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Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Deidesheim

Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg)

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Deidesheim

Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg)

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Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg)

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Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Deidesheim, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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3. Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg) – Eckkopfturm tower loop from Deidesheim

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Ralf

March 16, 2017

The Heidenlöcher are the ruins of a hilltop castle near the small Palatinate town of Deidesheim in Rhineland-Palatinate. The remains point to a refuge castle from Carolingian, possibly also from Ottonian times.

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fsw57 🚴‍♂️🚶‍♂️

February 12, 2017

The heath holes (ruin of a cave castle) are very worth seeing.

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Arno

February 26, 2018

In the 1820s, so-called Heimatfreunde brought the Fliehburg into the consciousness of a wider public for the first time. The excavation was undertaken in 1907/08 under the direction of Friedrich Sprater of the Historical Museum of the Palatinate (Speyer). Sprater still believed that it was a settlement from the Celtic period, as evidenced by the first part of the name, which classifies the Celts as heathens. The complex was marked by the Ritterstein 260 at the beginning of the 20th century.

Recent research has shown that the plant is more than a thousand years younger. The second part of the name comes from the depressions that the collapsed buildings had left in the forest floor. According to current knowledge, it is not certain that the facility has ever been used in accordance with its purpose; at least it is believed that the heathen holes were never permanently inhabited. Although the building remains on a pronounced interior development, but it lacks both regularly operated fireplaces and landfills.

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Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg)

1. Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg) – Eckkopfturm tower loop from Deidesheim

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