often Wolfskuhlen were created along land weirs . The Landwehr directed the escape of the hunted animals along the barrage and led it to the previously prepared pit. Wolf or bear hollows consisted of a pit covered and camouflaged with branches, brushwood or similar, loose natural material , into which the animal was supposed to fall. The pitfall could be used both to catch live and to kill the animal directly by means of sharpened stakes. Another variant of the catch was to use a decoy, for example a sheep or goat, as bait to attract the predators.

Use as a fortress structure

Wolfskuhle (left) and Wolfsangel (right)
Reconstruction of the Roman siege ring around the Dacian fortress Sarmizegetusa

The use of wolf hollows and wolf fishing rods was already a means of fortifying marshes and “mining” in the area in ancient Roman military technology.

By Menno van Coehoorn , the Dutch term was Wolfskuil documented as part of early modern fortress buildings. They were intended as traps in palisades such as tambours.

geography

The existence of wolf or bear Kuhlen reflected in today's local and field names resist. The following examples and variations are known in Germany:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf claw. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 30 : Wilb – Hyssop - (XIV, 2nd section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1960, Sp. 1269 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ↑ Wolf's Hollow. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 30 : Wilb – Hyssop - (XIV, 2nd section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1960, Sp. 1271 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  3. ↑ Attachment of a drum according to Menno van Coehoorn (Dutch, accessed August 27, 2010).
  4. ^ Wolf cave in Euskirchen
  5. ^ Wolf cave in Wachtberg
  6. ^ Wolfskuhl in Lindlar
  7. ^ Wolfskuhl in Monschau
  8. ↑ Wolfskuhl in Simmerath
  9. ↑ Wulfskuhl in Vellahn
  10. ↑ Wolfskuhle in Menden (Sauerland)
  11. ↑ Wulfeskuhle in Bad Salzdetfurth
  12. ↑ Wulfeskuhle in Neuhaus Castle
  13. ↑ Bärenkuhle in Morsbach
  14. ↑ Bärenkuhle in Stromberg (Hunsrück)
  15. ↑ Wolfskauler Höfe in Merzenich Golzheim