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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Euphemia Anna 🌳

January 14, 2022

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Here stands Ritterstein No. 260. It is one of over 300 Rittersteine (memorial stones) erected by the Palatinate Forest Association (PWV) and bears the inscription "Heidenlöcher – Refuge Castle 9th-10th Century." It marks the remains of a refuge castle that served as protection against the warring Normans and Hungarians. Today, the foundations of two gate structures, 65 stone houses, and a 450-meter-long curtain wall are still preserved. The inner of the two adjoining dry-stone walls served as a parapet walk. - Source: Information panels on site

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Arno

February 26, 2018

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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 …

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1. St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim – Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg) loop from Deidesheim

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3. St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim – Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg) loop from Deidesheim

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

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Heidenlöcher - 9th-10th century refuge (with knight's stone no. 260)

1. St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim – Heidenlöcher Ruins (Kirchberg) loop from Deidesheim

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