The waste dump castle lies about a kilometer south the of local part Schwabegg (district Augsburg) on an edge height of the nature park Augsburg-western forests. The large barrier plant is a typical example of a earlymedieval Hungary protection castle.

History

The castle place carries settlement traces of the middle Bronzezeit (approx. 1600-1300 v.Chr.) and the urn field culture (1200-800 v.Chr.).

In 9. and 10. Century threatened the eastern rider people that Hungary south and South West German country. The Reiterkrieger was however avoided after possibility feared elbow contactors, which could fire their weapon in full gallopp, the foot fight.

As reaction to the threat numerous, partial enormous barrier plants than troop bases and protection castles for the population developed. A characteristic of such Hungary barriers is frequently an enormous, high up to 15 main barrier with pre-aged approximation obstacles, long - with thorn bushes more bepflanzter or with pointed stakes more reinforced - earth latch plate, meters. These two typical characteristics of a large Hungary protection castle kept good on the waste dump castle.

After the battle on the Lechfeld, which was struck in direct proximity, the Hungary danger was eliminated. The castle served still short time as seat of the of the bishops of Augsburg. A further, moderately deep ditch was submitted to the fore-castle. At the beginning of the high Middle Ages the shifted its seat however north into the place Schwabegg, which is new castle on the vineyard as large tower hills (moth) until today partly received (Kalvarienberg). The waste dump castle was given up - like most other Hungary protection castles - afterwards, why the earth works of these plants are received usually still in good condition.

In the year 954 Augsburger bishop is to have fled in confusions before the large Hungary battle on the Lechfeld before the Baiern on his castle with . This Castellum Mantahinga means probably the waste dump castle, with the former water castle playing the violin castle is missing to referring to a earlymedieval predecessor plant.

The barrier plant was taken up 1965 by the Bavarian national office for care of monuments topographically, the castle area is by a round way experiencable and with some Hinweistafeln equipped.

Description

The large, three-part castle plant consists of the egg-shaped main castle (105: 90 meters), those by the powerful main barrier and the neck ditch (difference in height ditch sole barrier crown about thirteen meters) of the roughly rectangular fore-castle (130 and/or 100: 75 meters) is separated. South still another trapezoidal Vorwerk is pre-aged to the fore-castle.

The plateau of the main castle and the high Hungary barrier are today bepflanzt and to a large extent inaccessible with close young forest. Well accessible and observably only the extensive fore-castle, with their outside approximately nine meters high barrier, is which rises on the inside still approx. three to four meters over the soil level. Behind the pre-aged pointed ditch still the long, low earth ribs of the former rider approximation obstacles kept. These earth works are cut through by a later, only about two meters deep second ditch.

The barriers of the fore-castle and the Hungary barrier were fastened at least in its last development phase in wood earthwork way - perhaps also before-dazzled natural stone facades (tuff and tufa remainders) -, the steep wastes of the main castle to the value oh level might however only Palisaden have carried. A pit on the plateau of the main barrier is interpreted for the castle of the as tower place, this tower would be to be surely assigned.

The plant had at least two gates, the main gate lies in the northwest of the fore-castle beside a deep, natural erosion gutter and leads in direct way to the main castle plateau. The southwest gate is the entrance into the Vorwerk, a further gap in its barrier process however to a later Holzabfuhrweg is attributed.

"„The rider lanes "“

Special meaning keeps the waste dump castle perpendicular by the good preservation of the earth ribs of the Hungary-temporal approximation obstacles up-poured before the ditch of the fore-castle, which are disturbed only by the later external ditch. These "„rider lanes "“extend about 30 m in the and might have been reinforced originally with thorny brush bepflanzt or with angespitzten stakes. The aggressors could to shoot at the ditch along ride thus not directly and the defenders under arrow bombardment take, but had from larger distance or even descend. These "„rider lanes "“are provable also with some other Hungary protection castles, but often only as flat bumps received or to a large extent smooths.

Literature

• Archaeological migrations around Augsburg. (Leaders to archaeological monuments in Swabia, 1), Stuttgart 1977 ISBN 3-8062-0185-4
• William cutter: The South West German Hungary barriers and their designers. (Work to alamannischen early history, number XVI). - 1989

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