Altenburg (Heroldsbach)

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The Altenburg fortification () near Heroldsbach is a levelled early medievalBayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege fortified position at a height of , about 850 metres northwest of the church in Heroldsbach in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. No historical or archaeological information is available for this sector fortification, but pottery finds from the interior of the site date to the Early Middle Ages.Klaus Schwarz: Die vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Geländedenkmäler Oberfrankens. p. 90. All that has survived is a double rampart system with a ditch. The site is protected by the state of Bavaria as monument number D-4-6331-0001: Frühmittelalterliche Abschnittsbefestigung "Altenburg". (pdf; 132 kB) Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: Early Middle Ages

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