Oppidum Steinsburg
Steinsburg is the colloquial name for the remains of a Celtic oppidum on the Kleiner Gleichberg in the German state of South Thuringia. It is located within the county of Hildburghausen by Waldhaus near the small town of Römhild.
The Kleiner Gleichberg (641 m) and the neighbouring Großer Gleichberg (679 m) form a pair of "geological twins". Both mountains are
In clearing large parts of the stone field for roadbuilding (from 1838), metal objects and other
The widespread destruction has led to the uncovering of an unusually high number of finds, especially metal objects. However, often the location and connexion of the finds was not noted. In addition, the older finds include very few items of pottery, because pieces of old ceramic vessels were not looked after in the 19th century. Excavations were carried out as early as 1874 by a Romhild doctor. In the early 20th century systematic excavations were carried out by
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Model of the Steinsburg hillfort at the Steinsburg Museum
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Model of Celtic buildings at the Steinsburg
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Model of Celtic buildings at the Steinsburg
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Celtic artefacts from the Steinsburg
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View from the Kleiner Gleichberg
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Remains of stone ramparts on the Kleiner Gleichberg
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Remains of a wall on the Kleiner Gleichberg
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Remains of a wall on the Kleiner Gleichberg
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Rampart remains around the settled area of the Steinsburg
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Western rampart around the settled area of the Steinsburg
References
Literature
- Reinhard Spehr (1980), Archäologische Topographie der Steinsburg bei Römhild : (Kleine Schriften des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte 1) (in German), Dresden
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Werner Gall; Thomas Grasselt (c. 1994), Archäologischer Wanderweg im Gleichberggebiet : (Faltblatt Thür. Landesamt f. Denkmalpflege and Archäologie) (in German), Weimar: Gutenberg-Druck
- Karl Peschel (1962), Die vorgeschichtliche Keramik der Gleichberge bei Römhild in Thüringen : (Veröffentlichungen des vorgeschichtlichen Museums der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 1) (in German), Weimar: Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger