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Seibelsdorf Motte and Fröhlichstein Wayside Shrine

Natural Monuments

Seibelsdorf Motte and Fröhlichstein Wayside Shrine

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Seibelsdorf Motte and Fröhlichstein Wayside Shrine

Name: Seibelsdorf Motte and Fröhlichstein Wayside Shrine
Rating: 1.9

Recommended by 18 mountain bikers out of 20

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Location: Marktrodach, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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3. Kirchbühl Chapel – Steinachklamm loop from Oberrodach

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Benson

July 26, 2022

Remains of an abandoned tower hill castle. Tower hill castles, also called "moths", were built in the High Middle Ages, around the year 1000. They usually consisted of a natural or artificially raised hill with a tower, surrounded by a ditch and/or rampart with a palisade fence. The archaeological features at this point, however, suggest that an even older building stood here before that, possibly a ring wall system from the Celtic or Late Bronze Age. The tower stood on the mountain spur above the marked highlight position - the forest path below leads directly through the profile of the outer ring wall.

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Benson

November 14, 2022

In the vernacular, the hilltop is also called Fröhlichstein; at the top is a stone martyr (shrine from 1761). The tower of the motte (hill castle) stood exactly at the position of the wayside shrine. The inner ring wall followed the semicircle of today's forest road. The outer ring wall was 50 m further down the valley and is cut through by the forest road, clearly showing its profile. On most maps (e.g. OpenStreetmap and thus the Komoot map) the position of the Fröhlichstein as well as the presumed location of the Seibelsdorf tower hill is indicated 50 m too far to the south-east. This becomes clear when you record your tour on Komoot with GPS, take a photo of the wayside shrine and then compare the position of the photo with the map.

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Seibelsdorf Motte and Fröhlichstein Wayside Shrine

1. Dörnach Viewpoint – Radspitze Observation Tower loop from Steinwiesen

2. Dörnach Viewpoint – Radspitze Observation Tower loop from Presseck

3. Kirchbühl Chapel – Steinachklamm loop from Oberrodach

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