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Ritterstein 252: Rampart and Burial Mounds on Königsberg

Natural Monuments

Ritterstein 252: Rampart and Burial Mounds on Königsberg

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Ritterstein 252: Rampart and Burial Mounds on Königsberg

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Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. Stone Man on Königsberg – Kleine Ebene Shelter loop from Neustadt an der Weinstraße

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3. Kleine Ebene Shelter – Stone Man on Königsberg loop from Lambrecht

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Manfred 🌳🥾

January 22, 2019

Ritterstein 252 ring wall - mountain fortress - Hallstatt period - Middle Ages - 400 Schr
The Ritterstein refers to an extensive area in which, as the name suggests, there is a ring wall / mountain fortress and a burial ground from the Hallstatt period. However, former living caves in the sandstone can still be found here. A ring wall is a ring wall made of stones, rubble and wood. The Ritterstein stands on the Königsberg near Neustadt.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

February 12, 2023

One of the Palatinate Forest Association's more than 300 knight's stones is located here.
He points out historical traces up here on the Königsberg:

There are several “burial mound fields made of sandstone blocks” from the Hallstatt period (1000 - 650 BC) “over a length of approx. 350 m on the back of the western summit” [near the Ritterstein].
Even on the east summit, which is a little further away (towards Speyerbach), there are remains of a ring wall from the time of the Celts, who built a hill fortification here. This mountain fortress was reactivated in the Middle Ages ("50 m long forewall with gate system in the saddle between the east and west peaks").
Source (partly quoted verbatim):
Leaflet "Neustadt's local mountains - The Königsberg" from Touristik Neustadt/Weinstr.
neustadt.eu/media/custom/2636_7855_1.PDF?1565596076

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

February 3, 2018

The knight stone cultivated by the Palatine Forest Association was erected on the crest of the Königsberg, as here was an extensive burial ground and a ring wall. This comes from the Hallstatt period, which dates back to about 800 BC. Begins and is called pre-Roman Iron Age.

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Ritterstein 252: Rampart and Burial Mounds on Königsberg

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